Santa Clara 63, at Pepperdine 80

MALIBU, Calif. (Interstat) — The Pepperdine Waves used a dominant first quarter to seize control and never looked back, defeating the Santa Clara Broncos 80-63 in a West Coast Conference women’s basketball game Saturday at Firestone Fieldhouse. The Waves, avenging a narrow loss in the teams’ previous meeting, improved to 17-11 overall. The Broncos, who entered the game with a 78.4% win probability according to Interstat’s ELO system, fell to 21-8. The most important stretch of the game came immediately after the opening tip. Pepperdine erupted for 28 points in the first quarter, establishing a double-digit lead that Santa Clara… Read more...