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03/18 03:42 CDT Hawkins, Santa Clara Broncos to face Twidale, California Golden Bears on Thursday Hawkins, Santa Clara Broncos to face Twidale, California Golden Bears on Thursday By The Associated Press Santa Clara Broncos (24-9, 14-6 WCC) at California Golden Bears (19-14, 10-10 ACC) Berkeley, California; Thursday, 10 p.m. EDT BOTTOM LINE: Santa Clara visits Cal for a Division 1 Division matchup Thursday. Cal has a 0-2 record in one-possession games. Santa Clara is 154th in college basketball averaging 9.5 made 3-pointers per game while shooting 31.2% from downtown. Ava Schmidt leads the team averaging 2.2 makes while shooting 35.9% from 3-point range. Cal makes 43.4% of its shots from the field this season, which is 3.1 percentage points higher than Santa Clara has allowed to its opponents (40.3%). Santa Clara averages 17.6 more points per game (80.6) than Cal allows (63.0). TOP PERFORMERS: Lulu Twidale is shooting 32.7% from beyond the arc with 2.9 made 3-pointers per game for the Golden Bears, while averaging 15.8 points and 3.7 assists. Gisella Maul is shooting 38.5% and averaging 13.6 points over the past 10 games. Maia Jones is shooting 38.9% and averaging 15.3 points for the Broncos. Schmidt is averaging 14.8 points over the last 10 games. LAST 10 GAMES: Golden Bears: 6-4, averaging 69.0 points, 31.6 rebounds, 15.9 assists, 6.8 steals and 1.7 blocks per game while shooting 42.0% from the field. Their opponents have averaged 61.9 points per game. Broncos: 6-4, averaging 76.4 points, 35.0 rebounds, 14.0 assists, 8.6 steals and 3.9 blocks per game while shooting 36.5% from the field. Their opponents have averaged 75.3 points. ___ The Associated Press created this story using technology provided by Data Skrive and data from Sportradar.