University of Washington
Santa Clara
Huskies Roll Santa Clara, 69-49
November 24, 2001 | Men's Basketball
Nov 24, 2001
SEATTLE (AP) - Doug Wrenn scored 22 points to lead Washington to a 69-49 victory over the Santa Clara Broncos on Saturday.
Wrenn, a sophomore, sat out last season after transferring from Connecticut.
While Wrenn was taking care of business on the offensive end of the floor, David Dixon was a defensive force in the paint. Dixon set a Washington school record with seven blocks.
Santa Clara (0-3) trailed Washington 38-37 with 13 minutes remaining, and the Huskies went on a 22-7 run over 10 minutes to seal the win. Washington's offense heated up after Wrenn was intentionally fouled by David Emslie on an attempted dunk with 10:19 to play in the game. C.J. Massingale scored 14 of his 15 points during that Husky run.
Washington (3-1) has now won 81 of its 99 home openers.
Kyle Bailey, Steve Ross and Justin Holbrook scored nine each for Santa Clara.
Erroll Knight added 12 for Washington.
The two teams battled back and forth in the first half with neither shooting very well. The Huskies' interior defense had a lot to do with the Broncos' .314 field goal percentage in the first half as Washington blocked seven shots before the break.
In the first 20 minutes of play, the Huskies shot .375 from the floor and turned the ball over 11 times. They performed better in the second half with only two turnovers.
Santa Clara went on a 13-3 run and led 26-19 with 2:42 to play in the first half. Washington then scored seven of the next nine points and trailed 28-26 at intermission.
