OAKLAND, Calif. The Head-Royce boys junior varsity team lost to Monte Vista JV 49-31 in summer play at home on Monday, June 24, and dropped to 1-1. Head-Royce made only 11 of 51 shots (22 percent), and Monte Vista JV pulled away with a series of scoring runs.

Monte Vista JV scored the first four points before Tua Montoya answered with a second-chance basket on an assist from Alex Jones. Montoya followed with a 3-pointer off a turnover that gave Head-Royce a 5-4 lead, its only lead of the game. Monte Vista JV went back in front with six straight points to lead 10-5. Owen Curry scored on a pass from Jones and Tucker Peay scored on a feed from Jayan, and the Jayhawks were within 10-9.

That was as close as Head-Royce got. Monte Vista JV scored the next 10 points, two of those baskets off turnovers, to take a 20-9 lead. Sanjay Ernst ended the drought with a basket, and Jones hit a 3-pointer on an assist from Montoya to make it 24-14. Monte Vista JV answered with a 6-0 run and led 30-14.

The Jayhawks kept trading baskets. Cam hit a 3-pointer on a pass from Ernst, and Montoya added a second-chance 3-pointer, also set up by Ernst, to cut the deficit to 32-20. Montoya then scored three more points on a basket and a free throw to make it 34-23. Monte Vista JV answered with an 8-0 run that included four straight free throws, and the lead grew to 42-23. A Monte Vista JV 3-pointer made it 47-27, its largest lead of the game. Peay and Montoya each made two free throws for four straight Head-Royce points before Monte Vista JV scored the game's final basket.

Montoya led Head-Royce with 13 points on 4-of-8 shooting, including 2 of 5 from 3-point range, and made all three of his free throws. Peay added 6 points, a team-high 7 rebounds (3 offensive) and a blocked shot. Jones finished with 5 points, 4 rebounds, 3 assists and 3 steals. Ernst had 6 rebounds, 2 assists and 2 steals. Cam's 3-pointer accounted for all 3 of Head-Royce's bench points.

The shooting numbers decided the game. Monte Vista JV made 20 of 45 shots (44 percent), while Head-Royce made 4 of 30 from 3-point range. Monte Vista JV won the rebounding battle 33-24, although each team had 10 offensive rebounds. Both teams committed nine turnovers, but Monte Vista JV turned those mistakes into 8 points, and Head-Royce scored 3 points off turnovers. The Jayhawks made all five of their free throws, and Monte Vista JV made 8 of 9.

With the loss, Head-Royce is 1-1 this summer.