Las Vegas, NV (SportsNetwork.com) - Brandon Clark netted 19 points, grabbed five rebounds and dished out five assists to lead his seventh-seeded Santa Clara Broncos to a thundering 85-54 victory over the 10th-seeded Loyola- Marymount Lions in the opening round of the West Coast Conference Tournament at Orleans Arena.

Jared Brownridge also tallied 19 points for Santa Clara (14-17), which moves on to face second-seeded BYU in the quarterfinal round of the tournament Saturday. Jarvis Pugh chipped in with 12 points, seven rebounds and six assists in the win.

Evan Payne scored a game-high 29 points and added nine rebounds to pace Loyola-Marymount (8-23), which lost its seventh consecutive game to end the season. Ayodeji Egbeyemi contributed 14 points in the lopsided defeat.

Santa Clara jumped out to an immediate lead and never looked back, connecting on 48.3 percent of its first-half field goal tries to take a 36-22 lead into the intermission. LMU shot just 23.3 percent from the floor in the frame, with a 1-of-7 mark from 3-point distance.

The Broncos improved to 63.3 percent shooting in the second period, and added a 5-of-8 mark from 3-point range. The Lions also improved to shoot 52.4 percent from the field, but continued to fall behind after going 3-of-7 from beyond the arc. Santa Clara took its largest lead at 31 points with 20 seconds left, and ended the game with that margin.

The Broncos held a 36-18 advantage in points in the paint, and outscored the Lions in points off turnovers, 19-6, in the huge win.