National Basketball Association
Evansville 69, Santa Clara 57
When: 9:00 PM ET, Friday, November 27, 2015
Where: Titan Gym, Fullerton, California
Officials:
# Gregory Nixon, # Chris Rastatter, # Mike Scyphers
Attendance:
N/A
By The Sports Xchange
D.J. Balentine, a senior guard, totaled 23 points and eight assists to pace Evansville in a 69-57 win over Santa Clara in consolation bracket play at the Wooden Legacy tournament on Friday night at Titan Gym in Fullerton, Calif.
Purple Aces senior center Egidijus Mockevicius had a career-high 21 rebounds and eight points while redshirt junior guard Mislav Brzoga scored 16.
Evansville (4-1) won its first three games before suffering a 74-64 loss to Providence in the tournament's opening round Thursday.
Jared Brownridge, a sophomore guard who scored a career-high and tournament-record 44 points in a 75-73 overtime loss to No. 11 Arizona in round one, scored 19 points on 6-of-17 shooting.
Santa Clara (0-7) lost 15 of its last 18 games.
The Broncos went up 16-15 with 8:08 left in the first half, but Evansville went on a 22-13 run to claim a 37-29 lead at halftime.
Santa Clara never came closer than four in the second period.
Evansville meets UC Irvine in the Wooden Legacy third-place game while Santa Clara plays Boston College in the seventh-place game on Sunday.
Top Game Performances
Santa Clara |
|
Evansville |
Jared Brownridge 19 |
Scoring |
D.J. Balentine 23 |
Jared Brownridge 5 |
Assists |
D.J. Balentine 8 |
Nate Kratch 8 |
Rebounds |
Egidijus Mockevicius 21 |
Jared Brownridge 6 |
Free Throws Made |
Jaylon Brown 4 |
Jared Brownridge 1 |
Steals |
D.J. Balentine 2 |
Henrik Jadersten 1 |
Blocks |
Egidijus Mockevicius 2 |
Team Stats Summary
Team |
Points |
FG% |
3PM-3PA |
FTM-FTA |
Assists |
Rebounds |
Blocks |
Steals |
Turnovers |
Santa Clara
|
57 |
40.7 |
3-15 |
10-16 |
17 |
28 |
2 |
3 |
11 |
Evansville
|
69 |
47.1 |
5-14 |
16-22 |
21 |
36 |
2 |
6 |
14 |