LOS ANGELES — After coming close against Tennessee and Maryland, UCLA broke through against Stanford.

Darxia Morris scored 20 points, Lindsay Pluimer added 12 and the Bruins upset the second-ranked Cardinal, 69-56, last night for the first victory over a top-two team in school history.

"We're fed up with playing with the best and not being able to finish the job," Pluimer said. "We learned from those games. You could tell by how we used the clock and were patient. All those came from the Maryland and Tennessee games."

The Bruins (7-7, 2-1 Pac-10) led virtually the entire game against a Cardinal team that had been blowing out opponents by an average of 20.2 points.

"Our team is fearless," UCLA coach Kathy Olivier said.

UCLA's only other win against a team ranked higher than fourth was 63-60 over No. 3 Texas on Nov. 28, 2004.

The Bruins jumped and shouted at midcourt in front of 1,325 fans after the final buzzer, then ran screaming into the locker room.

The Bruins came within nine in the second half against then-No. 1 Tennessee and led then-No. 4 Maryland by 16 points before losing.

Candice Wiggins had 29 points and 10 rebounds and Jayne Appel added 17 points for Stanford (12-2, 2-1).

DIVISION II

CHAMINADE MEN WIN

Mike Green scored 19 points, Marko Kolaric added 14 and Hayden Heiber had 12 as Chaminade (5-4) beat visiting Dixie State (4-7), 66-46, in the PacWest Conference opener for both teams last night.

Rodrick Johnson grabbed a game-high 13 rebounds for the Silverswords, who outrebounded their opponent, 44-22.

CHAMINADE WOMEN FALL

Jessica Carver scored 19 points as Dixie State (4-8) rolled by host Chaminade (0-7), 82-47, last night in the PacWest Conference opener for both teams.

Marian Murphy led Chaminade with 11 points.

WAC

MEN'S GAME POSTPONED

The Western Athletic Conference announced yesterday that the men's basketball game between Nevada and Utah State scheduled for today has been postponed due to hazardous weather conditions in Reno, Nev.

Utah State was unable to fly into Reno yesterday due to severe snow storms in the area.

A new date for the WAC game has yet to be scheduled.