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Portland Pilots (9-23)

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Santa Clara beats Portland 76-62

LAS VEGAS (AP) DJ Mitchell scored 17 points on 6-of-10 shooting and No. 7 seed Santa Clara beat No. 10 seed Portland 76-62 in the opening round of the WCC Tournament on Thursday night.

The Broncos (20-12) advanced to face sixth-seeded Pepperdine in the second round on Friday.

Santa Clara led from the opening basket and went into halftime with a 42-23 lead. The Pilots (9-23) got the deficit to 72-60 but couldn't get closer.

Leaders
Points:	J. Walker	11.6
Rebounds:	J. Tryon	5.3
Assists:	C. Adams	3.7
FG%:	No qualifiers
FT%:	No qualifiers
3P%:	J. Walker	31.8%
Steals:	C. Adams	1.8
Blocks:	J. Tryon	0.9

AP Rankings
Rank	School	Rec
1	Kansas	28-3
2	Gonzaga	31-2
3	Dayton	29-2
4	Florida State	26-5
5	Baylor	26-4
6	San Diego State	30-2
7	Creighton	24-7
8	Kentucky	25-6
9	Michigan State	22-9
10	Villanova	24-7
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Coaches Rankings
Rank	School	Rec
1	Kansas	28-3
2	Gonzaga	31-2
3	Dayton	29-2
4	Baylor	26-4
5	Florida State	26-5
6	San Diego State	30-2
7	Kentucky	25-6
8	Duke	25-6
9	Creighton	24-7
9	Villanova	24-7
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West Coast Standings
	Conference	Overall
	W-L	W-L
2 Gonzaga	15-1	31-2
18 BYU	13-3	24-8
Saint Mary's	11-5	26-8
Pacific	11-5	23-10
San Francisco	9-7	22-12
Pepperdine	8-8	16-16
Santa Clara	6-10	20-13
Loyola Marymount	4-12	11-21
San Diego	2-14	9-23
Portland	1-15	9-23
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Offense (Rank)
Points:	66.4 (301)
Rebounds:	6.8 (345)
Assists:	13.2 (176)
FG%:	42.8% (225)
FT%:	67.7% (281)
3P%:	34.1% (135)

Defense (Rank)
Points:	72.2 (260)
Rebounds:	25.0 (210)
Assists:	15.6 (339)
FG%:	43.4% (212)
FT%:	66.1% (18)
3P%:	33.8% (232)