UCLA Ends Stanford Streak

Maylana Martin scored 20 points and LaCresha Flannigan had 15 to lead 10th-ranked UCLA to an 80-72 victory over Stanford on Saturday at Palo Alto, ending at 67 the Cardinal’s Pacific 10 Conference home winning streak.

Stanford’s previous conference home loss was on Feb. 9, 1991, to Washington, 69-68. UCLA, 14-4 overall and 6-0 in the Pacific 10, won at Stanford for the first time since March 12, 1988.

Stanford (7-9, 3-2) got 21 points from Lindsey Yamasaki, 19 in the second half, but couldn’t overcome 27 turnovers. .

“Those turnovers absolutely cooked us in the second half,” Stanford Coach Tara VanDerveer said. “They made key fast-baskets in the transition, got it deep into their post players and finished. Their experienced post players took it to our semi-experienced post players.”

Stanford led, 34-27, early in the second half, but UCLA slowly came back and went ahead for good at 45-42 on a three-point basket by Flannigan.

The Cardinal got within 63-60 with 4:41 to play on a jump shot by Yamasaki. But Martin made a fall-away jump shot and Janae Hubbard scored on a layup to put the Bruins in control at 67-60 with 4:09 left.

“We seemed to answer all their runs,” UCLA Coach Kathy Olivier said. “Our players feel like they’ve paid their dues. We’re 6-0 in the Pac-10, and that’s all that really matters right now.”

California 61, USC 51--Paige Bowie scored 23 points after going scoreless for most of the first half, leading the Bears (7-7, 1-4) over the Trojans (6-9, 2-4) at Oakland.

Cal last defeated USC in January 1993, when current Bear Coach Marianne Stanley was in her last season as USC’s coach.

Adrain Williams led USC with 14 points.

OTHER GAMES

Tamika Williams had 18 points and a season-high 17 rebounds to lead No. 2 Connecticut (15-1, 8-0) to a 106-49 rout of Georgetown (9-7, 3-5) in a Big East game at Storrs, Conn. . . . Angie Braziel scored 26 points to help No. 6 Texas Tech (16-1, 5-0) to a 79-68 victory over Oklahoma State (10-5, 2-3) at Stillwater, Okla. . . . Becky Hammon scored 29 points to lead No. 8 Colorado State (19-1, 4-0) to a 74-67 victory over Southern Methodist (7-8, 2-1) in a Western Athletic Conference game at Dallas. . . . Ruth Riley scored 18 points to help No. 9 Notre Dame (13-2, 5-2) to an 81-72 Big East win over host Pittsburgh (7-8, 2-5). . . . Megan Taylor had 22 points for No. 14 Iowa State (13-1, 5-0) in a 77-60 Big 12 win over Texas A&M; (6-9, 1-4) at Ames, Iowa. . . . Jennifer Jordan scored 26 points to lead Miami (10-6, 5-3) to a 66-53 victory over Boston College (13-3, 5-3) in a Big East game at Boston. . . . Nicole Kubik scored a career-high 36 points as No. 24 Nebraska (14-4, 3-2) rolled to an 82-62 Big 12 victory over No. 23 Kansas (13-5, 3-2) at Lincoln, Neb. . . . Angela Lackey had 18 points for Arizona (7-7, 2-3) in a 70-61 victory over Arizona State (7-7, 1-4) at Tucson.