Broncos hammer Pacific

Tigers destined for First Round WCC Match-up with San Diego

While yesterday was Senior’s Day at Alex G. Spanos Center, about 15 minutes into the first half, it began again to some to feel like Groundhog Day as the visiting Santa Clara Broncos began exploiting now-common Tigers ball screen and off ball defense and the lack of consistent scoring (among others) for a game-deciding 14-0 run on the path to 97-66 pasting.

Broncos Christoph Tilly dominated inside and face-ups, easily beating Tigers defenders off the bounce and Santa Clara got threes from six different players building leads as large as 40 in dominant victory over a Pacific squad that came out of the gate early with some fire but eventually fell back into the same issues that have plagued the group for much of the season.

Congratulations to 6’4” Lamar Washington who yesterday set the Pacific record for most assists in a season and led the way with 19 points. 6’6” Elijah Fisher started strong with a small handful of tough finishes inside early and competed on the defensive glass but after making his first four shots from the field, missed his subsequent nine. 6’7” Elias Ralph again got into early foul trouble and was sat for a large stretch of the first half - he missed his only two threes both of which were wide open. Ralph is just 3 for his last 21 from downtown including 0-10 over the past four games.

The Tigers (9-23, 4-14 WCC) now prepare for the WCC tournament in Las Vegas as the 10-seed, facing #11 seed San Diego Toreros who just knocked off Portland for only their second win of the WCC campaign. Game time from Orleans Arena is 2:30 PM Pacific / 5:30 PM Eastern time.