Jamestown UJ The University of Jamestown Men and Women split their games Tuesday evening at Harold Newman Arena.
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UJ 91 Dordt 74
Jamestown (UJ) The University of Jamestown men’s basketball team connected on a season-high 16 three-point field goals Tuesday night in a 91-74 victory over Dordt (Iowa) University at Harold Newman Arena.
Jamestown improves to 8-3 overall and 4-2 in the GPAC while Dordt falls to 7-4 overall and 3-4 in the conference.
The Jimmies wasted little time in establishing their long-range game against the Defenders, sinking seven of their first nine attempts from beyond the arc. Twelve of UJ’s 15 first-half field goals came from three-point range.
While Jamestown was having success from long distance, the Defenders kept the game close in the first half with a strong inside presence. Dordt made just one of seven three-point attempts, but were 15-for-21 on shots inside the arc. Jacob Vis and Cade Bleeker combined to shoot 7-for-7 on two-point field goals and made 8-of-9 free throws for 22 of Dordt’s 42 first half points.
Mason Walters (SO/Jamestown, ND) (4-for-4) and Marc Kjos (SO/Lake City, MN) (3-for-5) led the Jimmies’ first-half three-point shooting. Allante’ Pickens (SR/Chicago, IL) and Cole Woodford (FR/Redwood Falls, MN) each drained a pair and Will Cordes (FR/Shakopee, MN) added another in helping UJ take a 46-42 halftime lead.
Dordt tied the game twice early in the second half, and after Walters put the Jimmies ahead 54-48 with 16:40 remaining, scored on their next possession to make it a four-point game. Kjos capped off a 7-0 run with a three to give UJ a 61-50 advantage, and a Woodford three started another 7-0 Jimmie run to extend the lead to 16.
The Defenders got as close as 13 before the third 7-0 run of the half gave UJ its first 20-point lead of the game. Jamestown’s largest lead of the night came on a Kjos bucket with 2:47 left made it 89-66.
Walters posted another double-double of 28 points and 16 rebounds. Kjos ended with a career-high 21 points and seven rebounds, while recording four steals and dishing out seven assists. Woodford (11) and Brock Schrom (SR/Grand Rapids, MN) (10) were also in double figures.
Vis led four Defenders in double figures with 14 points.
Next up for the Jimmies is a home conference matchup with Briar Cliff (Iowa) University next Tuesday at 8 p.m.
Dordt 81 UJ 64
Jamestown (UJ) A 15-0 run to open the second quarter helped eighth-ranked Dordt (Iowa) University build on a three-point lead, and the Defenders went on to defeat the University of Jamestown women’s basketball team 81-64 Tuesday night at Harold Newman Arena.
Jamestown falls to 4-3 overall and 2-3 in the GPAC while Dordt improves to 4-5 in all games and 3-3 in the conference.
UJ trailed 20-17 after the first quarter but went without a point until Kia Tower (SO/Bigfork, MN) scored with 3:32 left in the half. Tower knocked down a pair of three-pointers to make it a 41-27 game heading into the break.
After both teams traded baskets to open the third quarter, Jamestown went on a 7-0 run to get within seven points, 43-36, with 6:25 in the third. Hannah DeMars (SO/Grand Rapids, MN) nailed a three-pointer to cut Dordt’s lead to 45-41 just over a minute later.
The Defenders scored the next 11 straight points and 14 of the next 15 to build a 17-point advantage following a three by Hilary Albrecht.
Jamestown would get as close as 13 on a Tower three-pointer with 7:23 remaining, but a pair of baskets by Bailey Beckman and three by Mya Chmielewski made it a 20-point game just 69 seconds later.
Tower led the Jimmies with 16 points and was joined in double figures by DeMars with 14 and Audrey Rodakowski (FR/Dickinson, ND) with 12. DeMars added eight rebounds, four assists, and three steals. Emma Stoehr (SR/Woodbury, MN) also dished out four assists to go along with seven points.
Erika Feenstra led all scorers with 23 for Dordt. Beckman chipped in with 15, Ashlyn Verbeek 11, and Baylee Tetzlaff 10.
UJ hosts Dakota Wesleyan (S.D.) University Saturday at 2 p.m.
