# 2012–13 Santa Clara Broncos women's basketball team

The 2012–13 Santa Clara Broncos women's basketball team represented Santa Clara University in the 2012–13 college basketball season. It was head coach Jennifer Mountain's fifth season at Santa Clara. The Broncos, members of the West Coast Conference, played their home games at the Leavey Center. The Broncos would finish the season 14–16, 6–10 in conference, to finish in a tie for 5th place. Despite having the better overall record, the Broncos were awarded the 6th seed in the WCC Tournament and were eliminated in the 2nd round.

## Before the season

The Gaels were picked to finish fifth in the WCC.

## Schedule and results

| Date time, TV | Opponent$^#$ | Result | Record | Site (attendance) city, state |
| Exhibition ||||||
| 11/01/2012* 7:00 pm, Santa Clara on Stretch | UC Santa Cruz | W 90–52 | - | Leavey Center (N/A) Santa Clara, CA |
| 11/04/2012* 7:00 pm, Santa Clara on Stretch | Sonoma State | W 74–54 | - | Leavey Center (399) Santa Clara, CA |
| Regular Season ||||||
| 11/09/2012* 7:00 pm, Santa Clara on Stretch | UC Irvine | W 77–54 | 1–0 | Leavey Center (626) Santa Clara, CA |
| 11/11/2012* 2:00 pm, Santa Clara on Stretch | at Stanford | L 57–92 | 1–1 | Leavey Center (2,728) Santa Clara, CA |
| 11/17/2012* 2:00 pm, Santa Clara on Stretch | Utah Valley | W 80–67 | 2–1 | Leavey Center (402) Santa Clara, CA |
| 11/20/2012* 2:00 pm | at Pacific | L 45–72 | 2–2 | Alex G. Spanos Center (427) Stockton, CA |
| 11/23/2012* 4:30 pm | vs. Toledo John Ascuaga's Nugget Classic | L 48–73 | 2–3 | Lawlor Events Center (1,149) Reno, NV |
| 11/24/2012* 2:00 pm | vs. Cleveland State John Ascuaga's Nugget Classic | W 82–71 | 3–3 | Lawlor Events Center (N/A) Reno, NV |
| 11/29/2012* 7:00 pm, Santa Clara on Stretch | Cal State Northridge | L 67–70 | 3–4 | Leavey Center (529) Santa Clara, CA |
| 12/09/2012* 2:00 pm | at Long Beach State | W 68–67 | 4–4 | Walter Pyramid (605) Long Beach, CA |
| 12/12/2012* 7:00 pm | at San Jose State | W 62–47 | 5–4 | Event Center Arena (265) San Jose, CA |
| 12/16/2012* 9:00 am | at UC Davis | L 59–70 | 5–5 | The Pavilion (330) Davis, CA |
| 12/19/2012* 7:00 pm | at Cal State Bakersfield | W 77–56 | 6–5 | Icardo Center (245) Bakersfield, CA |
| 12/29/2012* 2:00 pm, Santa Clara on Stretch | Fresno State | W 58–53 | 7–5 | Leavey Center (583) Santa Clara, CA |
| 12/31/2012* 1:00 pm, Santa Clara on Stretch | UNLV | W 70–64 | 8–5 | Leavey Center (N/A) Santa Clara, CA |
| 01/03/2013 7:00 pm, Portland on Stretch | at Portland | W 59–58 | 9–5 (1–0) | Chiles Center (413) Portland, OR |
| 01/05/2013 2:00 pm | at Gonzaga | L 50–79 | 9–6 (1–1) | McCarthey Athletic Center (5,690) Spokane, WA |
| 01/10/2013 7:00 pm, Santa Clara on Stretch | Loyola Marymount | W 58–54 | 10–6 (2–1) | Leavey Center (488) Santa Clara, CA |
| 01/17/2013 7:00 pm, TV-32 | at Pepperdine | W 38–36 | 11–6 (3–1) | Firestone Fieldhouse (227) Malibu, CA |
| 01/19/2013 2:00 pm, Santa Clara on Stretch | San Francisco | W 61–48 | 12–6 (4–1) | Leavey Center (416) San Francisco, CA |
| 01/24/2013 7:00 pm, Santa Clara on Stretch | at Saint Mary's | L 50–56 | 12–7 (4–2) | Leavey Center (421) Santa Clara, CA |
| 01/26/2013 2:00 pm, Santa Clara on Stretch | at Portland | L 68–71 | 12–8 (4–3) | Leavey Center (553) Santa Clara, CA |
| 01/31/2013 7:00 pm, USD on Stretch | at San Diego | L 48–59 | 12–9 (4–4) | Jenny Craig Pavilion (368) San Diego, CA |
| 02/02/2013 2:00 pm, Santa Clara on Stretch | BYU | L 48–65 | 12–10 (4–5) | Leavey Center (N/A) Santa Clara, CA |
| 02/07/2013 7:00 pm, LMU All Access | at Loyola Marymount | L 50–71 | 12–11 (4–6) | Gersten Pavilion (291) Los Angeles, CA |
| 02/09/2013 2:00 pm, USF on Stretch | at San Francisco | W 69–64 | 13–11 (5–6) | War Memorial Gymnasium (489) San Francisco, CA |
| 02/14/2013 7:00 pm, BYUtv | at BYU | L 42–65 | 13–12 (5–7) | Marriott Center (617) Provo, UT |
| 02/21/2013 6:00 pm, NBCSN | Gonzaga | L 55–70 | 13–13 (5–8) | Leavey Center (550) Santa Clara, CA |
| 02/23/2013 2:00 pm, Santa Clara on Stretch | Pepperdine | W 64–52 | 14–13 (6–8) | Leavey Center (N/A) Santa Clara, CA |
| 02/28/2013 7:00 pm, Gaels Insider | at Saint Mary's | L 56–65 | 14–14 (6–9) | McKeon Pavilion (498) Moraga, CA |
| 03/02/2013 1:00 pm, Santa Clara on Stretch | San Diego | L 66–84 | 14–15 (6–10) | Leavey Center (800) Santa Clara, CA |
| 2013 West Coast Conference women's basketball tournament ||||||
| 03/07/2013 2:30 pm, BYUtv/ WCC Digital | vs. Portland WCC Tournament 2nd Round | L 64–70 | 14–16 | Orleans Arena (7,896) Las Vegas, NV |
| *Non-conference game. $^#$Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Pacific Time. ||||||

## Rankings

Legend :
| | Increase in ranking |
| | Decrease in ranking |
| | No Change |
| (RV) | Received Votes |
| (NR) | Not Ranked |