Cornerstone Christian turned 43 Head-Royce turnovers into 35 points and beat the Jayhawks 80-9 on Friday, Jan. 2. The loss dropped Head-Royce to 1-6 in the 2025-26 season.
Cornerstone Christian led from the start. B.B. opened the scoring with a 3-pointer off a turnover, and the home team scored the game's first 22 points. Seven of its first 10 baskets came off Head-Royce turnovers. Missgana B. ended the drought with a free throw to make it 22-1. After a basket by L.A., Kara Waldrop hit a 3-pointer on an assist from Abigail Kim to cut the deficit to 24-4.
The game got away from the Jayhawks after that. Cornerstone Christian answered with a 26-0 run to push the lead to 50-4, getting four second-chance baskets and four scores off turnovers along the way. Bella Spencer ended the run with a second-chance basket to make it 50-6. Cornerstone Christian then scored the next 20 points, eight of them by K.B., to lead 70-6.
Waldrop's second 3-pointer, again set up by Kim, made it 70-9. Cornerstone Christian closed the game on a 10-0 run. L.A. scored eight of those points on two 3-pointers and a two, and B.B. added the final basket off a turnover. The game had no lead changes or ties, and Cornerstone Christian's lead peaked at 71 points.
Waldrop led Head-Royce with 6 points. She made 2 of 5 shots from the field, went 2 for 2 from 3-point range and added a steal. Spencer scored 2 points and had 3 rebounds, two of them offensive, plus a steal. Kim assisted on both of Waldrop's 3-pointers and added 3 rebounds, a steal and a block. Missgana B. finished with 1 point and 3 rebounds, while Osa Enabulele and Laila Jagusch each had 3 rebounds.
The team numbers show how lopsided the game was. Head-Royce made 3 of 30 shots from the field (10 percent), though it went 2 for 3 from beyond the arc. Cornerstone Christian made 37 of 79 shots (46.8 percent) and had 28 steals. It also outrebounded the Jayhawks 45-24, and its 25 offensive rebounds led to 18 second-chance points. Head-Royce scored no points off turnovers and got no points from its bench.
L.A. led Cornerstone Christian with 13 points, including three 3-pointers. K.B. had 12 points, 6 assists and 6 steals. K.A. added 11 points on 5-of-7 shooting, and C.B. had 10 points and 6 steals. Head-Royce is now 1-6 on the season.