College Basketball<\/p>\n
Saturday<\/p>\n
Women…<\/p>\n
CRETE, Neb.\u00a0 (uj.edu<\/a>)\u00a0 —\u00a0<\/strong>The University of Jamestown women’s basketball team won their Great Plains Athletic Conference\u00a0opener on the road in convincing fashion, defeating Doane (Neb.) 78-56 in Crete, Neb.<\/p>\n UJ improved to 5-1 overall on the strength of another outstanding defensive effort forcing 32 turnovers and holding the Tigers to 31 percent shooting from the floor.<\/p>\n Olivia Anderson<\/a> (SR\/Edgeley, ND) led Jamestown with 21 points on 10-12 shoot from the floor in just 17 minutes of playing time while grabbing 7 rebounds and making her only 3-point shot attempt of the game.<\/p>\n Mackensi Higlin<\/a> (JR\/Mandan, ND) had a career high 19 points off the bench while grabbing 8 rebounds and accumulating 4 steals and registered 3 of the team’s 6 blocked shots.<\/p>\n The Jimmie bench outscored the Tiger bench 36-9.<\/p>\n Noelle Josephson<\/a> (SO\/Ramsey, MN) grabbed a team-high 10 rebounds as the Jimmies outrebounded the Tigers 55-45 including a 24-13 advantage on the offensive end.<\/p>\n The Jimmies have forced 136 turnovers in 6 games for an average of over 22 turnovers per game and have forced 48 more turnovers than they have committed so far this season.<\/p>\n UJ also recorded 25 steals with Josephson leading the way with a career-high 7 steals.<\/p>\n UJ led by just two at the end of the first quarter, 17-15, but outscored the tigers by six in the second quarter to lead 32-24 and blew is open in the third quarter with a 24-11 scoring advantage to lead 56-35 heading into the 4th<\/span><\/sup> quarter.<\/p>\n The Jimmies will host #7 Dakota Wesleyan Wednesday night at 6:00 p.m. in the GPAC home opener at Harold Newman Arena.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Men…<\/p>\n CRETE, Neb.\u00a0 (uj.edu)\u00a0 —\u00a0<\/strong>\u00a0The University of Jamestown men’s basketball team won their seventh consecutive game and won their Great Plains Athletic Conference opener on the road, 97-71 against Doane University on Saturday afternoon.<\/p>\n Doane jumped out to a quick 6-0 lead, but it was all Jimmies after that as UJ ran off 9 consecutive points and would lead the rest of the way.<\/p>\n During a 5 minute stretch the Jimmies outscored the Tigers 23-4 and grew their lead from 11-9 to 34-13.<\/p>\n UJ led 63-28 at the half and grew the lead to as many as 39 in the second half in improving to 7-1 on the season.<\/p>\n Brock Schrom<\/a> (JR\/Grand Rapids, MN) scored a season-high 22 points on 10-of-12 shooting from the floor and added 6 rebounds, 3 assists and a blocked shot.<\/p>\n Jack Talley<\/a> (JR\/Sioux Falls, SD) added 18 points and 6 assists, Terrell Alfred<\/a> (SR\/Orlando, FL) had 18 points of the bench while making 5-of-7 3-point shots.<\/p>\n