Wednesday
Women’s Colleg Basketball…
MITCHELL, S.D. (uj.edu)— Hannah DeMars (FR/Grand Rapids, MN) scored 26 points and grabbed ten rebounds in a losing effort Wednesday night as the University of Jamestown women’s basketball team fell 69-57 to 12th-ranked Dakota Wesleyan University.
The Jimmies trailed 34-22 at the half on 7-of-33 shooting.
In the third quarter, Jamestown used a 20-7 run and took a 42-41 on Kia Tower (FR/Bigfork, MN)’s three-pointer with 2:38 left. DWU responded with an 8-2 run to close out the quarter and lead 49-44 heading to the fourth.
The Tigers went up nine following a three-point play by Kynedi Cheeseman with 7:47 to play, and maintained between a five and ten point lead the rest of the game. DWU scored their final seven points from the foul line as the Jimmies were forced to foul.
Jamestown finished 19-of-64 shooting for 29.7 percent and made 5-of-25 (20 percent) three-point attempts. UJ was 14-of-25 (56 percent) at the free-throw line.
UJ outrebounded the Tigers 46-33, including 18-4 on the offensive glass.
Tower and Olivia Anderson (SR/Edgeley, ND) scored eight points each for the Jimmies, and Anderson finished with nine rebounds, including seven offensive.
UJ (13-9 overall, 7-8 Great Plains Athletic Conference) host College of Saint Mary (Neb.) at 2 p.m. Saturday.
