From Jamestown Athletics

JAMESTOWN, ND. (jimmiepride.com) – John Argue (SO/Houston, TX) scored a career-high 36 points and grabbed eight rebounds to help lead the tenth-ranked University of Jamestown men’s basketball team to a 91-88 win over Hastings (Neb.) College Saturday evening at Harold Newman Arena.

Argue, filling in for an injured Mason Walters (JR/Jamestown, ND), erupted for 27 points on 10-of-12 shooting in the second half. He made all three of his three-point attempts and was a perfect 4-for-4 at the foul line in the final twenty minutes. His 36 points ties for the seventh-most by a Jimmie in a single game.

Hastings twice led by four points in a back-and-forth first half, and the Jimmies would take its largest lead at 37-31 following a Devon Schultz (SR/Arlington, MN) free throw at the 2:50 mark. The Broncos would tie the game again at 41 before Argue converted a three-point play just before halftime to give UJ a 44-41 lead at the break.

The Broncos took leads of 48-47 and 50-49 in the second half after baskets by Dashawn Walker, but the Jimmies would retake the lead after an Argue basket on the next trip down the floor. Will Cordes (SO/Shakopee, MN) knocked down a three-pointer and hit a jumper to make it a six-point lead, and Argue followed with another basket for a 58-50 edge.

Hastings got as close as 69-64 just under ten minutes to play, but eight straight points from Argue turned the lead into 13, and it looked like the Jimmies were in control. However, the Broncos put together a 14-3 run capped off by a TJ Babikir three-pointer that made it 86-85 UJ with 67 seconds left.

Cordes and Phil Cisrow traded three-pointers on consecutive trips down the floor, but free throws by Cordes and Devan Praska (SR/Thompson, ND) helped close out the game. Walker’s three-point attempt at the buzzer was no good, and Jamestown came away with the win.

Cordes finished with 20 points and made five three-pointers. Brady Birch (SR/Melrose, MN) had a double-double of 14 points and 10 rebounds, and Marc Kjos (JR/Lake City, MN) was also in double figures with 10. Cole Woodford (SO/Redwood Falls, MN) had seven assists to go along with seven rebounds.

Jamestown, now 10-2 overall and 3-2 in the GPAC, plays at Dakota State (S.D.) Tuesday.