UCLA (4-10) at California (13-2)

California looks to establish its longest home winning streak since moving into Haas Pavilion in 1999 when it hosts Pac-10 rival UCLA on Saturday.

The 25th-ranked Golden Bears (13-2, 6-0 Pac-10) tied the previous mark with their 14th straight home win on Thursday, beating Southern California 73-68.

California is 26-1 in Berkeley over the last two seasons, including its current run, which includes nine home wins this season.

The Bears’ win over USC came on a night when the Trojans held California’s big three of Joe Shipp, Amit Tamir and Brian Wethers to just 35 points, 17.5 below their combined season average.

Richard Midgley, a freshman guard from England, scored a career-high 23 points to lead the Bears to their seventh straight victory overall.

“We needed other guys to step up and that’s just what Richard did,” California coach Ben Braun said. “He’s a very tough-minded kid and he has a penchant to make big plays during tough circumstances.”

Midgley made half of his 16 shots, including four 3-pointers, and had his biggest basket off an offensive rebound with 44.6 seconds left, giving the Bears a 71-68 lead.

“The competition isn’t quite what it is here,” said Midgley, who twice scored 96 points in a game at the age of 14 in England. “I shot every time I had the ball then.”

The success at home is one reason why California is off to its best start since legendary Cal coach Pete Newell’s 1959-60 squad went 28-2 en route to an NCAA runner-up finish. The 6-0 start in conference play is the Bears’ best since the 1956-57 season, when they began 10-0 under Newell in the old Pacific Coast Conference.

Cal will host a UCLA team that has lost five straight since winning its first two Pac-10 contests. The Bruins (4-10, 2-4) won at Washington and Washington State to open conference play, but they’ve since suffered losses to USC, St. John’s, Arizona State, No. 1 Arizona and Stanford.

The 52-51 loss to Stanford on Thursday gave UCLA its first five-game losing streak since the 1947-48 season, the year before coach John Wooden took over.

UCLA holds a 118-90 lead in the all-time series, but the Bears won two of the three meetings last season, including a 67-61 victory in the quarterfinals of the Pac-10 tournament.

The teams conclude their season series Feb. 20 in Los Angeles.