Men..
Briar Cliff (Iowa) (uj.edu) No. 7 Briar Cliff University turned a 10-point halftime lead into a 20-point advantage midway through the second half, taking down the 21st-ranked University of Jamestown men’s basketball team 86-70 Wednesday evening.
THE BASICS
FINAL SCORE: (7) Briar Cliff 86, (21) Jamestown 70
LOCATION: Newman Flanagan Center, Sioux City, IA
RECORDS: Briar Cliff 15-3 (9-2 Great Plains Athletic Conference), Jamestown 17-4 (7-4 GPAC)
HOW IT HAPPENED
*Jamestown led 23-22 after a pair of Kevin Oberweiser (SR/Drummond, MT) free throws capped off a 7-0 run.
*The Chargers responded with the next six points to retake a 28-23 lead, eventually closing the half on a 15-4 run.
*UJ connected on just 9 of 30 shots in the first half (30 percent) and trailed 37-27 at the half.
*Briar Cliff opened the second half with 16 of the first 22 points and took a 20-point lead (66-46) with 10:44 in the game.
*The Jimmies were 18 of 34 from the field in the final 20 minutes, but just 4 of 12 from three-point range.
FOR UJ
*Kevin Oberweiser led the Jimmies with 19 points, nine rebounds, and four assists.
*Brady Birch (SO/Melrose, MN) set a new career high with 17 points and blocked a pair of shots.
*Isaiah Dobson (JR/Stillwater, MN) finished with 14 points on 6-of-10 shooting.
*The Jimmies outrebounded Briar Cliff 40-39.
*Sixteen UJ turnovers were converted into 21 Briar Cliff points.
*The 70 points was a season low for Jamestown.
FOR BRIAR CLIFF
*Ethan Freidel scored a game-high 21 points, including five three-pointers.
*Kyle Boerhave (18), Jackson Lamb (14), Austin Roetman (14), and Jay Wolfe (10) also hit for double figures for the Chargers.
*Boerhave pulled down nine rebounds and blocked two shots.
*Freidel and Wolfe both recorded seven assists.
*The Chargers won for the fourth straight game and the fifth time in their last six.
UP NEXT
*Jamestown travels to Crete, Neb., on Saturday for a matchup against Doane University. Tipoff is set for 4 p.m.
Women…
Briar Cliff (Iowa) (uj.edu) University outscored the University of Jamestown women’s basketball team 31-17 in the second and third quarters and hung on for a 54-53 win Wednesday evening.
THE BASICS
FINAL SCORE: Briar Cliff 54, Jamestown 53
LOCATION: Newman Flanagan Center, Sioux City, IA
RECORDS: Briar Cliff 11-9 (5-7 Great Plains Athletic Conference), Jamestown 10-10 (4-8 GPAC)
HOW IT HAPPENED
*The Jimmies scored the first 11 points of the game and took a 15-3 lead after Mackensi Higlin (SO/Mandan, ND) made the second of two free throw attempts.
*Despite making only 2 of 15 second quarter shots, Jamestown led 24-19 at halftime.
*Briar Cliff opened the second half on a 12-0 run to go ahead 31-24. The Jimmies ended the run on a Jory Mullen (SR/Pierre, SD) three-pointer with 4:24 left in the third.
*The Chargers shot 58.3 percent (7-of-12) in the third while holding UJ to 20 percent (3-of-15).
*Jamestown outscored Briar Cliff 19-16 in the fourth, rallying back from an eight-point deficit earlier in the period to lead 48-47 with 3:00 left following a pair of Noelle Josephson (FR/Ramsey, MN) free throws.
*On the next possession, Briar Cliff’s Madelyn Deitchler knocked down a three-pointer to put the home team back in front by a point, eventually proving to be the game-winning basket.
*Emma Stoehr (SO/Woodbury, MN) banked in a three-pointer at the buzzer to make it a one-point game.
FOR UJ
*Stoehr led the Jimmies with 17 points, six rebounds, and three assists. Five of her six field goals were three-pointers.
*Allison Jablonsky (JR/Blaine, Minn.) was also in double figures with 15 points, including four from beyond the arc.
*Josephson finished with six points and five rebounds while Higlin also grabbed six rebounds.
*Jamestown shot 25.4 percent (15 for 59) overall and was 11 of 43 from three-point range.
*The 43 three-point attempts was a season high.
FOR BRIAR CLIFF
*Logan Ehlers had 15 points and nine rebounds while Taylor Wagner chipped in with 14.
*Briar Cliff outrebounded Jamestown 39-37 and committed four fewer turnovers (22-18).
*The Chargers have alternated wins and losses for their last nine games.
UP NEXT
*Jamestown travels to Crete, Neb., on Saturday to face Doane University. Tipoff is set for 2 p.m.
