Washington State Cougars (15-5, 5-2 WCC) at Santa Clara Broncos (13-7, 5-2 WCC) Santa Clara, California; Thursday, 11 p.m. EST BETMGM SPORTSBOOK LINE: Broncos -5; over/under is 159.5 BOTTOM LINE: Santa Clara takes on Washington State after Tyeree Bryan scored 35 points in Santa Clara's 103-99 win against the Gonzaga Bulldogs.

Washington State Cougars (15-5, 5-2 WCC) at Santa Clara Broncos (13-7, 5-2 WCC) Santa Clara, California; Thursday, 11 p.m. EST BOTTOM LINE: Santa Clara hosts Washington State after Tyeree Bryan scored 35 points in Santa Clara's 103-99 victory over the Gonzaga Bulldogs.

The Washington State women’s defense led the way to a 74-47 win over Santa Clara in a West Coast Conference game on Saturday at the Leavey Center in Santa Clara, California. The Cougars (12-8, 7-2 WCC) ran away in the second quarter, outscoring the Broncos (9-11, 3-7) 22-3 in the period and limiting SCU to 1 of 14 shooting from the field.

Santa Clara is shooting 40.5% from the field this season, 1.3 percentage points higher than the 39.2% Washington State allows to opponents. Washington State averages 7.5 made 3-pointers per game this season, 1.8 more made shots on average than the 5.7 per game Santa Clara allows.

"There might be" a chance sophomore guard Isaiah Watts, who has been out since Dec. 18 with a hand injury, returns this week for Washington State men's basketball.

Significant movement took place in the logjam at the top of the West Coast Conference women’s basketball standings last weekend. A week ago six teams were knotted at the top of the WCC. A week later just two remained deadlocked – Gonzaga and Washington State. Both teams swept a pair of games last week to gain a little separation.

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Carlos Stewart Jr.’s 25-point second half led Santa Clara past San Francisco last weekend as the Broncos have won nine of their last 10 games.

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Led by Nate Calmese's 23 points, the Washington State Cougars defeated the Portland Pilots 92-70 on Saturday night.

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