Tuesday The Jimmies Womens Basketball, Mayville State Mayville State University 74 Jamestown 56

Box Score

MAYVILLE, N.D (UJ) .– The University of Jamestown women’s basketball team shot just 32 percent in the first half on the way to a 74-56 loss against Mayviille State University Tuesday evening.

Hannah DeMars (SR/Grand Rapids, MN) and Audrey Rodakowski (JR/Dickinson, ND) combined to score 44 of UJ’s 56 points. DeMars finished with 26 points on 9-of-15 shooting while Rodakowski finished with 18, making 8-of-16 field goal attempts.

The rest of the Jimmie lineup hit just three of 23 shots, including one of 11 three-point attempts.

Mayville State led 17-11 after the first quarter, then closed out the second quarter on an 8-0 run to push their lead to 13 at the break.

DeMars had 11 points in the third quarter, scoring six straight to bring the Jimmies within 45-39 at the 3:33 mark. The Comets outscored UJ 10-0 in the remainder of the third to go ahead by 16 points to start the fourth quarter.

Jamestown had its highest-scoring quarter in the fourth with 17 points, but were unable to get any closer than 13 and trailed by as many as 20 after a CJ Decker jumper with 3:18 remaining.

Erin Walcker and Jordan Zrust paced the Comets with 19 points each. Decker finished with 12 and Jes Mertens 10. Zrust grabbed 14 rebounds for a double-double.

DeMars pulled down a career-high 17 rebounds for UJ, who outrebounded Mayville State 37-34. The Comets shot 44.1 percent to Jamestown’s 37 percent and made 11 three-pointers compared to two for the Jimmies.

UJ (2-1) opens conference play on Saturday at College of Saint Mary (Neb.) with game time set for 2 p.m.