Quinn, Blue fuel UCLA upset over Stanford

LOS ANGELES (AP) --Noelle Quinn scored a season-high 25 points

and Nikki Blue tied her season best with 24 points to lead UCLA to

a 90-80 upset over Stanford (No. 13 ESPN/USA Today, No. 11 AP) on Friday night.

Lisa Willis added 16 points for the Bruins (11-8, 6-4 Pac-10),

who broke a 14-game losing streak to Stanford dating back to 2000.

Brooke Smith had career highs of 26 points and 17 rebounds for

the Cardinal (13-5, 8-2 Pac-10), whose seven-game winning streak

ended.

Stanford's Candice Wiggins, the nation's fourth-leading scorer

at 21.2 points, had 21 points in the second half to finish with 26.

Quinn scored 14 points and Blue had 11 points in the first 15

minutes, as UCLA built a 38-23 lead with 4:41 left in the first

half.

Krista Rappahahn made a 3-point basket to narrow the Cardinal's

deficit to 81-72 with 2:36 to play. The Bruins, however, made seven

of eight free throws in a 47-second span to expand their lead to

88-75 with 1:14 remaining.