STOCKTON, Calif. - Santa Clara men's basketball cruised to a 97-66 victory over Pacific Saturday behind a career night from Christoph Tilly. The Broncos (20-11, 12-6) used a 15-4 run to end the first half to take a big advantage at the break, and never looked back. The win marks their fourth consecutive 20 win season (and fifth in the last six seasons with the exception being the Covid-19 year) and 12th conference win, which breaks the program record for most consecutive seasons with 20 wins or more, and ties the 1994-95 season for the most conference wins in program history.
 
HOW IT HAPPENED:

• A Carlos Stewart Jr. three capped an 11-2 Broncos run to give them an 11-6 lead three minutes into the contest, as they hit their first three shots from beyond the arc.
• A 9-0 Broncos run forced the second timeout of the first half for Pacific, as back-to-back buckets from Elijah Mahi and a layup from Camaron Tongue put Santa Clara up 26-17.
• A 6-0 Pacific spurt cut it to three after a Lamar Washington trey, but a Jake Ensminger layup capped a 15-4 Broncos run to close the half, taking a 47-31 lead heading into the break.
• Christoph Tilly had a monster first half for the Broncos with 15 points and 10 rebounds, his second career double-double, while Lamar Washington and Elijah Fisher had 11 each for the Tigers.
• A jaw-dropping transition slam from Stewart capped a 10-2 run to open the second half and gave the Broncos their largest lead to that point at 25. A Tongue layup capped another Broncos 11-3 run to put them up 31.
• Back-to-back-to-back threes from Tyeree Bryan and Elijah Mahi put the Broncos up 40, 93-43, breaking the program record with their 11th game of the season scoring over 90 points.

INSIDE THE NUMBERS:

• Christoph Tilly had his second career double-double and fifth 20 pt game of the season with 21 points, and a career high 12 rebounds.
• The Broncos won their 20th game of the season for the fourth straight year, which marks the longest streak in program history.
• The Broncos hit 13 threes, extending their season total to a program record 335, the 21st time this year they've hit 10 or more (also a program record).
• The Broncos scored 97 points, their 11th game this season with 90 or more, another program record.
• This the 12th conference win of the season for the Broncos, the most they've had since the 1994-95 season.
• The Broncos had 21 assists, their 10th game this season with 20 or more assists.
• This is the sixth time this season the Broncos have held an opponent to under 25 percent from the three point line.
• This is the 20th time this season the Broncos have had four players in double figures. 

UP NEXT: The Broncos will head to Las Vegas for the 2025 Credit Union 1 WCC Basketball Championship on March 6-11 at the Orleans Arena. With the win, the Broncos secured the No. 4 seed in the tournament and will play their first game Sunday, March 9 at 5:30 p.m. PT on ESPN2 with their opponent TBA at a later date.