Saturday
JAMESTOWN– (UJ) The Jimmie women’s basketball team held Viterbo (Wis.) to 22.2 percent shooting, including a combined 2 of 26 in the second and fourth quarters, in an 84-37 North Star Athletic Association conference win Saturday afternoon at Harold Newman Arena.
The eighth-ranked Jimmies (13-2, 4-0 NSAA) got 17 points from McKayla Orr (SR/Ypsilanti, ND) and 14 from Bryn Woodside (SR/Albert Lea, MN), as both players shot 6-of-9 from the field. Jamestown’s bench contributed 36 points, as Allison Jablonsky (SO/Blaine, MN) finished with 9, Mackenzie Sparby (FR/Watford City) 8, and Mackensi Higlin (FR/Mandan, ND) 7.
Men…
JAMESTOWN– (UJ) Kevin Oberweiser (JR/Drummond, Mont.) and Jon Purintun (JR/Linton, N.D.) each scored 20 points to help the 18th-ranked Jimmie men’s basketball team end a three-game conference losing streak with a 103-93 win over Viterbo (Wis.) University Saturday night at Harold Newman Arena.
Christian Kvilvang (JR/Cando, N.D.) added 18 points off the bench on a career-high 6-of-7 three-point shooting. Kvilvang and Oberweiser combined to shoot 12-of-14 from long range for the Jimmies (10-5, 1-3 NSAA) who shot 15-of-28 (53.6%) as team beyond the arc.
Jason Tichy tied a career-hight with 26 points to lead all scorers, and Ethan Haberman finished with 23 for the V-Hawks (7-6, 0-3 NSAA).
