SANTA CLARA UNIVERSITY Bronco Women’s Basketball 2015-16 Media Relations Contact: Joey Karp Office Phone: 408-554-4670 Game Notes - Nov. 17-Nov. 24, 2015 Cell Phone: 650-218-0770 SANTA CLARA vs. Air Force Email: [email protected] Saturday, Nov. 21, 2015 • 2 p.m. 500 El Camino Real Game #3 • Home Game #1 • Santa Clara, Calif. Santa Clara, CA 95053 SANTA CLARA at Stanford Monday Nov. 23, 2015 • 7 p.m. (1-2; 0-0 WCC) SCHEDULE/RESULTS Game #4 • Away Game #3 • Palo Alto, Calif. OCTOBER 30 - SAT NOTRE DAME DE NAMUR # W, 90-50 GAME #4 Coming off the first win of the season, Santa Clara women’s bas- NOVEMBER ketball returns to the court Monday at 7 p.m. at No. 10 Stanford. 7 SAN FRANCISCO STATE # W, 71-42 The Broncos took down Air Force 68-34 on Saturday in the Leavey 14 at Washington L, 55-100 Center in the home opener. Doug Greenwald will have the internet 16 at USC L, 46-81 21 AIR FORCE W, 68-34 call for Santa Clara from Maples Pavilion. 23 at Stanford 7 p.m. 27 at Cal Poly % 3 p.m. LIVE COVERAGE 28 vs. Evansville % 5 p.m. Doug Greenwald will have the internet call for Santa Clara from Maples Pavilion.Check out SantaClaraBroncos.com for links to free DECEMBER live video and live stats. 1 at UC Santa Barbara 7 p.m. 4 SIMPSON 6 p.m. WEEKLY NOTES 6 HOPE INTERNATIONAL 2 p.m. • JR Payne is in her second season as head coach at Santa 12 TEXAS TECH 2 p.m. Clara. 18 UC SANTA BARBARA 6 p.m. • Santa Clara topped Air Force 68-34 for the first win of the year. 21 PACIFIC * 6 p.m. • Santa Clara is 11-30 all-time vs. Stanford with the first meeting 23 at Saint Mary’s * 1 p.m. coming during the 1963-64 season. Last year the Cardinal beat 31 at Portland * 4 p.m. the Broncos up in Palo Alto. • Devin Hudson had the first double-double of the season at JANUARY USC with 18 points and 10 rebounds. 2 at Gonzaga * 2 p.m. • The Broncos welcome seven newcomers in the form of four 7 BYU * 6 p.m. freshmen and three transfers. 9 SAN DIEGO * 2 p.m. 14 at Pepperdine * 7 p.m. SANTA CLARA’S PROBABLE STARTERS (based on last game) 16 at LMU * 2 p.m. G #3 Taylor Berry 8.3 ppg, 2.7 rpg 23 SAN FRANCISCO * 7 p.m. Led Broncso with 14 points in opener. 28 GONZAGA * 6 p.m. G #22 Brooke Gallaway 2.7 ppg, 2.7 rpg 30 PORTLAND * 1 p.m. Lone Bronco senior. F #20 Lori Parkinson 5.3 ppg, 3.7 rpg FEBRUARY Red shirted last season after transfering from SUU. 4 at San Francisco * 7 p.m. F #15 Marie Bertholdt 6.3 ppg, 4.3 rpg 11 at San Diego * 6 p.m. Leads team in free throw attempts. 13 at BYU * 1 p.m. F #32 Morgan McGwire 5.0 ppg, 3.0 rpg 18 LMU * 6 p.m. Started first game of season vs. Air Force. 20 PEPPERDINE * 2 p.m. 25 SAINT MARY’S * 6 p.m. 27 at Pacific * 2 p.m. MARCH 3-8 WCC Tournament TBA TICKET INFORMATION # Exhibition game ; % - Cal Poly Invitational (San Luis Obispo, Single-game tickets start at just $5. Tickets are available for purchase online at Calif.);* West Coast Conference game; All home games BOLD SantaClaraBroncos.com/buytickets and played at the Leavey Center in Santa Clara. or by calling the ticket office directly at 408-554-4660. www.SantaClaraBroncos.com SANTA CLARA UNIVERSITY 2015-16 Women’s Basketball QUICK FACTS 2015-16 BRONCOS ROSTER # Name Ht. Pos. Cl. Hometown / High School THE UNIVERSITY 3 Taylor Berry 5-9 G So. Martinez, Calif. / St. Mary’s HS Location .....................................Santa Clara, Calif. 4 Dru Toleafoa 6-0 G Fr. Sydney, Australia / Founded .........................................................1851 Brigidine College Randwick Enrollment .....................................................8,685 Nickname ................................................. Broncos 5 Beth Carlson 6-1 F Jr. Mill Creek, Wash. / Archbishop Murphy Colors ....................................Red (202) and White 10 Nicole Vander Helm 6-0 G Fr. Surrey, B.C. / Holy Cross Regional HS Home Court .................................... Leavey Center 12 Kyla Martin 5-5 G So. Chino, Calif. / Etiwanda HS Conference .......................................... West Coast 15 Marie Bertholdt 6-0 F Jr. Alameda, Calif. / Alameda HS Affiliation ....................................... NCAA Division I 20 Lori Parkinson 6-0 F Jr. West Valley, Utah / President ..................................Michael Engh, S.J. 22 Brooke Gallaway 5-9 G Sr. Greenacres, Wash. / Central Valley HS Athletic Director ..................... Renee Baumgartner Athletics Phone .............................. 408) 554-4063 24 Savanna Hanson 6-0 G Fr. Edmonds, Wash. / King’s HS Mailing Address ......................500 El Camino Real 25 Emily Wolph 5-4 G So. Phoenix, Ariz. / Desert Vista HS ...........................................Santa Clara, CA 95053 30 Andraya Flor 6-0 G Fr. Seattle, Wash. / Seattle Prep 32 Morgan McGwire 6-2 F So. Reno, Nev. / Reno HS BASKETBALL STAFF 33 Devin Hudson 6-3 F Sr. Ontario, Calif. / Colony HS Head Coach JR Payne (Saint Mary’s ‘99) 44 Maddison Allen 6-3 F Sr. Brisbane, Australia / Cal Poly OfficePhone .....................................408-554-6988 Email ........................................... [email protected] Head Coach: JR Payne (2nd season, Saint Mary’s ’99) Career Record/SCU Record (year) ........... 