UCLA Bruins

Oscar da Silva surveyed UCLA's defense and thought about hanging back to try a short jumper.

The Bruins hope to continue their hot streak when they travel to Palo Alto to face the Cardinal

Not long after punctuating his 21st birthday with a clutch 3-pointer for UCLA, Jules Bernard had to think quickly when teammate Russell Stong tried to douse him with a celebratory bottle of water.

Jules Bernard had 20 points and nine rebounds, and first-place UCLA survived a scare from last-place Washington to win 81-76 on Saturday for its sixth straight victory.

UCLA suffered a huge blow when Chris Smith went down with a torn ACL on New Year's Eve and is still trying to figure out how to play without its star guard.

Francesca Belibi dunked again and scored 15 points, and No. 1 Stanford survived its closest game of the season to beat 10th-ranked UCLA 61-49 on Monday and remain undefeated.

The return of E.J. Liddell helped Ohio State bounce back from its lone loss of the season.

 Kedon Slovis and No. 16 Southern California continue to be kings of the fourth-quarter comeback.

UCLA dominated the first half, sputtered for most of the second and engineered a late drive to win.

UCLA has a talented backup quarterback in Chase Griffin, but it also doesn't hurt to have a strong running game supporting him.