Women’s Basketball…
Saturday
Northwestern, IA 78 Jamestown 51
ORANGE CITY, Iowa– The University of Jamestown women’s basketball team turned the ball over a season-high 29 times, leading to 33 points for No. 11 Northwestern College as the Red Raiders defeated the Jimmies 78-51 Saturday afternoon.
Jamestown (6-2 overall, 2-1 Great Plains Athletic Conference is at Mount Marty (S.D.) College Monday for a 6 p.m. start.
A busy first quarter saw four ties and seven lead changes and despite shooting 1-for-10 from three-point range, Northwestern led 18-13.
The Red Raiders opened the second quarter on a 10-2 run, but UJ countered with a 10-0 run of their own to trail 28-25 with three minutes left before the half. Northwestern finished the quarter with a 10-3 run and led 38-8 at the break.
UJ shot just under 50 percent (5-for-11) in the third quarter, but eight turnovers combined with a 9-for-16 shooting performance by Northwestern saw the home team’s lead grow to 63-45 entering the fourth quarter.
Jamestown was ice cold from the field in the final ten minutes, making just 2-of-17 shot attempts and 2-of-9 free throw attempts. The Jimmies turned the ball over two fewer times (9-7) than the Red Raiders in the fourth, but the lead was too much to overcome.
Grace Benz (SO/Steele, ND) was the leading scorer for UJ with 10 points off the bench. She also pulled down a career-high eight rebounds. Courtney Mosloski (SR/Fairmont, MN) finished with nine points and eight boards. Kia Tower (FR/Bigfork, MN), Mackensi Higlin (JR/Mandan, ND), and Noelle Josephson (SO/Ramsey, MN) all recorded two assists and Josephson had two steals.
Devyn Kemble was one of three Red Raiders (7-1, 3-1 GPAC) in double figures, leading the way with a game-high 15 points. Bre Schuiteman added 13 points and seven rebounds while Sammy Blum had 10 points and seven rebounds.
Men’s Basketball…
Northwestern, IA 103 Jamestown 94
ORANGE CITY, Iowa– After trailing Northwestern College for nearly 19 minutes of game time, including a 10-point halftime deficit, the 16th-ranked University of Jamestown men’s basketball team rallied to tie, only to see the Red Raiders eventually pull away for a 103-94 win Saturday evening.
Jamestown (7-3 overall, 1-2 Great Plains Athletic Conference) is at Mount Marty (S.D.) College at 8 p.m. on Monday.
The Jimmies led 21-17 following a Terrell Alfred (SR/Orlando, FL) basket at the 12:17 mark, but Northwestern got a pair of three-pointers by Christian Korver and a bucket by Trent Hilbrands to go ahead 25-21 with 10:43 in the first half.
UJ was forced to play from behind after the Red Raiders closed the half with 12 of the final 17 points and a 57-47 advantage at the break.
Northwestern’s biggest lead of the second half came on Jay Small’s three-pointer that made it 64-51 with 16:09 in the game. Jamestown went on a 15-2 run over the next 3:39 to tie the game at 66 after Jack Talley (JR/Sioux Falls, SD) sank a pair of free throws.
The Jimmies continued to whittle away at the Red Raider lead and got within a single point at 73-72 at the 9:55 mark. Another Northwestern run, this time a 10-4 stretch, pushed the lead back to seven, and UJ could only get as close as two points the rest of the way. The Red Raiders scored 11 of 13 points in a 2:33 span to effectively put the game out of reach.
Talley led UJ with 21 points and added seven rebounds. Isaiah Dobson (SR/Stillwater, MN) (16), Terrell Alfred (15), Brady Birch (JR/Melrose, MN) (15), and Mason Walters (FR/Jamestown, ND) (10) were also in double figures. Walters pulled down 10 rebounds for his conference-leading fifth double-double of the season.
