The West Coast Conference has scheduled a meeting of its presidents for Thursday, with a vote likely to add the two schools in most non-football sports for the 2024-25 academic year, a WCC source told The Athletic. A successful vote would make WCC the temporary home for most of Oregon State and Washington State’s sports as the two remaining Pac-12 schools continue to chart their future.

Beginning with the 2024-25 academic year, the two schools would participate in all WCC-sponsored sports except baseball as affiliate members, which can participate in conference tournaments. It is not yet clear what the two baseball teams would do, the WCC source said, though it appears there is still an option for them to join the WCC. The schools may also opt to play as independents; Oregon State, a regular College World Series contender, would likely be able to compile a strong national schedule for the spring 2025 baseball season.

On Dec. 1, the two schools finalized a one-year scheduling agreement with the Mountain West for the 2024 football season, in which Mountain West schools will play seven conference games and one game against either OSU or WSU, which will not count in the Mountain West standings. Each of Oregon State and Washington State will play three Mountain West games at home…

Paula Haw takes a tough shot against Santa Clara. Sac State Athletics photo.

Despite fighting valiantly for their first win, Sacramento State fell just short of upsetting Santa Clara, who prevailed 70-65 Wednesday.

The Broncos started the game on a quick 7-0 run, but the Hornets battled back with a tough zone defense, forcing their opponents to shoot from the outside, and only trailed 20-15 after one. 

Sac State continued their strong play in the second quarter, with defense in outside shooting, and trailed 30-29 at the half. Solape Amusan came off the bench to lead the charge with nine points; both the Hornets and the Broncos hit six threes in the first half.

“We did a great job playing together and spacing the floor,” Sac State coach Aaron Kallhoff said.

The Hornets came out hot in the second half, shooting 64 percent from the field, and outrebounding their opponents, 11-2. They got 10 points from their bench and six points from Benthe Versteeg to take a 49-45 lead into the final frame.

Sac State then hit two straight threes by Amusan and Summah Hanson. In the middle of the quarter, the Broncos went on 8-0 run to tie the game at 55, with 5:09 left. The run turned into a 17-0 run for Santa Clara.

After going down 64-55, the Hornets answered back with an 8-0 run to cut the…