At Jamestown

Wednesday

Woman

Jamestown 64 VCSU 43

Box Score

Jamestown (VCSU) – The Valley City State women’s basketball team dropped a nonconference contest to rival University of Jamestown Wednesday night after the Jimmies pulled away in the second half to lock in a 64-43 victory over the Vikingshttps://www.vcsuvikings.com/article/4582.

Jamestown shot 47 percent and outscored the Vikings 20-12 in the final 10 minutes of Wednesday’s game. Jamestown is now 8-2 on the season while Valley City State drops to 8-3 overall. The Viking women will now have a break until they travel to Hilo, Hawaii for games on Dec. 18-19 at the Hoop and Surf Classic.

VCSU kept the game close early on, leading 9-8 with 2:01 on the clock in the first quarter. Jamestown’s Hannah DeMars then scored six straight points to close out the period with a 14-9 lead. Allie Critchley‘s 3-pointer midway through the second quarter allowed VCSU to tie the game at 17-all. VCSU went on to trail UJ 28-24 at halftime.

The Jimmies picked it up coming out of the locker room, building upon their lead by outscoring the Vikings 16-7 in the third quarter – including 10 points from UJ’s Audrey Rodakowski – to hold a 44-31 advantage with 10 minutes to play. Jamestown then shot 47 percent in the fourth quarter to help seal the 64-43 win.

Adriana Torres led the Vikings with 12 points and Allie Critchley chipped in eight points. Taryn Dieterle and Ashlyn Diemert each grabbed four rebounds while JayCee Richter added three rebounds and a blocked shot while Madison Wilhelmi tallied a pair of steals for VCSU.

VCSU shot 29 percent on field goals Wednesday (17-59), 27 percent on 3’s (6-22) and 60 percent on free throws (3-5). Jamestown shot 39 percent in the game (26-67), 25 percent on 3-pointers (6-24) and 55 percent from the free throw line (6-11). Jamestown held a 51-34 rebounding advantage and tallied 15 second chance points.

Jamestown tallied 10 assists while turning the ball over 14 times and VCSU totaled seven assists with 18 turnovers in Wednesday’s game.

UJ’s Rodakowski scored 16 points while going 8-for-9 from the field Wednesday. Hannah DeMars and Kate Busek each grabbed eight rebounds and DeMars added four assists for the Jimmies.

UP NEXT: VCSU travels to the Hoop and Surf Classic in Hilo, Hawaii on Dec. 18-19. The Vikings face William Carey University on Sunday, Dec. 18 at 1 p.m. CT. VCSU will then take on No. 12 Morningside University on Monday, Dec. 19 at 2 p.m. CT.

Men

Jamestown 102 VCSU 86

Box Score

Jamestown (VCSU) Valley City State put up 86 points Wednesday night, but it wasn’t enough against the No. 6 team in the country.

The VCSU men’s basketball team dropped a road game at No. 6 University of Jamestown, falling 102-86 against the Jimmies.

VCSU trailed 43-35 at halftime before the teams went shot-for-shot for much of the second half. Jamestown extended the lead to 15 points before the Vikings cut it to nine several times in the second half. Jamestown had the answer for every VCSU run though as the Jimmies held home court.

Valley City State drops to 6-6 overall. Jamestown improves to 9-2 overall.

Joseph Owens scored 16 points and Daevonte Munson added 14 to lead Valley City State’s attack. The Vikings shot 49 percent overall (33-68), 30 percent on 3’s (7-23) and went 13-for-14 at the free throw line. Ten different Vikings scored at least five points as part of a balanced offensive night.

Jamestown shot 58 percent on its home court, going 35-for-60 from the field. The Jimmies also made 15 3-pointers on 15-for-34 shooting. Mason Walters had 34 points and eight rebounds to lead Jamestown, while Cole Woodford made six 3’s and had 22 points.

VCSU had 10 steals and forced 15 turnovers. The Vikings turned it over just 10 times. Jamestown held a 35-26 rebounding advantage.

Up next: Valley City State has several days off before traveling to Hilo, Hawaii, to play in the Hawaii Classic. The Vikings will play games on Dec. 17 and 18 in Hilo.