Jamestown\u00a0 (uj.edu)\u00a0 Eighteen days since their last game at Harold Newman Arena, the University of Jamestown men’s basketball team made a successful return to their home court Wednesday evening, taking care of Mount Marty (S.D.) College 84-65 in Great Plains Athletic Conference action.<\/p>\n
THE BASICS<\/strong> HOW IT HAPPENED<\/strong> FOR UJ<\/strong> FOR MOUNT MARTY<\/strong> UP NEXT<\/strong> Jamestown\u00a0 (uj.edu)\u00a0 Eighteen days since their last game at Harold Newman Arena, the University of Jamestown men’s basketball team made a successful return to their home court Wednesday evening, taking care of Mount Marty (S.D.) College 84-65 in Great Plains Athletic Conference action. THE BASICS FINAL SCORE: Jamestown 84, Mount […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":69081,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[27],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-158892","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/158892","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=158892"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/158892\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":158893,"href":"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/158892\/revisions\/158893"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/69081"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=158892"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=158892"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=158892"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\nFINAL SCORE: Jamestown 84, Mount Marty 65
\nLOCATION: Harold Newman Arena, Jamestown, ND
\nRECORDS: Jamestown 9-2 (3-2 Great Plains Athletic Conference), Mount Marty 3-8 (1-5 GPAC)<\/p>\n
\n*The Jimmies closed the first half on a 21-6 run after Mount Marty got within eight points at 23-15 following a Trevor Olson three-pointer with 9:12 in the half.
\n*Nearly half of UJ’s first half points (21 of 44) came via the three-pointer, but Jamestown was an impressive 67% (8-for-12) on shots inside the arc in the opening 20 minutes.
\n*The Lancers went scoreless for nearly four-and-a-half minutes as the Jimmies turned a 12-11 deficit into a 23-12 lead.
\n*An 11-4 run to open the second half saw UJ’s lead balloon to 30 points, 55-25. The biggest lead of the night for Jamestown came on a Brock Schrom<\/a> (SO\/Grand Rapids, MN) layup that made it 74-42 with 6:42 in the game.
\n*Mount Marty went nearly five minutes without a field goal just before the midway point of the second half.<\/p>\n
\n*Jon Purintun<\/a> (SR\/Linton, ND) turned in a game-high 26 points, adding six rebounds and five assists. Kevin Oberweiser<\/a> (SR\/Drummond, MT) added 17 points, Brock Schrom<\/a> 12, and Terrell Alfred<\/a> (JR\/Orlando, FL) had 11 off the bench.
\n*Jack Talley<\/a> (SO\/Sioux Falls, SD) had a game-high 12 rebounds, a new personal best.
\n*The Jimmies shot 29-of-67 (43.3%) for the game, knocking down 12 of 39 three-pointers.
\n*UJ had a slim 42-39 advantage on the glass.<\/p>\n
\n*Chase Altenburg scored 12 points, and was joined in double figures by Reilly Devine and Jonah Larson, both with 10 points.
\n*Larson led the Lancers with seven rebounds.
\n*Mount Marty shot 21 of 58 (36.2%) from the field and were 6 of 19 on three-point attempts.
\n*Altenburg and Logan Flemming both shot 6-for-6 at the foul line.<\/p>\n
\n*The Jimmies are in Orange City, Iowa, on Saturday for a GPAC contest against Dordt College. Game time is set for 4:00 p.m.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"