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Posted at 10:00 p.m., Wednesday, November 29, 2006

Santa Clara stops Rainbow Warriors, 68-59

Associated Press

SANTA CLARA, Calif. — Brody Angley scored 14 points and his backcourt partner Danny Pariseau added 11, leading Santa Clara to a 68-59 win over Hawai'i on Wednesday night.

Josh Higgins added 11 points and eight rebounds while Mitch Henke also scored 11 points for the Broncos (4-2), who had lost their last four games against the Rainbow Warriors. This was the first game between the two teams played in Santa Clara since the 1961-62 season.

Matt Lojeski scored 16 points for Hawai'i (4-3), which went nearly eight minutes without a basket in the second half.

Angley scored 10 of his points in the second half, eight coming in the final 6:30 after Hawai'i pulled within 52-47.

The Broncos' 5-foot-11 guard drove past three Hawai'i defenders to score on a layup, then added a 3-pointer and a free throw during a 13-4 run that gave Santa Clara a 65-51 lead with 2:18 left to play.

The loss dropped Hawai'i to 5-23 in its last 28 road games.

The game marked the end of an 11-day road trip for the Rainbow Warriors, who were coming off a third-place finish in the Great Alaska Shootout. Hawai'i hosts UNLV on Dec. 5 and won't leave home again until a Jan. 4 game at New Mexico State.

Lojeski, who scored in double figures in each of the Rainbows Warriors' first four wins, already reached that mark by halftime against Santa Clara. The 6-foot-6 guard, Hawai'i's leader in both scoring and assists this season, made five of his seven shots in the first half but was just 6 for 11 for the game.

Santa Clara won despite committing 23 turnovers, 13 in the first half.