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DICKINSON, N.D.– Hannah DeMars (JR/Grand Rapids, MN) scored 21 points and Kia Tower (JR/Bigfork, MN) added 17 as the University of Jamestown women’s basketball team opened the 2021-22 season with a 65-58 win over Dickinson State University Thursday night.

The Jimmies won their fourth straight season opener under head coach Thad Sankey and will host Mayville State (N.D.) University Saturday at 5 p.m.

Jamestown led 37-34 at the half and held Dickinson State to just three points in the third quarter, taking a 15-point advantage into the fourth. The Blue Hawks made just one of 15 shots in the third quarter, missing all four of their three-point attempts while turning the ball over six times.

Tower’s free throw made it 59-40 UJ with 5:54 to play, giving the Jimmies their largest lead of the game. Jamestown had a 17-point lead with just under three minutes to play but Dickinson State closed on an 11-1 run to make the final score closer than the game appeared.

Madelyn Schmidt (FR/Tappen, ND) had five points off the bench while Noelle Josephson (SR/Ramsey, MN), Audrey Rodakowski (SO/Dickinson, ND), Jailyn Martinson (FR/Devils Lake, ND), and Megan Oswald (FR/Brownsdale, MN) each scored four. Macy Savela (JR/Mountain Iron, MN) and Jordynn Toliver (JR/Box Elder, SD) both finished with three points.

DeMars grabbed a team-high eight rebounds and Tower dished out six assists.

Kailyn Groves had 17 points for DSU and was joined in double figures by Courtney Olson with 15.