OAKLAND, Calif. Windsor High made 10 3-pointers and scored five of the last seven points to beat Head-Royce 68-65 on Thursday, June 27, in a summer game with 14 lead changes. The loss was the third straight for the Jayhawks, who fell to 9-5.
Head-Royce answered Windsor High's opening 3-pointer with a 6-0 run. Lamarr Covington and Andre Iguodala II each made two free throws around a Micah Riebel basket for a 6-3 lead. Jack Peay scored off a Luke Silva assist and Jonah Greenberg followed with a basket off an Iguodala feed, putting the Jayhawks up 16-11, their largest lead of the night. Iguodala later hit a 3-pointer from Greenberg for a 19-15 advantage.
Windsor High took control from there with an 11-0 run that included three straight 3-pointers, turning a 19-15 deficit into a 26-19 lead. The visitors stretched the margin to 10 points at 33-23. Head-Royce chipped away behind a second-chance basket from Riebel and a three-point play from Greenberg, a basket off a turnover and a free throw, to get within 33-28. Trailing 43-36, the Jayhawks put together a 9-0 run. Peay scored twice, Riebel added a basket off a Peay assist, and Peay capped the burst with a 3-pointer from Riebel for a 45-43 lead.
The rest of the game was a trade of baskets. Davis Lynch hit a 3-pointer off an Mikael Akpala assist for a 52-50 lead, and Greenberg twice put Head-Royce back in front, at 54-53 and 56-55. Akpala tied the game at 58, Greenberg tied it at 60 with a basket off a turnover, and Nick Taubes knocked down a 3-pointer off a turnover, assisted by Greenberg, to tie it at 63. Windsor High answered with two free throws and a basket off a turnover for a 67-63 lead. Peay scored to make it 67-65, and a Windsor High free throw set the final margin.
Greenberg led Head-Royce with 17 points on 8-of-9 shooting, adding two assists and two steals. Iguodala, a senior, had 13 points, four rebounds, two assists and a team-high three steals. Riebel scored 12 points, and Peay, a sophomore, added 11 points on 5-of-8 shooting with a team-high six rebounds. Senior Bryce Clepper led the team with three assists.
Windsor High shot 54.3 percent from the field and 10 of 21 from 3-point range, while Head-Royce shot 45.2 percent overall but made only 4 of 24 from beyond the arc. The Jayhawks forced 13 turnovers and committed seven, but each side finished with seven points off turnovers. Windsor High held a 23-19 rebounding edge and made 8 of 10 free throws to Head-Royce's 5 of 5. The Head-Royce bench outscored itself into the game with 25 points.
Head-Royce is now 9-5 on the summer and has lost three games in a row.