Feb. 5, 2000
By DENNIS GEORGATOS
AP Sports Writer
BERKELEY, Calif. - Maylana Martin scored a season-high 28 points and No. 15 UCLA rebounded from consecutive losses to beat California 74-67 Saturday.
Martin, the Bruins' leading scorer who was held to one point in Thursday's 83-68 loss at Stanford, came back to make 10-of-14 shots. She boosted her career points total to 1,910, second on UCLA's career list behind Denise Curry (3,198).
Nicole Kaczmarski added 13 points and LaCresha Flannigan had 10 for UCLA (13-6, 7-2), which extended its winning streak against Cal (7-12, 2-7) to 10 games despite committing 21 turnovers.
Courtney Johnson scored 15 points to lead Cal, which missed a chance to win three straight conference games for the first time in eight years.
Lauren Ashbaugh added 14 points and Shavaki Jackson 13, but the Bears were hurt by poor shooting, making just 29.5 percent.
UCLA made 47.2 percent of its attempts, which was more than enough even though the Bears took far more shots (78) than the Bruins (53).
Down by six at the break, the Bruins began the second half with a 12-4 surge, taking a 41-39 lead on Martin's 10-foot jumper. No more than two points separated the teams until UCLA scored six straight, including successive layups by Martin and Marie Philman for a 62-57 lead with 5:10 remaining.
Cal fought closed within three when Amber White banked in a 19-foot jump shot with 1:25 left before the Bruins made 6-of-10 free throws down the stretch, including four by Kaczmarski.
UCLA began the game as if it was going to blow out Cal, opening with a 16-6 run fueled by Michelle Greco's three baskets, including a 3-pointer.
But the Bruins suddenly couldn't find the range and Cal, after missing 10 of its first 11 shots, scored 16 unanswered points over a 6:43 span to move ahead 22-16.