STANFORD, Calif.- Just as Jeremy Green was catching fire with his shooting touch, he caught a bad break with his ankle.
Green scored 11 of his 15 points in the second half before leaving with an injury, helping Stanford beat Yale 60-44 Tuesday night.
Josh Owens added 12 points for the Cardinal (7-4), which improved to 6-0 at home and 7-0 all-time against the Bulldogs.
Austin Morgan scored 15 points to lead Yale (5-6). Jeremiah Kreisberg added 11 points. Greg Mangano had a game-high nine rebounds, but the Bulldogs' leading scorer missed all eight of his shots and was held scoreless for the first time since 2009.
"We subbed out on defense and had some difficulty identifying Green, who was able to make some shots," Yale head coach James Jones said. "We also had a stretch there in which it was very difficult for us to put the ball into the basket. We got our starters back in, and they didn't pick up the slack."
Green left the game with just under six minutes to play after connecting on his third straight 3-pointer. He injured his left ankle and remained on the floor for a couple of minutes before limping off.
Stanford used a 12-0 run during an eight-minute stretch to pull away from Yale, which held a 37-36 lead with 13:25 left to play. The Bulldogs didn't score again until 5:28 remained.
Kreisberg hit a layup with 5 seconds left in the first half to give Yale a 27-26 lead at intermission.
Morgan made all three of his 3-point attempts and all four of his foul shots to carry the Bulldogs through the first 20 minutes.
Yale played its second game in three weeks, making its longest road trip of the season. The Bulldogs, who host a game on New Year's Eve for the first time in 80 years, remain in the Eastern Time Zone the rest of the year.
Both teams shot under 40 percent in the first half. Yale never got any better, shooting 32 percent for the game while the Cardinal improved to 46 percent.
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NOTES: Stanford won a game despite trailing at halftime for the first time since Feb. 20, 2010, when the Cardinal turned a 30-28 deficit at intermission into a 65-55 win at Oregon State ... Stanford allowed just 13 field goals, the lowest total for an opponent since Washington State was held to only 12 buckets during a 68-47 Stanford victory back on Mar. 11, 2004 in the Pac-10 Tournament ... Aaron Bright made his first career start, finishing with six points and six assists in 29 minutes ... Josh Owens scored in double-figures for the fifth straight game with 12 points while grabbing five rebounds. He also racked up four of Stanford's season-high 10 steals ... The game featured seven ties and 14 lead changes ... For the seventh time this season, Stanford forced at least 15 turnovers ... Jeremy Green knocked down three more triples, increasing his career total to 172. He has also scored 928 career points ... Yale leading scorer Greg Mangano was 0-8 from the field and 0-3 from three-point territory in 29 minutes ... Stanford is 26-10 against non-conference opponents under head coach Johnny Dawkins.