Sioux City, IA – The Jamestown Jimmies women’s basketball season came to an end Wednesday evening in Sioux City, Iowa, defeated ty Oregon Tech 71-64 at the NAIA Division 2 women’s basketball national tournament.
The Jimmies were leading 42-29 late in the third quarter, but Oregon Tech scored 32 of the next 42 points to lead 61-52 on a 3-pointer by Ashleigh Vandenbrink.
The Owls won their first-ever game at national tournament.
Eight players in total scored in double-figures, four for each team. Jessica Buck ended her Jimmie career with 12 points, 10 rebound and six assists.
Jamestown ends their season at 29-5.
Jamestown finished with a school record 29 wins and a 29-5 overall record making their fifth consecutive appearance in the national tournament.
BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) – Two of the seven college basketball teams from the Dakotas who made the fields for the NAIA Division II men’s and women’s national championship tournaments have been knocked out, while a third remains in the running for a national title.
The Dakota Wesleyan women’s team defeated Haskell Indian Nations University 75-64 on Wednesday to advance, while the Jamestown women’s team was upset by Oregon Tech 71-64.
The Dakota State men’s team also lost, 96-81 to Saint Francis.
Men’s teams from Valley City State and Dakota Wesleyan play their first games Thursday, along with the women’s teams from Mount Marty and Dickinson State.
The men’s tournament is in Point Lookout, Missouri, and the women’s tournament is in Sioux City, Iowa. They run through March 15.
