If only the Royals could have shot that percentage from the field, they may have beaten the Wildcats in a sluggish Region 5 matchup.

Instead, the Royals will look back on missed chances in an error-filled, 40-36 overtime loss.

The disappointing numbers show Roy shot 20% overall from the floor — 23% on two-pointers and 9% from beyond the arc.

“That’s not going to win you too many games. I think our decision-making wasn’t very good,” Roy coach Hailee Parry said. “We had too many turnovers. They got a couple of buckets, and those transition baskets hurt us.”

Roy had a respectable seven turnovers in the first half but 11 after the break.

Woods Cross only won the rebound battle 39 to 37, but Parry felt that cost the Royals in the end.

“We weren’t boxing out in the second half and they were getting second-chance and third-chance opportunities. You’re more likely to score when you have three and four chances,” Parry said.

Things looked bleak when the Royals trailed 8-4 after one quarter, but after the deficit got to 11-6 early in the second stanza, they went on a 12-0 run that began on a pair of free throws by senior center Ellie Speredon at the 6:23 mark and concluded on a pair of charity tosses from the other senior post, Jerzee Hart, in the closing seconds.

“That was our best quarter. We played as a team and moved the ball and weren’t selfish,” junior guard Jazzi Prieto said.

But the single-digit first quarter was a harbinger of things to come. The Royals put up more of the same — six points and five points — in the third and fourth periods, then managed seven in overtime.

“We went away from what we were doing in the first half, which was moving the ball, making the extra pass,” Parry said. “We had too many turnovers in the second half and started missing the free throws we were making in the first half.”

Roy (4-9, 2-3 Region 5) was actually perfect from the line in the first half (8 of 8) and finished the game 15 of 22, but three of those misses came in overtime.

“Three of six (in overtime), that’s the game right there,” Parry said.

Prieto gave the Royals a chance to get to overtime when she nailed a 3-pointer with three minutes remaining in the fourth quarter, tying the game at 27.

“I thought we had a chance to win it. We needed to push through and get the win,” Prieto said.

Both teams added free throws late in the quarter and the game went into overtime 29-29. Roy quickly fell behind by three points in the extra session and couldn’t quite battle back.

“We gave up a little bit and a lot of our girls thought the game was over. If we had kept our heads up and realized we had more time we could have got the win,” Prieto said.

Mistakes again hurt the Royals in overtime, as Woods Cross (9-5, 3-2) got inside for a couple of easy layups and paraded to the free-throw line down the stretch.

“We needed to be more mentally in the game. On defense, we got beat back door too many times,” Parry said. “We talk to our girls about that and have to figure out how to guard it. Woods Cross played a great game and beat us.”

Prieto was the only Roy player to score in double figures with 12 points but Hart also had double digits, totaling 15 rebounds to go with her six points.