2018-19 Game Notes Monday, Nov. 26 Santa Clara (0-4) at Cal (1-3) Berkeley, Calif.• Haas Pavilion (11,877) 6 p.m. Pacific TV: Pac-12 Networks Live Stream: Pac-12 Networks Live Guy Haberman (play-by-play) and Mike Montgomery (analyst) Radio/Audio: Livestream.com Anthony Passarelli (play-by-play) and John Stege (analyst) Live Stats: www.statbroadcast.com 2018-19 Schedule/Results BRONCOS PICK UP FIRST WIN, REMAIN ON THE ROAD... After securing its first win of the season, Santa Clara has a quick turnaround in facing Date Opponent Time/Result Cal. The Broncos got their most complete performance of the season in Saturday’s Nov. 9 ___ Prairie View A&M (TheW.tv) ______________ L, 64-81 71-63 win at San Jose State. Tahj Eaddy (23), Josip Vrankic (18) and Henrik Jader- Nov. 15 __ UC Irvine (TheW.tv) ______________________ L, 49-61 sten (17) combined for 58 points as Santa Clara shot a season-best 47 percent from Nov. 18 __ vs. Washington$ (ESPN3) __________________L, 68-82 the floor and nailed 11 from behind the 3-point line. Following a pair of home losses, Nov. 20 __ vs. Minnesota$ (Big Ten Network) ____________L, 66-80 the Broncos saw improved play at last week’s Vancouver Showcase, but still dropped Nov. 24 __ at San Jose State (Mtn West Network) _______ W, 71-63 decisions to Washington and Minnesota. Nov. 26 __ at Cal (Pac-12 Networks) _____________________ 6 p.m. Nov. 29 __ Jackson State (TheW.tv) ___________________ 7 p.m. REVAMPED ROSTER... Dec. 1___ Northern Arizona (TheW.tv) ________________ 4 p.m. • Guard KJ Feagin, and forwards Henrik Jadersten and Josip Vrankic are the Dec. 7___ Idaho State (TheW.tv) _____________________ 7 p.m. only returning rotational players. Feagin, a three-year starter, is a two-time All-West Dec. 9___ Sonoma State (TheW.tv) ___________________ 2 p.m. Coast Conference selection who averaged 17.5 points per game (fifth in the league) Dec. 13 _ Mississippi Valley State (TheW.tv) __________ 7 p.m. and 4.0 assists pg (ninth in the league) in 2017-18. Jadersten, a senior, appeared in Dec. 18 _ USC (TheW.tv) ____________________________ 7 p.m. 84 games his first three years and Vrankic was one of the more productive freshmen Dec. 21 _ Idaho (TheW.tv) ___________________________ 7 p.m. in the WCC during 2017-18. Vrankic was third on the team in both scoring (10.4 ppg) and rebounding (4.6 pg). Dec. 29 __ at Washington State (Pac-12 Networks) _______ 11 a.m. • Sophomore guard Tahj Eaddy is eligible this season after sitting out 2017-18. He Jan. 3 ___ San Diego* (TheW.tv) ______________________ 7 p.m. transferred from Southeast Missouri last summer. Jan. 5 ___ at Gonzaga* (KHQ/ ROOT NW/SPEC SN NBC CA/AT&T RM) _ 6 p.m. • There are eight additions to the 2018-19 squad, including five true freshmen in Jan. 10 __ Pepperdine* (NBC BA/ROOT NW) ____________ 8 p.m. Guglielmo Caruso (Naples, Italy), Juan Ducasse (Montevideo, Uruguay), Keshawn Jan. 12 __ at BYU* (BYUtv) ___________________________ 6 p.m. Justice (Madison, Wisconsin), Zeke Richards (Oak Park, California) and Trey Wertz Jan. 17 __ at Saint Mary’s* (NBC BA/ROOT NW) __________ 8 p.m. (Charlotte, North Carolina). Fallou Ndoye, DJ Mitchell and Josh Martin are trans- Jan. 19 __ at Pacific* (TheW.tv) ________________________ 7 p.m. fers. Ndoye (CSU Bakersfield) and Martin (Cal Poly) are graduate transfers. Mitchell Jan. 24 __ Gonzaga* (KHQ/ ROOT NW) ________________ 8 p.m. played the last two seasons at Wake Forest and will sit out 2018-19. Jan. 26 __ LMU* (TheW.tv) ___________________________ 6 p.m. Feb. 2 ___ Portland* (TheW.tv) _______________________ 6 p.m. YEAR THREE UNDER SENDEK... Feb. 7 ___ at Pepperdine* (TheW.tv) ____________________ 7 p.m. The Broncos are in their 112th year of existence, including third under Herb Sendek, Feb. 9 ___ at San Francisco* (NBC BA/ROOT NW) ________ 8 p.m. who has been successful in each of his three previous head-coaching stops. With Feb. 14 __ Saint Mary’s* (ESPN2 or ESPNU) _____________ 8 p.m. a resume that includes 18 postseason appearances and three conference coach of Feb. 16 __ Pacific* (TheW.tv) _________________________ 6 p.m. the year awards, Sendek, was one of the three youngest coaches with 400 or more Feb. 23 __ San Francisco* (NBC CA/ROOT NW) _________ 8 p.m. career victories. He is in his 25th season as a collegiate head coach with stops at Feb. 28 __ at LMU* (SPEC SN/ROOT NW) ________________ 8 p.m. Arizona State, North Carolina State and Miami (Ohio). Mar. 2 ___ at Portland* (TheW.tv) ______________________ 7 p.m. Mar. 7-12 _ WCC Tournament^ _____________________________ QUICK HITS... • KJ Feagin injured his left hand against UC Irvine (Nov. 15). Further evaluation Home games in BOLD and played at Leavey Center revealed a broken bone and he is out of action indefinitely. Times are Pacific and subject