National Basketball Association
Santa Clara 76, Washington St. 67
When: 10:00 PM ET, Saturday, December 13, 2014
Where: Leavey Center, Santa Clara, California
Officials:
# Nate Harris, # Tim Marion, # Horace Shields
Attendance:
1172
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Santa Clara 76, Washington State 67: Jared Brownridge hit five 3-pointers and finished with 25 points as the Broncos beat the visiting Cougars.
Brandon Clark had 19 points, and Denzel Johnson
added 12 for Santa Clara (5-4), which won its third straight game. The Broncos,
who also received a career-high 10 points off the bench from Kai Healy and seven
points and a team-high six rebounds from Matt Hubbard, shot 51 percent from the
field to overcome a 39-22 rebound deficit.
Ike Iroegbu had 18 points, and Josh Hawkinson had 16
and a career-high 16 rebounds to pace Washington State (4-6), which fell to 0-3
on the road. Leading scorer DaVonte Lacy, who came into the contest averaging
18 points, finished with nine points on 2-of-12 shooting,
including 1-of-8 from 3-point range.
Santa Clara led 38-30 at halftime and stretched
it to a game-high 13 points on Brownridge’s 3-pointer with a little more than
12 minutes to play. Washington State closed to within 64-59 with just under
3:45 remaining, but Brownridge scored six points in a 7-2 run for the Broncos
over the ensuing three minutes to put the game out of reach.
The
contest was tied at 14 more than eight minutes into the game when Santa Clara scored seven straight points. The
Broncos held serve against the turnover-prone Cougars the rest of the half
to take the eight-point lead into the break.
GAME NOTEBOOK: Santa Clara won for the first time
in five meetings with Washington State. … Brownridge and Clark are
averaging a combined 41.3 points with 19 3-pointers over the last three games. …
Hawkinson has five double-doubles this season, including three in the last four
games.
Top Game Performances
| Washington St. |
|
Santa Clara |
|
Ike Iroegbu 18 |
Scoring |
Jared Brownridge 25 |
|
Ike Iroegbu 4 |
Assists |
Jared Brownridge 4 |
|
Josh Hawkinson 16 |
Rebounds |
Matt Hubbard 6 |
|
Josh Hawkinson 4 |
Free Throws Made |
Brandon Clark 7 |
|
N/A |
Steals |
Kai Healy 2 |
|
Junior Longrus 1 |
Blocks |
Jarvis Pugh 1 |
Team Stats Summary
| Team |
Points |
FG% |
3PM-3PA |
FTM-FTA |
Assists |
Rebounds |
Blocks |
Steals |
Turnovers |
| Washington St.
|
67 |
45.5 |
4-18 |
13-16 |
14 |
39 |
2 |
0 |
13 |
| Santa Clara
|
76 |
51.0 |
7-22 |
17-24 |
11 |
21 |
1 |
4 |
6 |
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