JAMESTOWN, N.D. (jimmiepride.com) -The University of Jamestown men’s basketball team connected on a season-high 16 three-point field goals Tuesday night in a 91-74 victory over Dordt (Iowa) University at Harold Newman Arena.
Jamestown improves to 8-3 overall and 4-2 in the GPAC while Dordt falls to 7-4 overall and 3-4 in the conference.
The Jimmies wasted little time in establishing their long-range game against the Defenders, sinking seven of their first nine attempts from beyond the arc. Twelve of UJ’s 15 first-half field goals came from three-point range.
While Jamestown was having success from long distance, the Defenders kept the game close in the first half with a strong inside presence. Dordt made just one of seven three-point attempts, but were 15-for-21 on shots inside the arc. Jacob Vis and Cade Bleeker combined to shoot 7-for-7 on two-point field goals and made 8-of-9 free throws for 22 of Dordt’s 42 first half points.
Mason Walters (SO/Jamestown, ND) (4-for-4) and Marc Kjos (SO/Lake City, MN) (3-for-5) led the Jimmies’ first-half three-point shooting. Allante’ Pickens (SR/Chicago, IL) and Cole Woodford (FR/Redwood Falls, MN) each drained a pair and Will Cordes (FR/Shakopee, MN) added another in helping UJ take a 46-42 halftime lead.
Dordt tied the game twice early in the second half, and after Walters put the Jimmies ahead 54-48 with 16:40 remaining, scored on their next possession to make it a four-point game. Kjos capped off a 7-0 run with a three to give UJ a 61-50 advantage, and a Woodford three started another 7-0 Jimmie run to extend the lead to 16.
The Defenders got as close as 13 before the third 7-0 run of the half gave UJ its first 20-point lead of the game. Jamestown’s largest lead of the night came on a Kjos bucket with 2:47 left made it 89-66.
Walters posted another double-double of 28 points and 16 rebounds. Kjos ended with a career-high 21 points and seven rebounds, while recording four steals and dishing out seven assists. Woodford (11) and Brock Schrom (SR/Grand Rapids, MN) (10) were also in double figures.
Vis led four Defenders in double figures with 14 points.
Next up for the Jimmies is a home conference matchup with Briar Cliff (Iowa) University next Tuesday at 8 p.m.