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vs. West Coast Conference Championship

3/5/2026 | TBA


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vs. West Coast Conference Championship

History

SANTA CLARA, Calif. – The University of San Francisco women’s basketball team (16-13, 9-9) dropped its final regular-season game of the season at Santa Clara (23-8, 13-5), falling 90-82 in overtime Saturday afternoon at Leavey Center.

 

IN CASE YOU MISSED IT:


San Francisco kept it close in the first quarter, but entered the second frame down 19-17.
Santa Clara kept adding to its lead at the start of the second quarter, building a 25-21 advantage at the 8:57 mark. San Francisco answered with eight straight points, capped off with an Aina Cargol jumper to give the green and gold a 29-25 lead at 5:39.
The Dons later scored six of the final seven points of the first half and held a 39-32 edge over the Broncos at the halftime break.
San Francisco continued to expand its advantage, pushing it to double-digits, 49-39, before going on an 8-2 scoring run to push the lead to 58-41 with 1:41 to go in the third quarter.
Despite the massive deficit, Santa Clara trimmed its deficit to 14, 58-44, following three straight points to end the period.
The Dons surrendered their advantage as the Broncos forced overtime by tying the game at 76-76 at the end of the fourth. The Broncos secured the victory in the overtime period, outscoring the Dons 14-6. 

NOTABLE PERFORMANCES:


Four players scored in double figures for the Dons, with Candy Edokpaigbe leading the way with 23 points.
The bench made an impact throughout the contest, scoring 25 points, led by Michelle Ugwah’s season-high 13 points on 66.7 percent (six-for-nine) shooting in 22 minutes off the bench. Meghan McIntyre recorded a near double-double with nine points and nine rebounds to help lead the second unit.
Mara Neira also added 13 points, while Nataša Taušová added 10 and eight rebounds.
As a team, San Francisco secured 54 rebounds, the most by the program in a game this season. 

UP NEXT:

Following the final game of the regular season, San Francisco awaits its seeding in the upcoming West Coast Conference Championship in Las Vegas, Nev., at Orleans Arena.

 

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SPONSOR US:

The University of San Francisco Athletics Department would like to acknowledge and thank our sponsor – ABM –  for their continued support of USF Athletics. Interested in sponsoring the Dons? Please contact Frank Allocco, the Executive Senior Associate Athletics Director of External Relations, at fallocco@usfca.edu or at (415) 422-4561.

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