Santa Clara men's basketball beats Milwaukee 95-72 to go 2-0

Jake Ensminger scored 15 points in his 100th career game as the Broncos opened on a 14-0 run at the Leavey Center.

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The empty basketball court inside Santa Clara's Leavey Center, with maroon seats, a scoreboard reading santaclarabroncos.com, retired-number banners and "Broncos" painted on the floor. — File photo: The Leavey Center, Santa Clara's home arena, in 2010. — Photo: Gateman1997 / Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 3.0 (shared under the same license), CC BY-SA 3.0

SANTA CLARA — Santa Clara beat Milwaukee 95-72 in men's basketball on Wednesday night, Nov. 4, at the Leavey Center, according to the official box score. It was the Broncos' second straight win to open the 2026-27 season, and 1,040 fans attended.

Jake Ensminger, playing his 100th career game for Santa Clara, led the Broncos with 15 points on 6-of-7 shooting, including three 3-pointers, plus seven rebounds and four assists, the school said. David Castillo scored 13 off the bench, Brad Longcor III had 11, and Francis Chukwudebelu and Sidi Gueye scored 10 each. Chris Tadjo had a career-high 10 rebounds.

Santa Clara opened with a 14-0 run, pushed the lead to 20-3 and led 46-27 at halftime, the school said. The Broncos finished with 29 assists and 12 steals and scored 25 points off 18 Milwaukee turnovers. Aaron Womack III led Milwaukee with 14 points, and Dylan Omweno scored 12.

Santa Clara is 2-0 and Milwaukee is 0-2. The Broncos host Sacramento State on Saturday, Nov. 7, at 7 p.m. at the Leavey Center, according to the school.

Source: Official box score, Milwaukee at Santa Clara; Santa Clara game recap; Santa Clara men's basketball schedule

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