PALO ALTO —
This was a chance for UCLA to find out how it would handle a little success.
Quite well, it turns out.
The Bruins composed themselves just when they needed to Wednesday night and emerged with an 82-74 victory over Stanford in their final trip to Maples Pavilion as a member of the Pac-12 Conference.
It was UCLA’s fourth consecutive victory and sixth in its last seven games while also continuing a revenge tour after the Cardinal beat the Bruins last month at Pauley Pavilion. UCLA (12-11 overall, 7-5 Pac-12) also moved ahead of Stanford (11-11, 6-6) in the battle for a top-four seeding that comes with a bye into the quarterfinals of the conference tournament.