TONIGHT

WOMEN

No. 5 Stanford (14-1, 6-0) at UCLA (11-5, 6-1), Pauley Pavilion, 7, KBET (850), KTDD (1350) -- UCLA’s seven-game winning streak came to a crashing halt against Arizona on Saturday. The Bruins are half a game behind the first-place Cardinal in the Pacific 10 Conference standings. Stanford has a nine-game winning streak; its only loss this season was at Tennessee on Dec. 18. That was without forward Nicole Powell, who is averaging 15.8 points and 10 rebounds in her six games since missing eight games with a back injury. Bruin guard Michelle Greco had two subpar games last weekend, making a combined nine of 26 shots against Arizona State and Arizona. Greco (18.6) still holds a slim lead over Arizona’s Shawntinice Polk (18.2) in the Pac-10 scoring race.

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Cal (6-9, 2-4) at USC (7-11, 2-5), Sports Arena, 7, KMPC (1540) -- Cal leads USC in the conference standings by half a game and, like USC, both conference wins were against Washington State and Arizona State. Where the Bears, led by 6-4 junior center Timea Ivanyi (9.9), have struggled this season on the road (1-4). And they have lost 10 of their last 11 games in Los Angeles against USC. The Trojans ended a four-game losing streak with a victory at Arizona State on Saturday. Ebony Hoffman has eight double-doubles this season, second in the conference.

-- Mike Terry