Wednesday UJ Women Basketball
SIOUX CITY, Iowa (UJ) — Briar Cliff University raced out to a 22-7 lead in the first quarter, and never looked back, defeating the University of Jamestown women’s basketball team 90-56 Wednesday night.
Jamestown falls to 14-8 overall and 11-8 in the GPAC. Briar Cliff improves to 15-8 overall and 13-7 in the conference.
The Chargers doubled up UJ in the first quarter, outscoring them 28-14 on the strength of 10-of-14 shooting, which included making five of nine three-point attempts.
The Jimmies shot better in the second quarter, making six of 10 shots and were just outscored by two. However, Briar Cliff outrebounded Jamestown 13-2 in the quarter and 24-5 in the half.
BCU shot 9-of-13 in the third quarter while holding UJ to six-of-15 shooting and outrebounded the Jimmies 11-4. The Chargers took their biggest lead of the quarter at 69-42 following a Josie Condon bucket at the 1:36 mark.
Briar Cliff pushed their lead to 34 after a Payton Slaughter three-pointer with 3:16 to play. UJ made just two field goals in the final 10 minutes, three-pointers by Kayla Buchanan (JR/Wheatland, WY) and Anni Stier (SO/Rugby, ND).
Kia Tower (SO/Bigfork, MN) was the only Jimmie in double figures, finishing with 11 points. Macy Savela (SO/Mountain Iron, MN) had nine while Emma Stoehr (SR/Woodbury, MN) and Audrey Rodakowski (FR/Dickinson, ND) chipped in with eight. Noelle Josephson (JR/Ramsey, MN) added seven points, five steals, and four rebounds.
Madelyn Deitchler led all scorers with 19 points, and Slaughter had a triple double with 12 points, 13 rebounds, and 11 assists. Mya Hendry (11) and Condon (10) were also in double figures.
Jamestown plays its final home game of the regular season against Midland (Neb.) on Saturday at 2 p.m.
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SIOUX CITY, Iowa– Marc Kjos (SO/Lake City, MN) sank a three-pointer at the buzzer to give the University of Jamestown men’s basketball team a 72-71 win over Briar Cliff University Wednesday night.
Jamestown matched a season-high with its fifth straight win and is now 17-5 overall and 13-4 in the GPAC. Briar Cliff falls to 11-12 overall and 8-10 in the conference.
The Jimmies led 40-31 at the half and extended the lead to double digits following a Mason Walters (SO/Jamestown, ND) basket at the 17:44 mark of the second half. Briar Cliff responded with a 15-4 run over the next 4:56 to tie the game at 48.
Kjos hit back-to-back shots and Walters added another as a 6-0 run lasting 62 seconds put the Jimmies back in front. The Chargers came back with the next seven points to go ahead by one, and the pressure intensified.
Jamestown’s final lead came at 62-61 when Jack Talley (SR/Sioux Falls, SD) scored with 4:10 left in the game. Ethan Friedel and Quinten Vasa made three-pointers, and Quinn Vesey sank a bucket to put BCU up by five with 2:10 left.
Cole Woodford (FR/Redwood Falls, MN) connected on a three to make it a two-point Charger lead with 1:04 left, then Kjos tied the game with 29 seconds to play.
Briar Cliff took a 71-69 lead as Conner Groves got open for a layup with 1.3 seconds left.
Faced with going the length of the floor, Jamestown took a time out and drew up a play to perfection. Woodford inbounded the ball and threw a pass deflected by Brock Schrom (SR/Grand Rapids, MN) at the top of the three-point line. The ball found its way over to Kjos on the left wing, and his release found nothing but the bottom of the net as the clock reached zero.
Kjos finished with a game-high 18 points, making four three-pointers. Woodford had 10 off the bench and Brady Birch (SR/Melrose, MN) recorded a double-double of 10 points and 11 rebounds.
Vasa led BCU with 16 points, and Jaden Kleinhesselink added 13 and five assists. Groves was also in double figures with 11.
UJ moves into second place in the conference standings, 1 1/2 games behind Morningside (15-3) and a half-game ahead of Dakota Wesleyan (12-4).
The Jimmies host Midland on Saturday at 4 p.m. in their final regular-season home game.
