Bruins Outlast Cardinal

Ed O’Bannon was the complete player Tuesday night.

He had 22 points and nine rebounds in No. 2 UCLA’s 88-77 victory over 19thranked Stanford. Just as important, he had five blocks and three steals to key a second-half defensive resurgence that carried UCLA to its seventh straight win.

“My game isn’t primarily scoring,” O’Bannon said. “I’m out to help this team win. If this team needs defense to win, that’s what I’m going to do. I think everybody on this team feels the same way.”

Down 47-44 at halftime, UCLA held the Cardinal to 30 points in the second half and pulled away in the late going to beat Stanford for the ninth consecutive time.

Reserve J.R. Henderson scored 19 points for UCLA. Tyus Edney added 14 points and Charles O’Bannon 13 for the Bruins (12-2 Pac-10, 19-2).

“This was a tough game,” UCLA coach Jim Harrick. “I thought the key for us was putting Ed O’Bannon on Andy Poppink. He blistered us in the first half, but he made only two or three buckets in the second half.”

Poppink had 23 points for Stanford (7-6 Pac-10, 16-6) but only six in the second half, when the Cardinal offense sagged to 34 percent shooting. Stanford shot 45 percent in the first half.

UCLA 88, Stanford 77

UCLA (19-2)

O’Bannon, C. 6-9 0-0 13, O’Bannon, E. 5-12 12-13 22, Zidek 3-5 0-0 6, Edney 5-5 4-6 14, Bailey 4-12 3-4 12, Dollar 1-1 0-0 2, Henderson 8-13 3-3 19. Totals 32-57 22-26 88.

Stanford (16-6)

Allaway 4-7 1-2 9, Poppink 10-16 2-3 23, Young 5-10 2-2 12, Cross 5-14 4-4 16, Knight 2-12 2-3 7, Harbour 2-11 5-8 10, Lammersen 0-0 0-0 0, Gravely 0-0 0-0 0, Manley 0-0 0-0 0. Totals 28-70 16-22 77.

Halftime-Stanford 47, UCLA 44. 3-Point goals-UCLA 2-6 (Bailey 1-4, O’Bannon, C. 1-1, O’Bannon, E. 0-1,), Stanford 5-16 (Cross 2-7, Harbour 1-6, Knight 1-2, Poppink 1-1). Fouled out-Allaway, Poppink. Rebounds-UCLA 36 (O’Bannon, E. 9), Stanford 38 (Poppink 9). Assists-UCLA 24 (Edney 10), Stanford 18 (Knight 9). Total fouls-UCLA 18, Stanford 20. A-7,500.