MAYVILLE – In two regular season wins, Mayville State placed a lot of frustration on University of Jamestown Women’s Basketball.  In an NSAA semifinal, the Jimmies turned that around, did the frustrating, and will play for a championship.

Kate Cordes scored 28 on Saturday as Jamestown controlled Mayville State 85-67 in a semifinal of the NSAA Women’s Basketball Championship at Lewy Lee Fieldhouse.

Cordes had nine first quarter points for the Jimmies (19-9), but Mackenzie Hughes scored eight for Mayville State (18-11).  Her three-pointer with 1:43 left in the quarter gave MSU a 19-14 lead, but Cordes scored five points in the last 37 seconds and the game was tied 19-19 after 10 minutes.

Those points started an 18-1 run that had Jamestown up 32-20 halfway through the second quarter.  A Kate Busek three-pointer gave UJ a 43-28 lead with 1:19 to go and the Jimmies led 43-32 at halftime.

Jes Martens dropped in two free throws with 7:44 left in the third quarter and Mayville State was within 43-37.  After that, Jamestown had an 18-8 run with two threes by Cordes, five points by Jayden Wiest and a three-pointer by Jessika Lofstrom, and the Jimmies were up 64-49 after three quarters.

Mayville State was within nine in the fourth quarter on an Annika Reierson three-pointer with 7:47 left, but another Jamestown run (15-4) decided the game.

Cordes hit four three-pointers and had five rebounds, three assists and three steals.  Jailyn Martinson scored a career-high 14 points with six rebounds.  Lofstrom hit three threes and scored 13.

Hughes and Mertens each had 21 points for Mayville State.  Reierson scored 10.

Jamestown shot 42 percent from the floor while holding Mayville State to 38 percent.  Also, the Jimmies had a 46-31 rebounding advantage.

Jamestown will attempt to win its first conference tournament championship since 2017 on Tuesday against top seed Dakota State in Madison, South Dakota in the NSAA Women’s Basketball Championship game.  Coverage will begin at around 6:45 PM on Q101.