JAMESTOWN, N.D. (NewsDakota.com) – The Jamestown High basketball teams welcomed in Bismarck High on Tuesday night for a pair of crucial West Region match-ups.

GBB: Bismarck 73, Blue Jays 59. 

Bismarck High jumped on the Jays early taking an 18-10 lead in the first half. Jamestown got the offense going before the break and took the lead with a 17-2 run to lead 34-30 at the break. The first meeting between the two was a lopsided 74-46 win for Jamestown, but the Demons got Cadee Ryckman back from injury and have turned up the tempo to their game.

Jamestown lead 38-35 just a few minutes after halftime, but the Demons raced on a 23-4 run to seize control. Grace Hegerle had 20 to pace the Jays. Payton Gerving lead BHS with 21.

BBB: #1 Blue Jays 93, #4 Bismarck 78. 

Bismarck’s frantic pace and pressure was diced up by Boden Skunberg and Carson Lamp in a 15-point win for the Jays. The two guards dished out 14 assists, most going to Brooks Carroll who finished with a game-high and career-high 29.

Skunberg finished two assists shy of a triple-double with 25 points, 15 rebounds and eight assists. Two other Jays also had double-doubles; Carroll with 29 and 10 and Keith Levin with 14 and 15. The Jays out rebounded BHS 63-36, a dominate performance on the glass.

The win gives Jamestown a three-game cushion in the WDA standings into the final three weeks of the season.

Jamestown travels to Dickinson on Friday night for a West Region doubleheader.