JAMESTOWN, N.D. (jimmiepride.com) -A 15-0 run to open the second quarter helped eighth-ranked Dordt (Iowa) University build on a three-point lead, and the Defenders went on to defeat the University of Jamestown women’s basketball team 81-64 Tuesday night at Harold Newman Arena.

Jamestown falls to 4-3 overall and 2-3 in the GPAC while Dordt improves to 4-5 in all games and 3-3 in the conference.

UJ trailed 20-17 after the first quarter but went without a point until Kia Tower (SO/Bigfork, MN) scored with 3:32 left in the half. Tower knocked down a pair of three-pointers to make it a 41-27 game heading into the break.

After both teams traded baskets to open the third quarter, Jamestown went on a 7-0 run to get within seven points, 43-36, with 6:25 in the third. Hannah DeMars (SO/Grand Rapids, MN) nailed a three-pointer to cut Dordt’s lead to 45-41 just over a minute later.

The Defenders scored the next 11 straight points and 14 of the next 15 to build a 17-point advantage following a three by Hilary Albrecht.

Jamestown would get as close as 13 on a Tower three-pointer with 7:23 remaining, but a pair of baskets by Bailey Beckman and three by Mya Chmielewski made it a 20-point game just 69 seconds later.

Tower led the Jimmies with 16 points and was joined in double figures by DeMars with 14 and Audrey Rodakowski (FR/Dickinson, ND) with 12. DeMars added eight rebounds, four assists, and three steals. Emma Stoehr (SR/Woodbury, MN) also dished out four assists to go along with seven points.

Erika Feenstra led all scorers with 23 for Dordt. Beckman chipped in with 15, Ashlyn Verbeek 11, and Baylee Tetzlaff 10.

UJ hosts Dakota Wesleyan (S.D.) University Saturday at 2 p.m.