Jeremy Green came into Saturday’s contest against UCLA with a sore ankle, a bruised finger bone and a pulled back muscle. The sophomore guard then proceeded to play one of the best games of his career.

Green scored 30 points in 37 minutes for the Cardinal, who earned a solid 70-59 win over the Bruins at Maples Pavilion Saturday afternoon.

“It’s all good,” Green said in regards to his injuries. “I’m all good.”

Green was definitely good—the sophomore guard went 11-of-18 from the floor and seemed to make big shot after big shot when the Bruins were trying to get back into the game. He banked in a running three-pointer as time expired at the end of the first half to give the Cardinal a 34-33 lead going into the locker room.

“That was just a huge performance by a great player,” sophomore center Jack Trotter said. He’s really come into his own.”

Senior forward Landry Fields overcame a slow start to finish with 16 points and 7 rebounds. He didn’t have the best shooting night of his career, but he found a way to get his points, both inside and out.

“I was as proud of any kid as I’ve ever been,” Coach Johnny Dawkins said of Fields. “He takes everyone’s best shot every night. He’s never once backed off a challenge. He got off to a slow start tonight, and the toughest thing for any good player to do is to be able to turn it around in that same game. For him to turn it around in the second half says a lot about who he is.”

Overall, it was a solid performance by the Cardinal, who led for nearly the whole game and pulled way from the Bruins in the final minutes.

“I thought we played well,” Dawkins said after the game. “I thought our guys worked hard, followed the game plan and were prepared.”

Dawkins also had plenty of praise for Green.

“I give the young man a lot of credit,” he said. “He’s played through a lot of injuries. He contributes, he’s competitive, and I’m starting to think he [plays well] so he doesn’t have to practice for me,” Dawkins joked.

“He’s got a big heart, he’s a big competitor.”

The unheralded Cardinal big men—Trotter and fellow sophomore Andrew Zimmerman—also gave solid performances, finishing around the basket and making a number of hustle plays. Trotter, a walk-on, finished with ten points on 4-of-7 shooting.

“I thought our big men were terrific,” Dawkins said. “They grew even more tonight.”

UCLA shot 54.6 percent from the field while Stanford only shot 47.2 percent, but the game was won by turnovers and free throws: the Cardinal shot 13 more free throws and turned the ball over ten less times.