Jamestown (UJ) The University of Jamestown Women’s Basketball team defeated the College of St. Mary, Monday afternoon, at Harold Newman Arena, 71-55.
Kia Tower (SO/Bigfork, MN) scored 20 points and had eight rebounds to help lead the University of Jamestown women’s basketball team past the College of Saint Mary (Neb.) 71-55 Monday afternoon at Harold Newman Arena.
Jamestown won for the fourth straight game, running their record to 13-6 overall and 10-6 in the GPAC. CSM falls to 2-15 overall and 1-13 in the conference.
Macy Savela (SO/Mountain Iron, MN) added 16 points, including five three-pointers, while Audrey Rodakowski (FR/Dickinson, ND) was also in double figures with 11.
The Flames hit two of their first three shots, both Honnah Leo three-pointers, to take an early 6-2 lead. CSM also led 8-4 before a 10-1 Jimmie run put the home team ahead 14-9.
Leo’s basket brought the Flames within 16-13 at the 7:59 mark but a pair of Savela treys and a bucket by Emma Stoehr (SR/Woodbury, MN) highlighted an 9-2 run putting UJ up by double digits.
Jamestown took a seven-point advantage into the break, which was cut to five after Clare Lewandowski scored 43 seconds into the third. A Tower three finished off a 10-2 UJ run that pushed the lead to 13 points (42-29). CSM made five of its eight field goal attempts in the third while holding the Jimmies to 4-of-12 shooting, but UJ went 8-for-11 at the foul line to help extend the lead.
Madelyn Turner made it a ten-point game with the first basket of the fourth quarter, but Correy Hickman (SR/Morris, MN) and Savela connected from long range as part of an 8-2 run to push the lead back to 16.
Tower and Noelle Josephson (JR/Ramsey, MN) both had four assists, and Josephson recorded six steals. Jamestown outrebounded the Flames 40-29, including 14-7 on the offensive boards.
Leo led CSM with 13 points, followed by E’Saunjia Stewart with 11 and Lewandowski with 10.
UJ is back in action Wednesday at Morningside (Iowa) College. Game time is set for 6 p.m.
