OAKLAND, Calif. Morgan R. had 31 points and 24 rebounds as Head-Royce beat College Prep 43-29 on Thursday. The win lifted the Jayhawks to 11-4 and extended their winning streak to five games. Head-Royce never trailed and outrebounded the visitors 49-18.
The Jayhawks scored the first six points. Morgan R. scored the first basket on an assist from Leila H. and added another before Leila H. made it 6-0. College Prep answered with a 3-pointer, but Head-Royce kept its distance, and Elena K. hit a 3-pointer for a 13-5 lead. After College Prep cut the gap to 19-13 with another 3-pointer, the Jayhawks scored the next 10 points. Morgan R. hit a free throw and a basket, Leila H. scored on a second-chance basket and Morgan R. made a 3-pointer, which put Head-Royce up 27-13 after one quarter. Morgan R. opened the second quarter with a basket off a turnover for a 29-13 lead.
College Prep won the second quarter 10-5, scoring most of its points at the free-throw line. The visitors went on a 6-0 run with four free throws and a basket off a turnover to pull within 30-23. Morgan R. answered with a basket, and Head-Royce led 32-23 at halftime.
Neither team scored in the third quarter. Morgan R. then opened the fourth with three straight baskets, Tara P. made a free throw and Leila H. scored to complete a 9-0 run that spanned halftime and made it 39-23. After a College Prep basket, Morgan R. scored off a turnover and on a second-chance basket to give Head-Royce its biggest lead, 43-25. College Prep scored the game's last four points.
Morgan R. scored 31 of the team's 43 points on 14-of-31 shooting. She also had 11 offensive rebounds, six steals, four blocks and two assists. Leila H. added 6 points, six rebounds and four assists. Elena K. had 5 points, five steals and three assists. Ella S. grabbed seven rebounds, and Tara P. had 1 point and five rebounds.
Head-Royce made 19 of 63 shots from the field (30.2 percent), but its work on the glass made up for it. The Jayhawks grabbed 24 offensive rebounds, turned them into 8 second-chance points and allowed none. They had 16 steals as a team. Ball security was a problem: Head-Royce committed 30 turnovers, and College Prep scored 7 points off them. The visitors made only 8 of 37 shots (21.6 percent) and scored 10 of their points on 10-of-14 free-throw shooting. College Prep's No. 14 led her team with 9 points, including two 3-pointers. All 43 Head-Royce points came from its starters.
The win completed a sweep of College Prep in three days. Head-Royce won 48-26 on the road on Tuesday, Feb. 6. The Jayhawks are now 11-4 and have won five straight.