JAMESTOWN, N.D. (jimmiepride.com) – Hannah DeMars (SO/Grand Rapids, MN) and Audrey Rodakowski (FR/Dickinson, ND) each scored 21 points to help lead the University of Jamestown women’s basketball team to an 87-64 non-conference victory over Dickinson State (N.D.) University Monday at Harold Newman Arena.

Jamestown improved to 2-0 while the Blue Hawks were playing their first game of the season.

Dickinson State had the lead early on, going ahead 14-8 after a Shali Sheridan three-pointer with 5:23 left in the first quarter. Macy Savela (SO/Mountain Iron, MN)’s three-pointer on the next Jimmie possession sparked a 7-0 run that put UJ back in front by a point.

Rodakowski scored eight points in the second quarter as Jamestown capitalized on seven Blue Hawk turnovers and held the visitors to 41 percent shooting in the quarter. The Blue Hawks committed 30 turnovers in the game, leading to 31 UJ points.

UJ took a six-point lead into the break and opened the second half on a 10-2 run that extended the lead to 14 points.

DSU would get as close as ten with 6:42 remaining in the third, but a pair of Kia Tower (SO/Bigfork, MN) free throws with 44 seconds left in the third capped off a 21-7 run, making it 68-44 and essentially putting the game out of reach.

Twelve of DSU’s 18 fourth-quarter points came at the foul line as the Jimmie defense forced the Blue Hawks into 3 of 15 shooting for the quarter, including 0-for-7 from three-point range.

DeMars shot 7-of-11 overall and made four of her six three-pointers. Rodakowski was good on nine of her 11 shots.

Tower added 18 points and five assists, while Noelle Josephson (JR/Ramsey, MN) chipped in with 14 points and recorded six steals. Rodakowski grabbed a team-best seven rebounds.

The Jimmies open the Great Plains Athletic Conference season at home against Morningside (Iowa) College on November 11 at 6 p.m.