Stanford, Calif. -- Alfred Aboya made two free throws with 13 seconds to play Thursday that wrapped up No. 19 UCLA's tougher-than-expected 76-71 win over Stanford.
Stanford is in next-to-last place in the Pacific-10 Conference and has lost five of its last six, but the Cardinal carried the Bruins to the wire.
Aboya's two foul shots gave UCLA a four-point advantage and boosted the struggling Bruins to their second victory in five outings.
Josh Shipp led UCLA (21-7, 10-5 Pac-10) with 24 points, hitting 9-of-12 shots from the field. Aboya had 18.
Over the past two weekends, UCLA had fallen victim to Arizona, Arizona State and Washington State.
Stanford (15-11, 4-11) got 18 points off the bench from Anthony Goods.
Los Angeles -- Josh Shipp scored 20 points Thursday and No. 15 UCLA used a late 6-0 run to pull away for a crucial 85-76 victory over 19th-ranked Washington.
The Bruins owned only a two-point lead when they ran off the six consecutive points. That run ended with Darren Collison hitting two free throws that gave UCLA a 77-69 lead with 1:41 to play.
Washington's fate was sealed when, trailing by six, the Huskies' Jon Brockman missed two foul shots with 41 seconds remaining.
The result further tightened the Pacific-10 Conference race. Washington now holds a half game lead over UCLA, California and Arizona State.
Collison added 17 for the Bruins (20-6, 9-4 Pac-10). They hit eight 3-point shots and missed just three times in 18 trips to the line.
