Thursday<\/p>\n\n\n\n
At Jamestown<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Season Opener<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Jamestown 73 Mayville State 64<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Box Score<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n Jamestown (UJ<\/a>) The University of Jamestown women’s basketball team outscored Mayville State 23-8 in the fourth quarter to come away with a 73-64 win Thursday evening at Harold Newman Arena.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Hannah DeMars<\/a> (SR\/Grand Rapids, MN) had 21 points and 11 rebounds while Kia Tower<\/a> (SR\/Bigfork, MN) and Audrey Rodakowski<\/a> (JR\/Dickinson, ND) finished with 12 points each as the Jimmies won their sixth straight season opener.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Jordan Zrust led all players with 25 points and 13 rebounds and Jes Mertens was also in double figures for the Comets with 11.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Trailing 56-50 entering the fourth quarter, the Jimmies got six straight points from DeMars to tie the game with 8:14 to play. Mertens scored to put MSU back in front, but a basket by Tower and a three-pointer by Kate Busek<\/a> (SO\/Fargo, ND) gave UJ the lead, which they would not relinquish.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The Comets managed only four points in the final 5:45 and were 4-for-17 (including 0-for-10 on threes) in the fourth. On the other side of the ball, the Jimmies went 7-for-10 from the field in the last 10 minutes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Jamestown opened the game on an 11-2 run but MSU responded with 16 of the last 23 points to lead by one going into the second quarter. <\/p>\n\n\n\n After a pair of Tower free throws made it a 29-27 game with 3:07 in the first half, the Comets went on a 7-0 run to extend their lead to nine. The Jimmies trailed 38-32 at the break.<\/p>\n\n\n\n