FRIDAY.
Jimmie Women Basketball…
MIAMI GARDENS, Fla (UJ.) — McKayla Orr (SR/Ypsilanti, ND) scored 14 points and the ninth-ranked Jimmie women’s basketball team overcame a 31.7 percent shooting performance in defeating Florida Memorial University 57-50 Friday afternoon.
Bryn Woodside (SR/Albert Lea, MN) added 13 points and four assists and Paige Emmel (SR/Bismarck, ND) finished with 13 points and nine rebounds as Jamestown improved to 7-2 overall.
The Jimmies led 35-24 at the half behind Woodside’s 11 points while making 13 of 31 shots from the floor. UJ held FMU to 25 percent shooting overall and 33.3% percent from beyond the arc.
Viking Women Basketball…
The Briar Cliff women’s basketball team suffered an 83-80 loss to Valley City State on day one of the Dordt Classic. The Chargers dropped to 5-4 overall, while the Vikings, who are receiving votes in the top 25 poll, improved to 5-0 on the year.
The Cliff trailed 81-80 with 11.6 seconds left in the game when the Chargers called a time out to set up an offensive set. Abby Heston drove the lane and flipped up the would-be game-winner but as the ball dropped through the net, Heston was whistled for the offensive foul. Valley City’s Lexi Lennon then made two free throws and Taylor Wagner‘s half court heave as time expired was off the mark and the Vikings held on for the 83-80 victory.
Mackenzie Huber led the Vikings in scoring with 20 points and Alli Vandal was second with 18 points. Both players also had double-doubles with 10 rebounds each. Kate Williams added 17 points, trailed by Lennon with 15 and Hannah Schlecht had 10 points.
Jimmie Men Basketball…
PHOENIX, Ariz. (UJ) — Ben Weisbeck (SR/Bismarck, N.D.) scored 21 points and all five starters reached double figures as the Jimmie men’s basketball team defeated Arizona Christian 100-86 Friday evening.
Jon Purintun (JR/Linton, N.D.) and Sam Johnson (SR/Mora, Minn.) each scored 19, Kevin Oberweiser (JR/Drummond, Mont.) added 15, and Leighton Sampson (SR/Worthington, Minn.) finished with 12.
The Jimmies shot 55.9 percent from the field and were just under 50 percent (11 for 23) from three-point range.
Johnson was a perfect 5-for-5 from long range, and Purintun, Oberweiser, and Isaiah Dobson (SO/Stillwater, Minn.) each sank two treys.
HAVRE, MONT (VCSUVikings.com)- VCSU Men’s Basketball took part in The MSU-Northern Tournament Friday and Saturday. In their first game they forced against The University of Providence but came up short 76-75. Saturday The Vikings fell behind early in 77-54 loss to host Montana State University Northern.
Valley City enters conference play 2-5.
Friday: Providence 76 VCSU 75
The Valley City State men’s basketball team rallied from a 13-point second-half deficit to force overtime Friday but couldn’t quite complete the comeback in a 76-75 loss to University of Providence.
The Vikings trailed 42-29 early in the second half, but chipped away and finally tied the game at 52-52 with 7:06 remaining. The teams traded baskets down the stretch until tying the game at 61-61 with 1:54 remaining. Neither team was able to find the basket in the final 1:54, sending the game to overtime.
Providence scored the first six points of overtime and never trailed in OT en route to the 76-75 victory.
Valley City State drops to 2-5 after the loss to Providence, an NAIA Division I program.
Jayden Ferguson led the Vikings with 27 points, going 10-for-18 from the field and 4-for-4 on 3’s. Justyn Galloway had a big double-double with 17 points and 12 rebounds, including seven offensive boards. Austin Dunbar had 18 points and seven rebounds.
VCSU shot 44 percent from the field (27-61), 40 percent from the 3-point line (6-15) and 68 percent on free throws (15-22). Providence shot 46 percent overall (26-56), 39 percent on 3’s (7-18) and 81 percent at the line (17-21).
Saturday: Montana State University-Northern 77 VCSU 54
The Vikings fell behind 40-18 at the half and couldn’t overcome the deficit falling to the host school 77-54.
VCSU shot 40% compared to MSU’s 43.8%. Rebounding went to MSU with 38, VCSU pulled down 30.
Dunbar led The Vikings with 19 points and 8 rebounds. Ferguson had 12 points and Satahoo 11.
Blue Jay Girl’s Hockey…
Fergus Falls 9 Jamestown 0
SATURDAY…
Boys Hockey…
Jamestown 8 Hazen Beulah 1
Jimmie Women Basketball…
MIAMI GARDENS, Fla.– Jenna Doyle (JR/Princeton, MN) scored a career-high 15 points and pulled down 11 rebounds for her first career-double double, helping the ninth-ranked Jimmie women’s basketball team to a 73-43 win over Keiser (Fla.) University Saturday afternoon.
Jamestown led 22-2 after the first ten minutes as they scored the final 20 points of the quarter. The Seahawks went scoreless for a stretch of eight minutes, forty seconds, missing 13 straight shots.
Paige Emmel (SR/Bismarck, ND) had a game-high 18 points for the Jimmies, who improved to 8-2. While Jamestown had only two players in double figures, 11 Jimmies finished with three or more points.
Blue Jays Girl’s Hockey…
| GIRLS HOCKEY |
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Detroit Lakes/Perham, Minn. 4, Jamestown 0
West Fargo 8, Crookston Pirates, Minn. 0
| Marshall High School Tournament |
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Minnehaha United, Minn. 3, Fargo Davies 2
Bismarck Century 7, West Fargo 1
Bismarck High 5, Fargo North 0
Grand Forks Central 7, Minot 0
May Port CG 4, Sioux Center, Iowa 3
Jimmie Men Basketball…
MESA, Ariz. UJ) — Kevin Oberweiser (JR/Drummond, Mont.) scored a career-high 26 points and the Jimmie men’s basketball team won for the second time in as many nights, defeating Benedictine University-Mesa 79-69 Saturday afternoon.
Oberweiser made six of nine attempts from three-point range and was a perfect six-for-six at the foul line. He also grabbed four rebounds and recorded three steals.
The Jimmies (9-2) led 41-38 at the half, shooting 15 of 26 from the floor (7 of 14 from beyond the arc). The Redhawks were just under 50 percent in the first half, making 15 of 32 attempts.
VCSU Women Basketball…
(Dordt College) Valley City State limited Dordt to 30.6 percent field goal shooting and turned in a 74-52 win over the Defenders.
Dordt led early in the game as the Defenders got up by as many as four in the first quarter took a four point lead with four straight points on free throws by the Ebby Prewitt and Erika Feenstra for a 16-12 advantage.
The Defenders relinquished the lead on a three-point basket at the 3:55 mark for a 26-23 deficit and the Vikings scored another five in a row to get up 31-23 and the lead was 33-27 at the end of the half.
