Nevada crumbles in second half, loses to Santa Clara 96-74

Orlando Ramirez-USA TODAY Sports A dominant second half from the Santa Clara Broncos fueled their 96-74 victory over the Nevada Wolf Pack on Tuesday at Leavey Center in Santa Clara, Calif.

The Broncos, who trailed by three at halftime, outscored Nevada by 25 points — 57-32 — in the second half, including 39-17 in the final 11:11 of the game. Santa Clara hit only four 3s on 13 attempts (30.8 percent) in the second half, but shot 21-of-26 (58.3 percent). It had 30 second-half points in the paint — 48 on the game.

Nevada shot 39.1 percent from the floor — 37.5 percent in the second half — and 46.1 percent from 3-point range.

Grant Sherfield led Nevada with a team-high 23 points on 9-of-18…