Head-Royce could not recover from a 26-0 Albany run to open the game and fell 46-13 on the road Saturday, dropping the Jayhawks to 1-7 on the season. Albany forced turnovers throughout and turned them into 26 of its 46 points.

Albany took control right away. A.K. and Tenzin made second-chance 3-pointers on back-to-back trips, both set up by Z.G., for a 6-0 lead. Tenzin followed with a basket off a turnover, and J.S. and J.L. added scores as the Albany pressure took hold. J.S. then turned three straight Head-Royce turnovers into baskets to make it 20-0. Second-chance baskets from A.C. and D.L. came next, and A.C. scored off another turnover to finish the 26-0 run.

Abigail Kim ended the drought with a basket, and Osa Enabulele scored on an assist from Ella Smith to make it 26-4. After a J.P. basket for Albany, Smith made a free throw to make it 28-5. Albany answered with 10 straight points, including consecutive baskets from J.L., and led 38-5, its largest lead of the game.

The Jayhawks put together their best stretch after that. Kim scored on a pass from Laila Jagusch, and Jagusch then scored on an assist from Smith to make it 38-9. Enabulele answered an A.K. basket with one of her own, and Kim added a second-chance basket set up by Kara Waldrop to make it 42-13. Albany closed the scoring with two more baskets off turnovers, from J.S. and D.L. Head-Royce never led, and the teams were never tied.

Kim led Head-Royce with six points and added two steals. Enabulele scored four points and led the team with seven steals. Smith grabbed a game-high 14 rebounds, four of them offensive, and added two assists and a blocked shot. Jagusch scored two points and had an assist off the bench.

Turnovers decided the game. Head-Royce committed 44 turnovers, and Albany finished with 33 steals, led by J.L. with six and J.S. and Tenzin with five each. The Jayhawks had 13 steals of their own and nearly matched Albany on the boards, 34-33, but Albany's 17 offensive rebounds produced 10 second-chance points. J.S. and J.L. each scored 10 points to lead Albany, and D.L. added six points and a game-high seven rebounds among Albany players.

The loss was the second in a row for Head-Royce, which is now 1-7.