Stanford the giant-killer

Sunday, January 28th 2007, 10:02 pm

By: News On 6

UNDATED (AP) Stanford made it back-to-back upsets as its rallied to beat third3rdranked UCLA 75-68 at Maples Pavilion. Lawrence Hill scored 22 as Stanford rallied from a 12-point halftime deficit. That's just the Bruins' second loss of the season.

Arron Afflalo had 22 points, 6 rebounds and 5 assists for the Bruins, who had their four-game winning streak snapped. The Bruins are now 18-2 and 7-2 in the Pac-10. Stanford is 14-5 overall and 6-3 in league play.

The Cardinal stunned 25th-ranked Southern California Thursday
night 65-50.

Looking at other Top-25 finals:

-- At 21-1, Wisconsin is off to its best start in school history. The 2nd-ranked Badgers extended the nation's longest winning streak to 17 with a 57-46 victory over Iowa. Alando Tucker scored 27 points for the Badgers and Brian Butch added 13 points and 14 rebounds.

-- 10th-ranked Duke improved to 5-2 in ACC play by beating Boston College, 75-61. DeMarcus Nelson led Duke with 17.

-- Jerel McNeal stole a pass and drove nearly the length of the floor for a game-winning layup at the buzzer as 15th-ranked Marquette edged South Florida 70-68. It's the Golden Eagles sixth straight win.

-- Virginia used Jason Cain's tip-in with 15.5 seconds left to upset 19th-ranked Clemson on its home court 64-63. The Cavaliers rallied from a 16-point, second-half deficit.

-- #21 LSU fell to Georgia 57-54 as Levi Stukes nailed a 3-pointer with six tenths of a second left. Stukes' 3 was 1 of 8 by the Bulldogs in the second half.

-- Zabian Dowdell poured in 23 and 24th-ranked Virginia Tech beat Georgia Tech, 73-65. A.D. Vassallo added 19 for the Hokies, who lead the ACC with a 6-1 mark.