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Jamestown\u00a0 (uj.edu) \u00a0\u2013\u00a0Paige Emmel\u00a0scored 14 points, shooting 4-of-8 from three-point range, and was one of five players in double figures as the Jimmie women\u2019s basketball team opened the 2017-18 season in their first game in Harold Newman Arena with an 84-60 win over the University of Manitoba Friday evening.<\/p>\n
Bryn Woodside\u00a0 added 13 points and five assists,\u00a0Jory Mullen\u00a0 scored 11, making all five of her free throw attempts, and\u00a0Allison Jablonsky\u00a0chipped in with 11 points and four steals.\u00a0Marina Nowak\u00a0 was the fifth UJ player with 10 or more points, finishing with 10 points and seven rebounds.\u00a0Mackenzie Sparby\u00a0led the Jimmies with eight rebounds<\/p>\n
The Jimmie men\u2019s basketball team started the 2017-18 season on the right foot, winning their first game in Harold Newman Arena Friday night, 103-85 over Brandon University.<\/p>\n
Leighton Sampson\u00a0recorded a double-double in his first game as a Jimmie, scoring 26 points and grabbing a career-high 12 rebounds. Sampson\u2019s 26 points were the most since he scored 33 against Nebraska Wesleyan on January 10, 2015 during his freshman season at Dordt (Iowa.)<\/p>\n
All five UJ starters hit for double figures, including\u00a0Sam Johnson\u00a0, who connected on six of his eight three-point tries to finish with 18 points. Johnson\u2019s six treys were just two off of his career-high (8) set on December 30, 2015 at Morningside (Iowa).\u00a0Kevin Oberweiser\u00a0finished with 16 points, tied a personal best with seven rebounds, set a single-game high with six assists,\u00a0and was three-of-four from beyond the arc.\u00a0Ben Weisbeck\u00a0 and\u00a0Jon Purintun\u00a0chipped in with 10 points each, with Weisbeck adding four rebounds and Purintun three assists.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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