The Washington State women’s defense led the way to a 74-47 win over Santa Clara in a West Coast Conference game on Saturday at the Leavey Center in Santa Clara, California. The Cougars (12-8, 7-2 WCC) ran away in the second quarter, outscoring the Broncos (9-11, 3-7) 22-3 in the period and limiting SCU to 1 of 14 shooting from the field.

Santa Clara is shooting 40.5% from the field this season, 1.3 percentage points higher than the 39.2% Washington State allows to opponents. Washington State averages 7.5 made 3-pointers per game this season, 1.8 more made shots on average than the 5.7 per game Santa Clara allows.

Grigoropoulou 0-2 0-0 0, Pollerd 5-16 2-3 12, Latu 6-14 3-5 15, Naro 3-8 1-2 8, Rapp 0-5 0-0 0, Goodchild 1-6 2-2 5, Grover 0-1 0-0 0, Korolenko 0-1 0-0 0, Curtis 0-4 0-0 0, Harris 0-0 0-0 0, Ingram 1-4 5-7 7,

Washington State Cougars (11-8, 6-2 WCC) at Santa Clara Broncos (9-10, 3-6 WCC) Santa Clara, California; Saturday, 5 p.m. EST BOTTOM LINE: Tara Wallack and Washington State visit Olivia Pollerd and Santa Clara on Saturday.

Carlos Stewart Jr.’s 25-point second half led Santa Clara past San Francisco last weekend as the Broncos have won nine of their last 10 games.

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Appalachian St. at Marshall, 1 p.m. Bryant at Mass.-Lowell, 1 p.m. Bucknell at Navy, 1 p.m. CCSU at Fairleigh Dickinson, 1 p.m. Davidson at St. Bonaventure, 1 p.m. Fairfield at Canisius, 1 p.m. Manhattan at Niagara, 1 p.m. Penn at Cornell, 1 p.m. UMBC at Maine, 1 p.m. Wagner at Mercyhurst, 1 p.m. Army at Boston U., 2 p.m.

Colgate at Lafayette, 1 p.m. Maine at UMBC, 1 p.m. Mercyhurst at Wagner, 1 p.m. Albany (NY) at Binghamton, 2 p.m. Canisius at Fairfield, 2 p.m. Cornell at Penn, 2 p.m.