Jordan Chiles danced with the crowd before cheering for Brooklyn Moors as she completed her floor routine. The UCLA crowd wanted, pleaded for a perfect 10.

They got a 9.975.

Chiles did the same as Chae Campbell's interactive floor routine kept the crowd engaged as Pauley Pavilion roared, begging for perfection.

They got a 9.975 — again.

It was like the judges were teasing the junior Bruin, the only one to spend more than a year away from Westwood to pursue her Olympic dreams — securing medals in Tokyo and Paris.

“I was like, ‘Oh, Jesus,’ what's gonna happen?” Chiles said. “They deserve 10s in my eyes.”

It was her moment to shine in front of a capacity crowd of 10,681 — so crammed that UCLA removed a curtain behind the uneven bars to accommodate scores of fans — and a nationally televised audience on Fox. It was Chiles' time for her floor party.

“Bruins, get on your feet. It’s Jordan Chiles."

It was no surprise that she would break the streak of 9.975s. It was no surprise that Chiles rose to the moment, just as she did many times before as a Bruin and an Olympian. Chiles earned perfection for the second time this season, for the 10th time in her career and for the fifth time on floor. Down seven-tenths to the Spartans heading into the final rotation, Chiles’ perfect 10 provided No. 6 UCLA with its best routine in a nation-high 49.800 overall floor score en route to a 197.300 to 197.200 victory over No. 5 Michigan State.

“That was incredible,” said UCLA coach Janelle McDonald. "It was one of those moments in sport that you live for.”

When the perfect score was revealed, Chiles could not help but smile and pose as her teammates celebrated, surrounding her as they leaped up and down. Chiles — who competed the all-around for the second time this season — provided the Bruins their fourth consecutive 197-plus score and second Big Ten victory.

The win wasn’t without grit, McDonald said. That was especially true for her star gymnast. Chiles said she had neck pain on Tuesday, woke up with a 104-degree fever Wednesday and was sick leading up to the meet despite the fever subsiding.

Chiles said it was her “flu game,” but it wasn’t the first time she has competed sick. At the 2017 U.S. National Championships, she had the flu, yet still finished second in the all-around.

"I knew in that moment, that no matter what, how strong I am, I have people around me that can help me and support me," Chiles said, "and do the best that they can on their end as well to make sure that it's a team sport."

Sickness couldn't stop her from achieving perfection Saturday.

“I had told Janelle [and] she was like, ‘Are you OK?’ And I was like, ‘I think so — I don't know — but I'm just gonna keep pushing through.’” Chiles said. “I took meds, did everything that I needed to do... at the end of the day, we're gonna just keep pushing forward. I knew what my role was, and that's what I showed today.”

The teams could not have been closer on paper. Each squad featured two of the top four all-around gymnasts in the Big Ten, and each had a gymnast ranked in the top three of an event entering the meet.

But Chiles made the difference despite errors in other events. UCLA struggled on balance beam, avoiding counting a fall, but recording a season-low 49-flat on the apparatus. Chiles even fell on bars, with the Bruins scoring just a 49.150 on the event.

Chiles led the Bruins with a 9.925 on vault, but it was Riley Jenkins who made a name for herself on the event Saturday. The freshman made her debut on the apparatus, nearly sticking her Yurchenko 1.5 vault for a 9.850.

“That was probably one of the highlights of the meet today was getting Riley back out there,” McDonald said. “I think she probably had a moment where she was like, ‘Oh my goodness, what is happening? This crowd is so big.’ But she took a breath and she settled in and trusted her training.”

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She leaped toward assistant coach Mark Freeman in celebration, where Chiles met her teammate to celebrate with her. Jenkins helped UCLA record a season-high 49.350 on vault to end the first rotation — the only time the Bruins led until Chiles ended the meet with perfection.

For graduate student Brooklyn Moors, the large crowd coupled with the meet being nationally televised boosted her energy for the floor finale.

“We were really hyped for this week,” Moors said. “We knew that there was going to be a Pauley party.”

For Chiles, her reaction was a bit more simple.

“I had fun,” she said. “That's all I have to say.”

UCLA next faces Washington in Seattle on Friday before hosting Penn State on Feb. 14.

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This story originally appeared in Los Angeles Times.