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UJ Basketball<\/p>\n
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SIOUX CENTER, Iowa\u00a0 (UJ<\/a>) —\u00a0<\/strong>The University of Jamestown women’s basketball team lost its third straight game Saturday afternoon, falling 84-70 to Dordt University.<\/p>\n The Jimmies, now 11-7 on the year, fall to 4-6 in the GPAC and will host No. 23 Briar Cliff (Iowa) University on Wednesday.<\/p>\n A 7-0 run in the first quarter turned a 6-6 tie into a 13-6 lead for the Defenders, and the home team never looked back. Dordt led 19-12 after the first quarter as the Jimmies shot just 33 percent in the opening ten minutes.<\/p>\n Dordt would lead by as many as 13 in the second quarter before settling on a 12-point lead at the break. Jamestown shot 47 percent in the quarter, but a 60 percent shooting performance by the home team, including 80 percent from three-point range, did not allow the Jimmies to cut the deficit.<\/p>\n UJ continued to trail by double digits throughout the third quarter, but made it a seven-point game after a Hannah DeMars<\/a> (JR\/Grand Rapids, MN) three-pointer with 5:24 to play. Jamestown then made it a five-point contest on a Kia Tower<\/a> (JR\/Bigfork, MN) three with 2:29 remaining.<\/p>\n Another 7-0 run by Dordt helped seal the deal as the Jimmies fell behind by a dozen and did not score again until Tower made a jumper with 47 seconds left. The Defenders made all six of their free throw attempts to close out the game with Jamestown forced to foul.<\/p>\n DeMars led the Jimmies with 18 points, followed by a double of 17 points and 10 rebounds from Noelle Josephson<\/a> (SR\/Ramsey, MN). Tower was also in double figures with 14.<\/p>\n Men<\/p>\n Jamestown 82\u00a0 Dordt 72<\/p>\n