SANTA CLARA, Calif. – Saint Mary's Women's Basketball is back on the road this week but staying in the Bay Area, as they'll play at Santa Clara on Thursday at 6:00 p.m. and at USF on Saturday at 2:00 p.m.
 
THE DETAILS
Saint Mary's (8-8, 2-3) vs. Santa Clara (10-8, 1-4)
Thursday, January 12 at 6:00 p.m.
Leavey Center – Santa Clara, Calif.   
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Saint Mary's (8-8) vs. USF (12-5, 2-3)
Saturday, January 14 at 1:00 p.m.
The Sobrato Center – San Francisco   
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LAST TIME OUT
The Gaels pulled away from the Pepperdine Waves in a 68-58 win at UCU Pavilion last Saturday. SMC answered the bell and then some to start the third quarter, starting the second half on a 10-0 run, capped off by two-straight threes by Taycee Wedin to extend their lead to 38-25.
 
A Makena Mastora three would extend the lead to 16 with 2:44 to go in the third on her second-straight basket from deep, and the Gaels would remain up by 12 points going into the fourth.
 
Aspen Garrison would score six points in the fourth quarter alone and establish SMC's largest lead of the night at 17 points with 3:42 remaining. The Gaels led by 16 with exactly two minutes left to play before the Waves trimmed it to 10, but there were only 26 seconds left at that point.
 
ABOUT SANTA CLARA
Santa Clara posted its second consecutive winning season in 2021-22 – the first time the Broncos had logged consecutive winning campaigns in 16 years. The Broncos have won at least 12 games in five of head coach Bill Carr's six years at the helm. They're looking to log their third straight winning season in 2022-23 for the first time in 20 years – since the program wrapped up a run of 13 straight winning years in 2002-03.
 
The Broncos' regular season success has also shown through in the postseason the last two years. Santa Clara reached the West Coast Conference Tournament quarterfinals in 2022 with back-to-back wins in the first and second rounds. That came a year after they reached the semifinals in 2021.
 
ABOUT USF
The Dons are coming off back-to-back appearances in the WNIT with a veteran roster, led by two-time All-WCC first team member Ioanna Krimili and All-WCC second team member last season Kennedy Dickie.
 
Krimili is a two-time All-WCC first team recipient and led the league in points per game a season ago on the way to the Don's third place finish in the WCC. She became the school record holder for three pointers made earlier this season.
 
Dickie is coming off an All-WCC second team selection as her scoring ability and tough defense was key to USF's conference play surge. She ed the Dons with 6.7 rebounds per game last year to go along with 9.1 PPG.
 
2022-23 YEARBOOK
The 2022-23 Saint Mary's Basketball Yearbook is available HERE. This contains all of your information on both Saint Mary's basketball programs, coach and player profiles, as well as Saint Mary's, administration, and fan information.
 
#GaelsRise — 2022-23 tickets and ticket packages are on sale now! To purchase tickets, click HERE. If you have questions, contact the ticket office by email smctickets@stmarys-ca.edu or call 925-631-4689.