Pepperdine 74, at Santa Clara 72

SANTA CLARA, Calif. (Interstat) — In a game defined by grit over grace, the Pepperdine Waves withstood a furious second-half rally and a last-second three-point attempt to edge the Santa Clara Broncos 74-72 in a West Coast Conference women’s basketball thriller on Saturday afternoon at a packed Leavey Center. The victory, secured before an announced crowd of 1,952, was a monumental upset. National statistical models had given Santa Clara, now 18-6 overall, a 92.8% probability of winning. Instead, Pepperdine improved to 14-9 by executing a simple, punishing game plan: dominate the interior and survive a torrent of turnovers. The Waves… Read more...