JAMESTOWN, N.D. (jimmiepride.com) – The University of Jamestown Women’s Basketball team picked up their first GPAC win of the year last night while the Men’s Basketball team dropped its second consecutive contest.
Here’s how both games unfolded:
Women: UJ 70, Northwestern 65
Kia Tower (SO/Bigfork, MN) scored a career-high 25 points to help lead the University of Jamestown women’s basketball team to a 70-65 Great Plains Athletic Conference victory over Northwestern (Iowa) College Wednesday night at Harold Newman Arena.
Jamestown closed the first half on a 7-0 run, coming back from a five-point deficit with 3:49 in the half to lead by two at the half.
A Sammy Blum three-pointer put Northwestern ahead 51-49 with 2:54 left in the third quarter. Three points from Tower and a pair of Emma Stoehr (SR/Woodbury, MN) free throws sparked a 5-0 run to put the Jimmies back in front heading to the final quarter.
Noelle Josephson (JR/Ramsey, MN) gave UJ a 60-55 lead with a basket at the 7:04 mark of the fourth, but back-to-back buckets by Taylor Vandervelde cut the lead to one. Tower sank another shot to push the lead to three with just under four minutes to play.
Emilee Danner made consecutive shots for NWC, giving them a 63-62 advantage with 1:49 remaining. Josephson answered on the next possession with a basket to put UJ in front 64-63.
Stoehr knocked down a three-pointer with 48 seconds left to give the Jimmies a four-point lead and effectively end the Red Raider rally.
Tower pulled down eight rebounds and dished out six assists. Stoehr finished with 12 points, five rebounds, and four assists. Also in double figures for UJ were Macy Savela (SO/Mountain Iron, MN) with 11 and Josephson with 10.
The Jimmies were 10-for-20 from beyond the three-point arc, with Tower making 4-of-8 attempts, Stoehr 3-of-5, and Savela 3-of-3.
Jamestown, now 3-1 overall and 1-1 in the GPAC, are at Hastings (Neb.) November 23 and Doane (Neb.) November 25.
Men: Northwestern 91, UJ 78
A 12-0 run by Northwestern (Iowa) College late in the first half broke the game open, and the Red Raiders defeated the University of Jamestown men’s basketball team 91-78 Wednesday night at Harold Newman Arena.
Tied at 8, Northwestern scored the next eight points to go ahead 16-8 with 16:41 in the first half.
The Red Raiders led by 15 with 10:29 before halftime, but five points from Mason Walters (SO/Jamestown, ND) and a basket by Will Cordes (FR/Shakopee, MN) brought the Jimmies within eight points at 33-25 with 8:31 in the half.
After a Walters bucket cut Northwestern’s lead to 37-27, the Raiders held UJ without a point for the next 4:02, scoring 12 of their own during that span. The next Jimmie points came on a basket by Brady Birch (SR/Melrose, MN), but by that point UJ was down 20.
Jamestown trailed by no fewer than 20 points throughout much of the second half, and fell behind by 30 after a Keegan Van Egdom basket with 9:02 to play.
UJ finished the game on a 25-8 run and forced Northwestern to miss their final five shots.
Walters led Jamestown with 24 points and nine rebounds. Cordes had 18 points off the bench, and Allante’ Pickens (SR/Chicago, IL) was also in double figures with 15. Pickens dished out a team-high six assists.
Northwestern knocked down 13 of 31 three-point attempts while the Jimmies were 8 of 19 from beyond the arc. UJ outrebounded NWC 40-37, including 13-8 on the offensive glass.
Jamestown, 4-2 overall this season and 1-1 in the GPAC, travel to Hastings (Neb.) on November 23 and Doane (Neb.) November 25.