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Santa Clara Broncos vs Saint Mary's Gaels, West Coast Conference Tournament Semifinal

College Basketball

26-7

76-71

Final

#21Saint Mary's

27-5

Orleans Arena

Lead tracker

SCU leadsBiggest lead SCU 7, SMC 6

SMC leads

Team	1H	2H	T
SCU	32	44	76
SMC	35	36	71

Who won: Santa Clara 76-71

The Santa Clara Broncos beat the Saint Mary's Gaels 76-71 in West Coast Conference Tournament Semifinal on Monday, March 9, 2026 at Orleans Arena. The Santa Clara outscored the Saint Mary's 44-36 in the 2nd half. Sash Gavalyugov led the Santa Clara in points (23). Paulius Murauskas led the Saint Mary's in points (26).

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Sash Gavalyugov scored 23 points including a back-breaking 3-pointer to lead Santa Clara to a 76-71 victory over No. 21 Saint Mary's in the semifinals of the West Coast Conference Tournament on Monday night to take a big step toward making the Big...

What it means

Santa Clara 8-3 on the road; Saint Mary's 17-0 at home.

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Game info

Venue: Orleans Arena, Las Vegas, NV · Attendance 6,343
Officials: Randy McCall (Referee), Tony Padilla (Referee), Gregory Nixon (Referee)

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