Quincy Pondexter was the only Washington player who provided any offense against California last night.

And in the second half, it seemed like nobody played defense.

Another second-half collapse doomed the Huskies in Berkeley, as Jon Brockman was held without a field goal in an 86-71 California win.

The Bears shot 22-34 — 64.7 percent — from the field in the second half, racking up 56 points after halftime just one week after the Huskies allowed 69 second-half points to Arizona.

Pondexter was the only consistent source of offense for Washington, which falls to 7-3 in Pac-10 play and into second place with the loss.

With little contribution from Brockman and Justin Dentmon, it was Pondexter who got the Huskies going in the first half. He put up 14 of his team-high 21 points before halftime — six in the first five minutes — penetrating for short runners and put-backs to compensate for the UW’s lack of accuracy from three-point range.

Washington missed all five of its first-half long balls — it was 2-12 for the game — but still carried a 32-30 lead into halftime.

And when the second half started, it looked like it would be the Huskies who would control the game’s tempo. The UW went on an 11-0 run after Cal scored four points to start the second frame, taking a 43-34 lead with 17:15 left in the game. But Cal roared back, reeling off a 17-4 run while holding the UW without a field goal for five minutes to take a 53-49 lead.

After that, the Huskies (16-6, 7-3 Pac-10) simply couldn’t get a stop. Cal scored on 13 straight possessions, taking a 65-58 lead with 8:24 to play. The lead swelled to as many as 19 before it was over.

Washington tried everything, even inserting seldom-used Artem Wallace into the lineup for a struggling Brockman, who finished with a season-low four points on 0-4 shooting.

But nothing worked. Cal (17-6, 6-4 Pac-10) operated easily around the rim, often taking advantage of Jordan Wilkes’ height advantage over UW’s big men.

The Huskies couldn’t get anything going on the offensive end either, making just 8-29 from the field in the second half after hitting four of their first nine shots immediately after halftime.

Jerome Randle proved un-guardable yet again, burying pull-up jumpers at will and finishing with 21 points. Theo Robertson finished with 21 as well.

Dentmon, who became the Pac-10’s leading scorer in conference games after a 30-point outburst against Arizona State Saturday, couldn’t find his touch. He finished with 14 points but was just 3-12 from the field and 1-6 on threes. Isaiah Thomas was held largely in-check as well, netting just 13 points in 25 minutes.

Washington is faced now with the task of bouncing back in an arena in which they haven’t won for 15 years, traveling to Stanford Saturday to try to salvage a split of the weekend.

Reach reporter Christian Caple at sports@dailyuw.com.