Santa Clara hosts Sacramento State following Chappell's 23-point game

Sacramento State Hornets (3-4) at Santa Clara Broncos (6-2)

Santa Clara, California; Saturday, 5 p.m. EST

BOTTOM LINE: Sacramento State faces the Santa Clara Broncos after Zach Chappell scored 23 points in Sacramento State's 91-87 overtime loss to the Southern Utah Thunderbirds.

The Broncos have gone 3-0 at home. Santa Clara ranks fifth in the WCC with 32.3 points per game in the paint led by Brandin Podziemski averaging 8.3.

The Hornets are 2-1 in road games. Sacramento State is eighth in the Big Sky with 11.6 assists per game led by Gianni Hunt averaging 3.3.

TOP PERFORMERS: Podziemski averages 2.1 made 3-pointers per game for the Broncos, scoring 19.8 points while shooting 38.6% from beyond the arc. Carlos Stewart is shooting 32.9% and averaging 10.3 points for Santa Clara.

Chappell is scoring 12.9 points per game and averaging 3.0 rebounds for the Hornets. Akolda Mawein is averaging 10.4 points for Sacramento State.

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The Associated Press created this story using technology provided by Data Skrive and data from Sportradar.