to change • Tahj Eaddy is the team’s leading scorer (16.2 ppg) and has hit 10 of 17 from be- * West Coast Conference; $ - Vancouver Showcase; ^ WCC Tournament (Las Vegas) hind the 3-point line in the last two games. Keshawn Justice is second in scoring (11.8 ppg) and Josip Vrankic is third (11.4) while shooting a team-best 55.8 percent WCC games on TV, also streamed on TheW.tv (blackouts apply) from the floor. Josh Martin is the leading rebounder at 6.2 per contest. SPEC SN - Spectrum SportsNet; • Eaddy is the only player to reach double-figure scoring in all five games ... Josip NBC CA – NBC Sports California; NBC BA - NBC Sports Bay Area; Vrankic has connected on 23 of 36 field goals in the NBC+ - NBC Sports Plus; ROOT NW - ROOT Sports Northwest; last three games. AT&T RM - AT&T SportsNet Rocky Mountain WHAT’S INSIDE... • Overall, the Broncos have struggled shooting pg. 2 __________ Roster KHQ - KHQ-TV, Spokane from the field, but has connected on 45 percent in pg. 2 __________ Pronunciations the last three games after hitting only 33 percent in pg. 4-5 ________ Sendek bio pg. 6 __________ TV/Radio Roster Connecting with the Broncos the opening two. Conversely, after allowing a 47-per- pgs. 7-16 ______ Player pages Twitter: _________________ @SCUBroncos, @SantaClaraHoops cent shooting percentage in the first three games, pgs. 17 ________ Box scores Instagram: _________________ SCUBroncos, SantaClaraHoops foes are hitting 37 percent in the last two. pgs. 18-23 _____ Statistics Facebook: ____________ SantaClaraBroncos, SantaClaraHoops • Eight of the 10 Santa Clara players who saw ac- pg. 20 _________ Starters YouTube: ______________________________ SantaClaraBroncos tion in the season opener against Prairie View A&M Release: as of Nov. 24 SnapChat: __________________ SCUBroncos, SantaClaraHoops (Nov. 9) appeared for the first time as Broncos. www.SantaClaraBroncos.com • @SCUBroncos • #SCUBroncos #StampedeAhead 1 THE CAL SERIES... QUICK FACTS The Bears lead the all-time series 44-28, but the teams are meeting for the first time in 12 THE UNIVERSITY years. Location ____________________________ Santa Clara, Calif. Last 10 Meetings: Founded ________________________________________ 1851 Jan. 22, 1977 ____ W _____ California_____________________ 76-69 Jan. 17, 1978 ____ W _____ at California __________________ 63-61 Enrollment ______________________________________9,000 Jan. 16, 1979 ____ L _____ California_____________________ 70-73 Nickname ____________________________________ Broncos Dec. 18, 1982 ____ W _____ at California __________________ 59-57 Colors __________________________ Red (202 C) and White Dec. 22, 1983 ____ L _____ California__________________(ot) 52-60 Home Court ______________________ Leavey Center (4,700) Dec. 20, 1992 ____ L _____ No. 25 California (25) __________ 73-80 Nov. 17, 1993 ____ L _____ vs. No. 6 California # __________ 74-81 Conference _______________________________ West Coast Dec. 4, 1993 _____ W _____ at California (13) ______________ 80-67 Affiliation _____________________________ NCAA Division I Nov. 20, 2001 ____ L _____ at California __________________ 60-67 President ___________________________ Michael Engh, S.J. Nov. 20, 2006 ____ L _____ at California __________________ 48-73 Athletics Director ___________________Renee Baumgartner # Preseason NIT (San Jose Arena) BASKETBALL STAFF INJURY BUG... Three players have suffered injuries. Freshman Juan Ducasse will miss 2018-19 after hav- Head Coach _________ Herb Sendek (Carnegie Mellon ‘85) ing knee surgery in August. Senior Henrik Jadersten suffered a stress fracture in his foot Career Record ________________________442-335 (.569) in the preseason. He recently started practicing and saw his first significant action (27 min- Record at Santa Clara (3rd year) ___________ 29-40 (.420) utes) in Saturday’s win against San Jose State. KJ Feagin suffered a broken bone in his left Asst. Coach ____________ Jason Ludwig (3rd yr - UCLA ‘05) hand against UC Irvine (Nov. 15). He played in every game a year ago, but missed the first Asst. Coach ____________ Scott Garson (1st yr - UCSB ‘99) 11 games in 2016-17 with a broken foot. Asst. Coach _______ Ryan Madry (1st yr - West Georgia ‘06) Director of Ops _____George Neilson (3rd yr. - Alabama ‘11) FEAGIN EARNS PRESEASON ALL-WCC... Video Coor. _________ Donovan Castro (3rd yr. - UCLA ‘14) KJ Feagin landed on the 2018-19 preseason All-West Coast Conference team. One of Dir. Sports Performance __ Bob Medina (3rd yr. - UNLV ‘88) 10 players voted to the squad by the league’s coaches, Feagin was a first team All-WCC selection last season when he started all 31 games, averaging 17.5 ppg (fifth in the WCC) MEDIA RELATIONS and 4.0 assists pg (ninth in the WCC). He led the WCC in free-throw percentage (86.8), the Asst.