Santa Clara 85, UC Santa Cruz 60

Santa Clara 85, UC Santa Cruz 60

Published Feb. 2, 2011 12:46 a.m. ET

Kevin Foster scored 18 points, all on 3-pointers, as Santa Clara rolled past UC Santa Cruz 85-60 on Tuesday night.

Foster sank 6 of his 10 3-point attempts, the sixth time this season he has hit at least six 3-pointers. Troy Payne scored 11 points and Ben Dowdell 10 in the last nonconference game for the Broncos (15-9). John McArthur grabbed a career-high 11 rebounds.

Ryan Matsuoka led the Division III Banana Slugs (9-12) with 13 points, and Darrin Lew had 10.

The Broncos led 44-23 at intermission.

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Santa Clara, which hit 45.8 percent on 3-pointers (11 of 24) and outrebounded the Banana Slugs 46-26, scored the first six points of the second half for a 50-23 bulge. The lead remained in the 20s the rest of the game.

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