JAMESTOWN, N.D. (JimmieAthletics.com) – Grace Benz (SO/Steele, ND) scored 13 points and was one of three players off the bench in double figures, helping the University of Jamestown women’s basketball team to a 71-69 upset of No. 7 Dakota Wesleyan (S.D.) University Wednesday night at Harold Newman Arena.

The win snapped a five-game losing streak to the Tigers and was UJ’s first win over DWU since November 11, 2011.

Courtney Mosloski (SR/Fairmont, MN) scored 12 and Emma Stoehr (JR/Woodbury, MN) 10 for Jamestown (6-1, 2-0 Great Plains Athletic Conference) as the Jimmie reserves finished with 46 of the team’s 71 points.

The Tigers (4-2, 1-2 GPAC) led 24-14 after one quarter on the strength of 11-of-18 shooting from the floor. UJ was just 5-of-15 and 2-of-7 from three-point range in the first 10 minutes.

DWU took a 32-22 lead after a pair of Sarah Carr free throws with 5:08 before halftime, but the Jimmies closed the half on a 14-2 run to take a 36-34 advantage into the break.

Jamestown took their biggest lead of the game after a Noelle Josephson (SO/Ramsey, MN) bucket made it 43-36 with 8:15 in the third. The Tigers responded with a run of their own, scoring the next eight points to retake a 44-43 lead.

The first half of the fourth quarter belonged to UJ, who outscored DWU 13-0 to take a 10-point lead with 6:23 in the game. A 10-0 Tiger run, capped off by a Makaela Karst three-pointer, tied the game at 66-66 with 3:16 remaining.

Mosloski scored the go-ahead basket with 1:37 as UJ led 70-68. Kynedi Cheeseman had a chance for a game-tying basket with 0.3 seconds left but was unable to convert and the Jimmies escaped with the victory.

Cheeseman led all scorers with 31 points, making six of her 10 three-point attempts.

Paige Schmidt (SR/Tappen, ND) added nine points for Jamestown, who was led in rebounding by Olivia Anderson (SR/Edgeley, ND) with six. Noelle Josephson had four assists to go along with three steals.

The Jimmies are back in action Saturday with a 4 p.m. tipoff at Northwestern (Iowa) College.