78-104/11-18 (7th/2nd) Associate Head Coach: Toriano Towns (2nd season, Saint Mary’s ’98) Career WCC Record (year) .................... 5-13 (2nd) Assistant Coach: Shandrika Lee (2nd season, Pepperdine ‘04) Assistant Coach: Alex Earl (1st season, Arizona State ’13) Associate Head Coach: Toriano Towns (Saint Mary’s ‘98) Director of Operations: Cody Johnson (2nd season, Oregon ’11) OfficePhone .....................................408-554-6984 Email [email protected] PRONUNCIATION GUIDE #15 Marie BERTHOLDT ................................................................................BERT-holt Assistant Coaches: #30 ANDRAYA FLOR .................................................................AHN-dray-uh FLOOR Shandrika Lee (Pepperdine ‘04) Office Phone ....................................408-554-4567 #4 Dru TOLEAFOA .............................................................................TOLE-ee-UH-foa Email ............................................... [email protected] Alex Earl (Arizona State ‘12) Head Coach JR Payne JR Payne is in her second season as head coach at Santa Clara in 2015-16. Office Phone ....................................408-554-1788 Email ...................................... aearl@[email protected] Payne led the Broncos to 10 wins and five WCC victories while advancing to the Director of Operations: second round of the WCC Tournament in her first season in 2014-15. Santa Clara Cody Johnson (Oregon ‘11) pulled an upset of LSU, the first win for Santa Clara against an SEC team since a Office Phone ....................................408-554-5018 58-53 win on Dec. 14, 1996 vs. Mississippi at the Wahine Invitational in Honolulu, Email ....................................... [email protected] Hawaii. TEAM INFORMATION Perviously Payne had been the head coach at Southern Utah for five seasons, 2014-15 Overall Record ............................... 11-18 leading the team to a school-record 23 wins in 2013-14 and advancing to the WCC Record (Finish ............................... 5-13 (7th) national postseason for the first time in school history. Prior to that, Payne was 2014-15 Postseason ........................................ n/a an assistant coach on the Mission campus in 2008-09. An All-WCC point guard Letterwinners Returning/Lost ........................... 7/6 who graduated from Saint Mary’s in 1999, Payne has also served as an assistant Starters Returning/Lost .................................... 3/2 coach at Boise State and Gonzaga. Newcomers ..........................................................7 During her 14-year career as a women’s college basketball coach, she has been MEDIA RELATIONS a part of four conference championships and five post-season appearances as Ast. AD/Dir. of Media Relations ............Shawn Nestor well as an undefeated league season. She has helped coach two All-Americans, Office Phone ....................................408-554-2114 three conference players of the year, 32 all-conference players and 31 all-aca- Email [email protected] demic honorees. Associate Director ................................. Joey Karp Office Phone ....................................408-554-4670 SCU Women’s Basketball History Email [email protected] Dir. of Digital Media ..........................David Gentile • 11 postseason appearances • 28-3 best all-time record (1990-91) Office Phone ..................................... 408-5544690 • 8 WCC Championships • 2005 last NCAA appearance Email .......................................... [email protected] Press Row Phone ............................408-554-4655 • 6 NCAA Tournaments • 5 All-Americans • 5 WNIT appearances • 49 years of basketball tradition www.SantaClaraBroncos.com SANTA CLARA UNIVERSITY 2015-16 Women’s Basketball THE BRONCOS Santa Clara (1-2) is shooting 35.6% (57-160) from the field during the first three games of the season. The Broncos have scored an average of 56.3 points per game and grabbed 39.7 rebounds per game. They have already collected 36 steals as a team. Savanna Hanson leads the team with 10.7 ppg on 45.8% (11-24) shooting from the field. She adds 4.3 rpg and 2.0 spg. Devin Hudson averages 8.7 ppg on 66.7% (12-18) from the floor and leads the Broncos with 6.3 rpg. Taylor Berry is tops on Santa Clara with eight steals while adding 8.3 ppg and 2.7 rpg. THE CARDINAL Stanford (3-0) topped George Washington 84-63 on Saturday. In the first three games the Cardinal have shot 41.5% (80- 193) from the field and 37.3% (22-59) from beyond the arc. They have added 14.7 apg and outscored opponents 223- 156. Erica McCall is averaging a double-double with 17.0 ppg and 11.3 rpg. Her five steals and five blocks are also tops on the team. Lili Thompson is scoring 17.3 ppg to lead the team and leads the Cardinal with eight threes made. Briana Rob- erson is averaging a team-best 4.0 apg to go with 7.3 ppg and 3.0 rpg.