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Santa Clara women's basketball routs Wyoming 84-50 in season opener

Sophie Glancey scored 15 points as the Broncos led from the second minute on in Laramie.

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)

LARAMIE, Wyo. - Santa Clara beat Wyoming 84-50 in women's basketball on Monday, Nov. 2, at the Arena-Auditorium, according to the official box score.  It was the 2026-27 season opener for both teams, and 1,824 fans attended.

The Broncos took the lead less than two minutes in and never gave it back, the school said in its game recap.  They led 26-15 after the first quarter and 48-27 at halftime, then used a 13-0 run in the third quarter to go up 63-30.

Sophie Glancey led Santa Clara with 15 points and nine rebounds.  Maia Jones added 14 points and Ava Schmidt 13, with three 3-pointers.  Kylee Fox scored 12, and Emma Najjuma had 11 rebounds off the bench.

Santa Clara shot 50% from the field and made 12 of 27 3-pointers, while Wyoming shot 29.1%.  The Broncos outrebounded the Cowgirls 45-28 and outscored them 38-22 in the paint.  Norah Clark led Wyoming with 16 points, making all nine of her free throws.

The school said it was Santa Clara's biggest season-opening win over a Division I opponent since a 93-48 win over Northeastern Illinois to open the 1990-91 season, the year the Broncos won the WNIT, the Women's National Invitation Tournament.

Santa Clara plays at Utah Valley in Orem, Utah, on Saturday, Nov. 7, at 3 p.m., then at Long Beach State on Monday, Nov. 9, before hosting Stanford at the Leavey Center on Friday, Nov. 13, according to the school's schedule.

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

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