White to miss more games this week

By Cecile Nguyen

Santa Clara men's basketball player Decensae White is not expected to rejoin the team in their next two games due to an internal team issue.

White did not suit up nor was he on the bench in the Broncos' two games over the weekend against San Francisco and Houston Baptist.

"Decensae and the team are dealing with an issue," said head coach Kerry Keating following Friday's 70-54 win over the Dons. "We'll keep it private for now and address this after the weekend is over."

Keating hoped that White would be back in practice before Thursday's game against Loyola Marymount.

But according to the Athletic Department, the problem has not been resolved and White will miss additional games.

"It's nothing legal or NCAA," said Keating. "It's an internal team issue that we're dealing with as a team and we'll continue to work on it."

White transferred to Santa Clara in December 2007 from Texas Tech.

Under then-head coach Bobby Knight, White appeared in two games and averaged 6.5 points per contest during his 2007-2008 season with the Red Raiders.

Per NCAA transfer rules, White was ineligible to play for the Broncos until this past December.

The 6-foot-6 forward made his Santa Clara debut at UNLV on Dec. 17, coming off the bench to score 10 points and grabbed 5 rebounds in 30 minutes of action.

White started the following game against the Pacific Tigers and played a season-high 35 minutes scoring 10 points and collecting 8 rebounds, but went 2-for-11 from the field.

In Santa Clara's next game versus the Stanford Cardinal, White started for the second consecutive time, but played only 9 minutes, scoring 2 points from the free throws.

The San Francisco, Calif., native played an average of 14 minutes and scored a total of 12 points in the following seven games before this incident.

Contact Cecile Nguyen at (408) 551-1918 or sports@thesantaclara.com.