WCC

[azfan]

Loree Payne's Broncos trail 13-0 to open the game against the Beavers at Corvallis.

Santa Clara however prove they're never out of a game with their absolute commitment to the three as they find their stride in the second half.

Santa Clara puts up 40 threes, scores 51 in the second half while the Beavers perhaps from exhaustion score 22.

Santa Clara 83 Oregon State 70.

The stretch is going to be critical for the top four teams in the WCC as they battle it out to get that first round bye.

Gonzaga in first place seems a good bet to get that first round bye and Santa Clara is locked in a scrum for that second spot. Even if the Broncos win out they're going to need some help.

 

[nwhoopfan]

Well it got really interesting today. LMU beat Gonzaga, those 2 are tied for 1st now. Oregon St. broke their losing streak, they are 1 game back. Portland and Santa Clara both 1 1/2 games behind.


Kennedie Shuler scored 31 today. As a Fr. she didn't seem like the kind of player who would ever be capable of that. Even last she that didn't seem possible.

Beavs flipped the script from their last game. Down 11 at halftime, outscored Pacific 48-27 in the 2nd half.


Back to Gonzaga, somebody finally figured out how to neutralize Whittaker. She only scored 10 today. Seems like she's been dominating in most of their WCC games.


edit--Portland and Santa Clara play tonight; winner still in the hunt, loser realistically out of it at 2 games back and the season winding down

 

[azfan]

Loree Payne leads Santa Clara to an important road 11 point victory over Portland to move to 10 and 4.

Just as they did against Oregon State they closed down their opponent in the second half holding the Pilots to under 30.

This was an entirely different offensive game for Santa Clara as they only took 20 threes.