VALLEY CITY\u00a0 (VCSU)\u00a0 \u00a0\u2013 The Valley City State and University of Jamestown women’s basketball teams delivered another classic rivalry game Wednesday night, battling to a two-point contest in Valley City.<\/p>\n
Jamestown’s Noelle Josephson scored inside to break a 52-52 tie with 50 seconds remaining, and the Jimmies held on in the final seconds for a 56-54 win.<\/p>\n
After Josephson’s bucket, the Vikings had chances to answer back, but a turnover with 31 seconds to go led to a Jimmie free throw. Valley City State’s Mackenzie Huber<\/a> was fouled inside and made both free throws with 17 seconds left, bringing VCSU to within 55-54. Emma Stoehr went just 1-for-2 on the other end for Jamestown, but Valley City State was unable to convert in the final seconds. Dierra Diegel<\/a>‘s 3-pointer from the left corner was off the mark, and Huber was stripped as she went up for a putback with time expiring.<\/p>\n Valley City State drops to 4-6 overall this season, while the University of Jamestown improves to 7-7. The Vikings and Jimmies split their season series, with the Vikings winning 67-55 back on Nov. 5 in Jamestown.<\/p>\n Jamestown scored the first seven points of the game and led 17-9 after the first quarter. The Jimmies built their largest lead of the game, 24-12, early in the second quarter. Valley City State lost starting point guard Kate Williams<\/a> to an injury with 5:06 left in the second quarter. The Vikings trailed 28-19 at the time but rallied around the loss of their floor general, ending the half with a 10-5 run and cutting the halftime deficit to 33-29.<\/p>\n Valley City State could not take the lead in the third, but cut the deficit to one point on Annie Swenson<\/a>‘s putback late in the quarter, making it 45-44 entering the fourth. On the opening possession of the fourth quarter, the Vikings took their first and only lead of the game after Huber’s 14-foot jumper made it 46-45. The teams were then tied at 48-48 before Jamestown took a 52-48 lead with 7:16 remaining. The Viking defense held Jamestown scoreless over the next six minutes and baskets by VCSU’s Hannah Schlecht<\/a> and Alli Vandal<\/a> tied the game at 52-52 with 1:54 to go.<\/p>\n Neither team took great care of the ball as they combined to commit 40 turnovers, including 21 by VCSU and 19 by the Jimmies.<\/p>\n Viking junior Mackenzie Huber<\/a> led all scorers with 19 points. She added six rebounds and two blocks for VCSU, and went 7-for-8 at the free throw line. Emily Schafer<\/a> scored six points off the bench for VCSU, all coming at the free throw line. Vandal, Williams, Swenson and Gabby Martin<\/a> all scored five points each. Diegel and Schlecht each had eight rebounds for the Vikings, who held a 39-27 advantage on the glass.<\/p>\n Emma Stoehr led the Jimmies with 15 points and four assists, while Paige Schmidt scored 10.<\/p>\n Valley City State shot 34 percent overall (16-47), 25 percent on 3-pointers (3-12) and 79 percent at the free throw line (19-24). Jamestown finished the game at 41 percent overall (23-56), 17 percent on 3’s (3-18) and 50 percent at the line (7-14).<\/p>\n Up next: <\/strong>Valley City State is off until Dec. 28-29 when they travel to San Francisco, Calif., for two games at the Menlo College Classic.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" VALLEY CITY\u00a0 (VCSU)\u00a0 \u00a0\u2013 The Valley City State and University of Jamestown women’s basketball teams delivered another classic rivalry game Wednesday night, battling to a two-point contest in Valley City. 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