Final score, Jamestown 81 over Mayville State 51
Hannah DeMars (FR/Grand Rapids, MN) scored a season-high 20 points and the University of Jamestown women’s basketball team made 17 three-pointers as the Jimmies defeated No. 21 Mayville State (N.D.) University 81-51 Wednesday night at Harold Newman Arena.
Jamestown (8-4) hosts Morningside (Iowa) College Saturday at 2 p.m.
DeMars scored eight points and Noelle Josephson (SO/Ramsey, MN) seven as the Jimmies took a 24-10 lead after the first quarter. UJ was 6-of-9 from beyond the arc in the first 10 minutes, as DeMars and Macy Nilsen (FR/Edina, MN) each made two while Josephson and Olivia Anderson (SR/Edgeley, ND) also knocked down threes. Jamestown finished the quarter on a 16-0 run to break the game open.
The Jimmies continued to stay hot from long distance in the second quarter, as five of their seven made field goals were from long distance. DeMars (2), Anderson, Emma Stoehr (JR/Woodbury, MN), and Paige Schmidt (SR/Tappen, ND) combined to shoot 5-for-8 on three point attempts. UJ led 44-26 at halftime.
While Jamestown thrived on offense in the first half, the defense also stepped up. After Kylee Heurung made a basket with 3:05 in the first half, the Comets did not make another field goal until Jordan Zrust’s bucket at the 2:05 mark of the third quarter, a span of 11:18. In between makes, Mayville State missed nine straight shots and committed seven turnovers.
Joining DeMars in double figures were Anderson with 14, Josephson with 13, and Nilsen, who tied her season high with 11. Anderson grabbed a team-high six rebounds. Josephson, Stoehr, and Correy Hickman (JR/Morris, MN) each passed out three assists.
Mayville State (9-2), which dropped a spot from No. 20 to 21 in Wednesday’s NAIA Coaches’ Top 25 Poll, was led by Heurung’s 13 points. Zrust had 11 while Taylor Shamp added eight points and 10 rebounds.
