BERKELEY, Calif. (AP) -- Getting the ball to Maylana Martin was a must for the UCLA Bruins on Saturday. She reciprocated by putting it through the net plenty of times.

Martin scored a season-high 28 points and UCLA (No. 17 ESPN/USA, No. 15 AP) rebounded from consecutive losses to beat California 74-67 Saturday.

The team turnaround coincided with Martin's rebound from a one-point game Thursday in an 83-68 loss to Stanford, which used a tight defense to close down the passing lanes to Martin, who was limited to just two shots.

"I didn't get as many touches as I usually do," Martin said. "Today, I wanted to make myself completely open to the wings so there was no choice except to get the ball to me. We just had to do the little things better."

After being shut down by Stanford, UCLA coach Kathy Olivier said the Bruins made a point of getting Martin, the team's leading scorer, involved in the offense again.

"Everyone was pushing really hard to get the ball inside," Olivier said.

Martin wound up taking 14 shots, most of them from up close, and she made 10 of them. In the process, she boosted her career points total to 1,910, second on UCLA's career list behind Denise Curry (3,198).

Lauren Ashbaugh, who had the primary defensive assignment on Martin, said last season's Pac-10 player of the year was relentless.

"She never stops moving," Ashbaugh said. "You're exhausted after the first five minutes."

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. It was Cal's first loss in eight games after leading at the half.

Lauren Ashbaugh added 14 points and Shavaki Jackson 13, but the Bears were hurt by poor shooting, making just 29.5 percent.

"We missed some real makable shots," Cal coach Marianne Stanley said. "We did everything we wanted to but shoot the ball."

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 closed within three when Amber White banked in a 19-foot jump shot with 1:25 left before the Bruins made six 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.

Martin finally broke up the run with a layup. Later, a 3-pointer by Kaczmarski pulled the Bruins to within two points but Johnson and Ashbaugh each hit jumpers over the last 36 seconds of the period to put Cal up 35-29 at halftime.