LAS VEGAS -- Jared Brownridge scored 28 points, including 11 of 11 at the free-throw line, and Santa Clara pulled away from San Francisco in the final minute to win 76-69 in the West Coast Conference quarterfinals on Saturday night.
Santa Clara (17-15) led 64-63 with 1:13 to go but scored the next five over a 43 second period to stretch its lead to six. A Ronnie Brown 3 for San Francisco (20-12) cut the score back to 69-66, but that was as close as the Dons got.
Two Brownridge free throws pushed the Broncos lead back to five, and Santa Clara held on from there.