Friday
UJ Basketball..
Men
ABERDEEN, S.D.— (UJ) A 17-0 early first-half run helped break the game open as the University of Jamestown men’s basketball team defeated Presentation College 79-44 in non-conference action Friday night.
Jamestown improves to 7-2 overall while Presentation falls to 3-8.
UJ led 4-2 and a Will Cordes (FR/Shakopee, MN) basket with 17:51 in the first half began a run of 17 straight points for the Jimmies. Presentation would go six minutes and 27 seconds without a point, and by the time the Saints ended the Jamestown run, they were down 19.
Another Saint scoring drought of 4:02 allowed the Jimmies to increase their lead to 21. Presentation made just two field goals over the final 7:33 of the first half as Jamestown led 38-11 at the break.
The Saints scored seven of the first 11 second-half points, cutting the UJ lead to 24 points, the closest they would get in the final 20 minutes. Jamestown went ahead by 33 thanks to a 9-0 run over the next 1:47 and did not allow Presentation to get within 29 the rest of the way.
UJ finished 30-of-68 shooting, good for 44.1 percent, while Presentation was 19-of-56 for 33.9 percent. The Jimmies connected on 7 of 22 three-point tries, with the Saints good on just one of 12 attempts from beyond the arc. Jamestown shot 60 percent (12 of 20) from the foul line compared to 71.4 percent (5 of 7) for the Saints.
Presentation turned the ball over 28 times in the game, leading to a 23-6 edge in points off turnovers for the Jimmies.
Mason Walters (SO/Jamestown, ND) led UJ with a double-double of 18 points and 10 rebounds. Cordes and Devon Schultz (JR/Arlington, MN) were also in double figures with 10 points each.
Women
Jamestownn (UJ) Trailing by as many as 12 in the second half, the University of Jamestown women’s basketball took a brief lead in the fourth quarter, but reliable free throw shooting down the stretch by Concordia (Neb.) University sent the Jimmies to a 55-50 defeat Friday night at Harold Newman Arena.
Jamestown had its two-game winning streak snapped and is now 6-4 overall and 4-4 in the GPAC. Concordia improves to 8-5 overall and 7-3 in conference.
Hannah DeMars (SO/Grand Rapids, MN) opened the fourth quarter with seven straight points to cut a 10-point Bulldog lead to just three with 7:43 to play.
Audrey Rodakowski (FR/Dickinson, ND) made a pair of free throws to put the Jimmies by one with 3:10 left, but baskets by Rylee Pauli and Taylor Cockerill made it 46-43 with just under two minutes to play.
After Hannah DeMars scored on UJ’s next possession to cut the deficit to one, Taysha Rushton answered with a basket for a 48-45 Concordia lead.
Rushton went 6-for-6 from the line in the final 26 seconds to preserve the win.
Concordia led 13-8 after the first quarter and took a 31-21 lead into halftime. The third quarter was an offensive struggle for both teams. Both Concordia and Jamestown scored four points in the quarter, with the Bulldogs shooting 2-of-15 and the Jimmies 1-of-15.
The Jimmies shot a season-low 29.3 percent from the field and were just 1-of-22 from three-point range.
DeMars finished with a game-high 27 points and grabbed nine rebounds with four steals. Rodakowski added eight points, Noelle Josephson (JR/Ramsey, MN) chipped in with six points and four steals. Kia Tower (SO/Bigfork, MN) had a team-high four assists.
Rushton had 12 points to lead Concordia.
Jamestown travels to Mount Marty (S.D.) University on Monday. Game time is set for 12 p.m.
