UCLA rallies for 77-73 victory over Stanford

<div id="subtitle">UCLA keeps Stanford winless on road after rallying for 77-73 victory</div><div><p>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 that kept the Cardinal winless on the road this season.</p><p>Michael Roll added 16 points, Nikola Dragovic 15 and Tyler Honeycutt 12 points, 11 rebounds and eight assists for the Bruins (11-11, 6-4 Pac-10), who have won four of their last five.</p><p>League-leading scorer Landry Fields had a career-high 35 points — his third consecutive 30-point game — and 10 rebounds for Stanford (10-12, 4-6). Jeremy Green added 18, but he missed a 3-pointer with 10 seconds left.</p><p>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.</p><p>Stanford dropped its ninth in a row away from home, its longest such streak since losing 15 consecutive games over the 1991-92 and 1992-93 seasons.</p><p>UCLA was clutch at the line down the stretch, making 12 of its final 16 free throws, something that has plagued the Bruins most of the season.</p><p>Fields dunked to get the Cardinal within one with 1:04 left. Nelson was fouled and missed both free throws, but Lee, Dragovic and Roll were perfect in their trips to the line over the final 24 seconds.</p><p>Stanford led by six points to start the second half before it turned into a back-and-forth affair. A six-point run gave the Bruins a 48-45 lead midway through the half. Fields ran off seven in a row, capped by a 3-pointer, to put Stanford back in front 55-50. That was part of a 15-6 run that pushed Stanford's lead to 60-54.</p><p>From there, it was all UCLA. Fields scored eight of Stanford's final 13 points, while his scoring mate Green chipped in just two points.</p><p>The Cardinal built its largest lead of the first half, 18-12, on seven straight points by Fields. The Bruins closed within one on a 3-pointer by Roll before the Cardinal outscored them 12-8 to end the half ahead 32-29. Stanford opened the game with three consecutive 3-pointers, and hit 11 in the game, tying its season high.</p><img src="http://admatch-syndication.mochila.com/images/ad.gif?aid=68488052&bid=informcom" /></div><div id="copyright"><div>


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