STANFORD – UCLA needed a bounce-back game in a big way after a narrow loss at Cal three nights earlier. Stanford had a “hangover” from the emotional high of Tara VanDerveer’s 1,000th win, and the Hall of Fame coach said that very thing before telling her team to “just let it go.”
Jordin Canada scored 25 points, Monique Billings had 21 points, 15 rebounds and four blocked shots, and No. 15 UCLA stunned eighth-ranked Stanford, 85-76, Monday night at Maples Pavilion.
“Wow, this conference is really, really good,” Bruins coach Cori Close said.
After losing in Berkeley on Friday night, the Bruins rebounded to beat the Cardinal one game after VanDerveer became just the second women’s coach with 1,000 wins alongside the late Pat Summitt and third overall in Division I with Duke’s Mike Krzyzewski.