Feb. 4, 2010
LOS ANGELES (AP)- Reeves Nelson scored 18 points and Malcolm Lee hit a pair of free throws with 24 seconds left to preserve UCLA's 77-73 victory over Stanford on Thursday night at Pauley Pavilion.
Michael Roll added 16 points, Nikola Dragovic chipped in with 15 and Tyler Honeycutt contributed 12 points, 11 rebounds and eight assists for the Bruins (11-11, 6-4 Pac-10), who have won four of their last five.
Landry Fields led all players with a career-high 35 points on 13-18 shooting, producing the best offensive performance by a Cardinal player since Chris Hernandez erupted for 37 points in a 78-65 win over UCLA back on Feb. 20, 2005. Fields also grabbed 10 boards, registering his ninth double-double of the year.
"I thought they executed well, making that 15-5 run in the second half," said head coach Johnny Dawkins. "They made key plays down the stretch, and we have to withstand that next time. They did a good job with put-backs. They also had many second-chance opportunities, especially that play when we were down by one."
"That was a great, hard-fought victory for our guys," said UCLA head coach Ben Howland. "Landry Fields is an NBA player. He will make a lot of money playing basketball."
Jeremy Green added 18 points for Stanford (10-12, 4-6 Pac-10), but he missed a three-pointer with 10 seconds left that would have tied the game at 73-73.
The Bruins trailed by six before closing the game on a 23-13 run that gave them a season split with the injury-riddled Cardinal, which won 70-59 last month at Maples Pavilion.
UCLA shot 47.4 percent overall, including a 58.3 percent clip over the final 20 minutes. The Bruins made 18-26 from the charity stripe, owned a slim 35-33 rebounding edge and dished out 19 assists on 27 buckets.
Stanford stayed close thanks to an 11-22 mark from beyond the arc, matching its season-high total of 11 treys achieved against Florida A&M back on Nov. 21 The Cardinal made 10-13 from the foul line.
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NOTES: Landry Fields is averaging 30.0 points per game while shooting 58.0 percent from the field over his last four games. For the season, Fields is averaging 22.9 points per game ... Jeremy Green played at least 40 minutes for the second time this season. He was on the floor for 44 minutes in Stanford's overtime loss to Kentucky at the Cancun Challenge ... Stanford held the lead at halftime (32-29) for the first time in a road game this year ... The Cardinal is now 0-9 on the road ... In two games against UCLA this season, Stanford's bench was outscored 36-0 ... Jeremy Green has made 13 consecutive free throws dating back to his last miss against Washington State on Jan. 16 ... Jarrett Mann knocked down two three-pointers in a game for the first time in his career.