UCLA Rids Its Demons in Blow Out Over Stanford

LOS ANGELES (AP) - Arron Afflalo scored 18 of his 23 points in the first half and No. 11 UCLA beat Stanford 71-54 on Thursday night, snapping two losing streaks to the Cardinal in the Pac-10 opener for both teams.

The Bruins had lost eight straight at home to Stanford and six in a row overall. The win was the eighth straight for UCLA, which is off to its best start since the national championship season of 1994-95.

UCLA (11-1) opened the game with an 18-1 run, capped by a jumper from Ryan Wright with 14:23 to play. Stanford never got back within single digits.

The Cardinal (4-5) missed their first 12 shots from the field and didn't get their first field goal until nearly 9 minutes into the game.

Stanford shot 20 percent in the first half while UCLA was at 60 percent.

Afflalo went 6-for-7 from the field in the first half and made all three of his 3-point attempts. He finished 7-for-11 from the field overall and 3-for-5 from 3-point range.

Luc Richard Mbah a Moute had 12 points and 12 rebounds for the Bruins and Josh Shipp added 11 points.