SANTA CLARA, Calif. — Just as the first half started, the San Francisco women's basketball team kicked off the second half of West Coast Conference play with a victory Saturday, this time topping South Bay rival Santa Clara, 57-49, while leading wire-to-wire.
HOW IT HAPPENED
- San Francisco showed how much its young team learned during the first half of WCC play this season with a surge in the second half of Saturday's game when it got close. Santa Clara pulled to within one point four different times in the third quarter, but the Dons closed the period with a 6-0 run that gave them a 40-33 lead heading into the fourth.