![]() Christeen Iwuala’s putback with 3:36 left in the quarter ended a nearly six-minute stretch without a field goal by UCLA.īut the Bruins came out energized after halftime, using a 25-point third quarter – they had just 26 points at halftime – while holding Stanford to just four field goals in the period to take a 51-50 lead heading into the final 10 minutes. The cold-shooting Bruins began 3 for 11 from the field and went 5:39 without a basket in the second quarter, missing 10 straight shots as the Cardinal went on a 6-0 run. “Really proud of our team’s response in the second half,” Bruins coach Cori Close said, “their fight, their togetherness, their belief.” UCLA made it interesting until the end this time. 13 after the teams were tied through three quarters before the Cardinal dominated the fourth quarter. ![]() Stanford won the first meeting, 72-59, on Jan. Brink has 280 blocks, having topped Jayne Appel’s mark of 273 set from 2006-10. The 6-foot-4 junior reached 100 blocks for the first time in her stellar career and set the all-time Stanford record during Friday’s 50-47 victory over USC – and she still has another collegiate season left to play. “They’re a good team and they’re on a mission,” VanDerveer said of the Bruins.īrink also converted a go-ahead three-point play with 8:55 remaining. Senior Charisma Osborne added 11 points, seven rebounds, six assists and a career-best six steals for UCLA, which pounded the boards for a 36-33 advantage, getting 17 on the offensive glass. Londynn Jones scored 14 points for the Bruins (21-7, 10-6), who dropped one spot in the AP Top 25 this week and had their four-game winning streak snapped. ![]() Brink’s final two free throws made it 66-65 with 1:53 left. Jones hit a go-ahead jumper with 2:45 to play before Lina Sontag answered with a 3-pointer moments later to put UCLA ahead 65-64. Stanford (26-3 overall, 14-2 Pac-12) has won four straight and is closing in on a third straight Pac-12 regular-season title with games remaining this week at No. “We’re trying to win a Pac-12 championship and this game was necessary to do that. ![]() “There were a lot of different moments tonight we had to change our mentality,” Jones said. ![]()
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