– Jimmies Basketball Takes On Briar Cliff Wed

At Jamestown

Women’s Game

Briar Cliff 70 Jamestown 66

(UJ) The Jimmie women’s basketball team led by four points with 3:26 to play, but No. 21 Briar Cliff (Iowa) University scored 13 of the game’s final 18 points as UJ lost 70-66 Wednesday evening at Harold Newman Arena.

HOW IT HAPPENED

The Jimmies twice overcame three-point deficits in the first quarter, eventually building a seven-point lead after a Kia Tower three-pointer made it 20-13 with 0:54 left.
Five of UJ’s seven first-quarter field goals were three-pointers, with Tower making two and Kate Cordes, Kate Busek, and Hannah DeMars each connecting from beyond the arc.
Briar Cliff opened the second quarter on a 10-5 run, retaking a 26-25 lead after Madelyn Deitchler’s basket at the 5:06 mark.
Jamestown trailed by as many as six points before Tower scored to make it 37-33 at the half.
Busek knocked down a three to bring the Jimmies within 39-38, and the Chargers responded with six of the next eight points to push their lead to five points.
Hannah Hagel scored at the 5:39 mark to tie the game at 45. BCU responded with four straight points, which was followed by five consecutive from DeMars, giving UJ a 50-49 lead with 1:57 left.
In the fourth quarter, BCU pulled in front 55-54, then Hagel scored from down low to start a 5-0 run for a four-point lead.
Payton Slaughter poured in 10 of the Chargers’ final 15 points, including a pair of free throws to extend the lead to four points with 1.3 seconds to play.
Jamestown missed three of its last four shots and three of its last six free throws over the final 2:40.

JAMESTOWN GAME NOTES

Jamestown shot 39 percent (23-for-59) from the floor, including 30.4 percent (7-of-23) from three.
DeMars posted her eighth double-double of the season, finishing with 21 points and 10 rebounds.
Tower was also in double figures with 18 points.
Tower, Hagel, Cordes, and Jailyn Martinson all recorded two steals.
Hagel had a team-high 11 rebounds, which set a new career high.

BRIAR CLIFF GAME NOTES

Briar Cliff shot 44.4 percent (24-of-54) from the floor, including 58.3 percent (7-of-12) from three.
Konnor Sudmann led the Chargers with 24 points. She added five rebounds and four assists.
Slaughter finished with 23 points and four steals.
Peyton Wingert grabbed a team-high nine rebounds

UP NEXT

The Jimmies (12-5, 7-4 GPAC) host Concordia (Neb.) on Saturday, January 14.
Tip-off is scheduled for 2 p.m. at Harold Newman Arena.

Men’s Game

Jamestown 83 Briar Cliff 77

(UJ)

Marc Kjos passed the 1000 career point mark and the 14th-ranked Jimmie men’s basketball team, faced with an 11-point first half deficit, completed the second half comeback in an 83-77 win over Briar Cliff (Iowa) University Wednesday evening at Harold Newman Arena.

HOW IT HAPPENED

Briar Cliff jumped out to an 18-8 lead with 12:35 left in the first half.
A three-pointer by Will Cordes capped a 12-5 run that got the Jimmies within three points (23-20) at the 8:28 mark.
The Chargers reeled off 10 of the next 12 points, beginning and ending with three-pointers by Tyrus Eischeid to build its biggest lead of the game, 33-22 at the 6:27 mark.
Cordes knocked down back-to-back threes as UJ went on a 10-0 run to cut the lead to one.
Jaden Kleinhesselink scored with four seconds left to give BCU a 37-35 lead at the break.
Reid Gastner‘s bucket capped an 8-0 run to start the second half as the Jimmies pulled in front 43-37 with 18:19 to play.
Kjos made a three to give Jamestown a 57-52 lead, but the Chargers hung tough, retaking a two-point lead at the 7:12 mark.
After a Mason Walters basket tied the game at 65-65, Kjos wowed the crowd with a highlight-reel quality layup that gave UJ the lead for good.
Fourteen of the Jimmies’ 16 final points came from the free throw line. UJ was a perfect 23-of-23 at the charity stripe in the second half.
Kleinhesselink banked in long threes on consecutive Charger possessions to keep the closing seconds interesting.

JAMESTOWN GAME NOTES

Kjos became the 35th player in program history to score 1000 career points and is the first Jimmie ever with 1000 points and 400 assists. With 419 assists (and counting), Kjos trails only Shane Piatz (559) on UJ’s all-time assists list. He had 14 points on 5-of-6 shooting (4-of-5 threes) Wednesday.
Jamestown shot 45.5 percent (25-of-55) from the field and 45.5 percent (10-of-22) from three-point range.
UJ outrebounded BCU 35-23, including 10-3 on the offensive glass.
Cordes had 28 points and was 5-of-8 on three-point attempts.
Walters finished with 20 points and seven rebounds.
Reid Gastner was also in double figures with 10 points and had a team-high nine rebounds.

BRIAR CLIFF GAME NOTES

Briar Cliff shot 54.2 percent (32-of-59) from the field, including 45.8 percent (11-of-24) from three-point range.
Kleinhesselink led all players with 30 points and pulled down eight rebounds.
Conner Groves was also in double figures with 15 points.
The Chargers had a 17-6 advantage in points off the bench.

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