MAYVILLE, N.D. (uj.edu) — The Mayville State (N.D.) University Comets won for just the fifth time in the last 32 meetings against the University of Jamestown, defeating the Jimmies 65-54 Saturday afternoon.
THE BASICS
FINAL SCORE: Mayville State 65, Jamestown 54
LOCATION: Lewy Lee Fieldhouse, Mayville, ND
RECORDS: Mayville State 5-5, Jamestown 9-8
HOW IT HAPPENED
*The Comets took a 13-7 lead after the first quarter as the Jimmies made just three of their first 16 shots.
*Jamestown shot 7-for-18 in the second quarter while Mayville State was 3-of-14, and UJ led 26-22 at the half.
*Mayville State scored the first nine points of the second half and used a 14-3 run to lead 36-29 with 4:40 in the third quarter.
*Joelle Ertl and Nicole Bunting combined to score 16 of the Comets’ 22 third-quarter points.
*Jamestown got within a basket (45-43) after Courtney Mosloski (JR/Fairmont, MN) scored with 7:49 to play, but a 6-0 run by Mayville State pushed the lead back to eight, and the Jimmies got no closer than three points the rest of the way.
FOR UJ
*Paige Schmidt (JR/Tappen, ND) and Emma Stoehr (SO/Woodbury, MN) led the way with 12 points each.
*Schmidt added seven rebounds and five steals.
*Jenna Doyle (SR/Princeton, MN) chipped in with seven points while Mosloski and Olivia Anderson (JR/Edgeley, ND) both finished with six.
*The Jimmies shot 28.8 percent (19-of-66) in the game and were outrebounded 42-39.
FOR MSU
*Bunting scored a game-high 14 points on 5-of-7 shooting, including 3-of-4 from three-point range.
*Ertl recorded a double-doubel with 13 points and 10 rebounds.
*Kylee Heurung (13) and Claire Blascziek (11) also hit for double figures.
*Heurung recorded five steals.
*The last Comet victory over the Jimmies came on March 4, 2014, in the first-ever North Star Athletic Association championship game.
*Mayville State had lost 12 in a row to Jamestown prior to Saturday.
UP NEXT
*Jamestown returns to Great Plains Athletic Association conference play on January 2, 2019, at Hastings (Neb.), with tipoff set for 6 p.m.
