Lions Can’t Contain Santa Clara
Marlon Garnett scored 18 points and Brian Jones added 16 to lead Santa Clara past Loyola Marymount, 68-62, Saturday night at Gersten Pavilion.
Reserve Todd Wuschnig added 12 points and 11 rebounds for the Broncos (14-10, 8-4), who moved into a three-way tie for first place in the West Coast Conference with Gonzaga and St. Mary’s.
Santa Clara led for the game’s final 37 minutes, but never by more than 10 points.
The Lions (6-18, 3-9) cut their deficit to 62-59 on a driving layup by Jim Williamson with 1:15 left.
Santa Clara responded as Wuschnig slammed to go up 64-59. After the Lions missed, Wuschnig grabbed the rebound and was fouled. He missed the two free throws with 45 seconds to go.
But Drew Zurek tapped the rebound out to Jones, who was fouled and hit one of two foul shots to put Santa Clara ahead by six.
Tim Kennedy led Loyola Marymount with 18 points.
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