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Briar Cliff (Iowa)\u00a0 (uj.edu)\u00a0 No. 7 Briar Cliff University turned a 10-point halftime lead into a 20-point advantage midway through the second half, taking down the 21st-ranked University of Jamestown men’s basketball<\/strong> team 86-70 Wednesday evening.<\/p>\n THE BASICS<\/strong> HOW IT HAPPENED FOR UJ<\/strong> FOR BRIAR CLIFF<\/strong> UP NEXT<\/strong> Women…<\/p>\n Briar Cliff (Iowa)\u00a0 (uj.edu)\u00a0 University outscored the University of Jamestown women’s basketball<\/strong> team 31-17 in the second and third quarters and hung on for a 54-53 win Wednesday evening.<\/p>\n THE BASICS<\/strong> HOW IT HAPPENED<\/strong>
\nFINAL SCORE: (7) Briar Cliff 86, (21) Jamestown 70
\nLOCATION: Newman Flanagan Center, Sioux City, IA
\nRECORDS: Briar Cliff 15-3 (9-2 Great Plains Athletic Conference), Jamestown 17-4 (7-4 GPAC)<\/p>\n
\n*<\/strong>Jamestown led 23-22 after a pair of Kevin Oberweiser<\/a> (SR\/Drummond, MT) free throws capped off a 7-0 run.
\n*The Chargers responded with the next six points to retake a 28-23 lead, eventually closing the half on a 15-4 run.
\n*UJ connected on just 9 of 30 shots in the first half (30 percent) and trailed 37-27 at the half.
\n*Briar Cliff opened the second half with 16 of the first 22 points and took a 20-point lead (66-46) with 10:44 in the game.
\n*The Jimmies were 18 of 34 from the field in the final 20 minutes, but just 4 of 12 from three-point range.<\/p>\n
\n*Kevin Oberweiser<\/a> led the Jimmies with 19 points, nine rebounds, and four assists.
\n*Brady Birch<\/a> (SO\/Melrose, MN) set a new career high with 17 points and blocked a pair of shots.
\n*Isaiah Dobson<\/a> (JR\/Stillwater, MN) finished with 14 points on 6-of-10 shooting.
\n*The Jimmies outrebounded Briar Cliff 40-39.
\n*Sixteen UJ turnovers were converted into 21 Briar Cliff points.
\n*The 70 points was a season low for Jamestown.<\/p>\n
\n*Ethan Freidel scored a game-high 21 points, including five three-pointers.
\n*Kyle Boerhave (18), Jackson Lamb (14), Austin Roetman (14), and Jay Wolfe (10) also hit for double figures for the Chargers.
\n*Boerhave pulled down nine rebounds and blocked two shots.
\n*Freidel and Wolfe both recorded seven assists.
\n*The Chargers won for the fourth straight game and the fifth time in their last six.<\/p>\n
\n*Jamestown travels to Crete, Neb., on Saturday for a matchup against Doane University. Tipoff is set for 4 p.m.<\/p>\n
\nFINAL SCORE: Briar Cliff 54, Jamestown 53
\nLOCATION: Newman Flanagan Center, Sioux City, IA
\nRECORDS: Briar Cliff 11-9 (5-7 Great Plains Athletic Conference), Jamestown 10-10 (4-8 GPAC)<\/p>\n
\n*The Jimmies scored the first 11 points of the game and took a 15-3 lead after Mackensi Higlin<\/a> (SO\/Mandan, ND) made the second of two free throw attempts.
\n*Despite making only 2 of 15 second quarter shots, Jamestown led 24-19 at halftime.
\n*Briar Cliff opened the second half on a 12-0 run to go ahead 31-24. The Jimmies ended the run on a Jory Mullen<\/a> (SR\/Pierre, SD) three-pointer with 4:24 left in the third.
\n*The Chargers shot 58.3 percent (7-of-12) in the third while holding UJ to 20 percent (3-of-15).
\n*Jamestown outscored Briar Cliff 19-16 in the fourth, rallying back from an eight-point deficit earlier in the period to lead 48-47 with 3:00 left following a pair of Noelle Josephson<\/a> (FR\/Ramsey, MN) free throws.
\n*On the next possession, Briar Cliff’s Madelyn Deitchler knocked down a three-pointer to put the home team back in front by a point, eventually proving to be the game-winning basket.
\n*Emma Stoehr<\/a> (SO\/Woodbury, MN) banked in a three-pointer at the buzzer to make it a one-point game.<\/p>\n