Tied at 8, Northwestern scored the next eight points to go ahead 16-8 with 16:41 in the first half.<\/p>\n
The Red Raiders led by 15 with 10:29 before halftime, but five points from Mason Walters<\/a> (SO\/Jamestown, ND) and a basket by Will Cordes<\/a> (FR\/Shakopee, MN) brought the Jimmies within eight points at 33-25 with 8:31 in the half.<\/p>\n After a Walters bucket cut Northwestern’s lead to 37-27, the Raiders held UJ without a point for the next 4:02, scoring 12 of their own during that span. The next Jimmie points came on a basket by Brady Birch<\/a> (SR\/Melrose, MN), but by that point UJ was down 20.<\/p>\n Jamestown trailed by no fewer than 20 points throughout much of the second half, and fell behind by 30 after a Keegan Van Egdom basket with 9:02 to play.<\/p>\n UJ finished the game on a 25-8 run and forced Northwestern to miss their final five shots.<\/p>\n Walters led Jamestown with 24 points and nine rebounds. Cordes had 18 points off the bench, and Allante’ Pickens<\/a> (SR\/Chicago, IL) was also in double figures with 15. Pickens dished out a team-high six assists.<\/p>\n Northwestern knocked down 13 of 31 three-point attempts while the Jimmies were 8 of 19 from beyond the arc. UJ outrebounded NWC 40-37, including 13-8 on the offensive glass.<\/p>\n Jamestown, 4-2 overall this season and 1-1 in the GPAC, travel to Hastings (Neb.) on November 23 and Doane (Neb.) November 25.<\/p>\n Women<\/p>\n Jimmiepride.com<\/a><\/p>\n Kia Tower<\/a> (SO\/Bigfork, MN) scored a career-high 25 points to help lead the University of Jamestown women’s basketball team to a 70-65 Great Plains Athletic Conference victory over Northwestern (Iowa) College Wednesday night at Harold Newman Arena.<\/p>\n Jamestown closed the first half on a 7-0 run, coming back from a five-point deficit with 3:49 in the half to lead by two at the half.<\/p>\n A Sammy Blum three-pointer put Northwestern ahead 51-49 with 2:54 left in the third quarter. Three points from Tower and a pair of Emma Stoehr<\/a> (SR\/Woodbury, MN) free throws sparked a 5-0 run to put the Jimmies back in front heading to the final quarter.<\/p>\n