UJ Basketball<\/p>\n
Tuesday Harold Newman Arena<\/p>\n
Men<\/p>\n
UJ<\/a> 74 Briar Cliff 57<\/p>\n The University of Jamestown men’s basketball team<\/a> went on a 35-7 second-half run on the way to a 74-57 win over Briar Cliff (Iowa) University Tuesday night at Harold Newman Arena.<\/p>\n Jamestown moves to 9-3 overall and 5-2 in the GPAC while Briar Cliff falls to 5-7 overall and 3-5 in the conference.<\/p>\n Briar Cliff got out to an 11-4 lead early, but UJ scored nine of the next 11 points to tie the game at 13.<\/p>\n Ethan Freidel scored the Chargers’ next eight points to give the visitors a 21-13 lead at the 12:08 mark of the first.<\/p>\n BCU stayed ahead until a pair of Allante’ Pickens<\/a> (SR\/Chicago, IL) free throws put UJ ahead 32-31 with 2:49 before the half.<\/p>\n The Jimmies trailed 35-34 at the break, but tied the game at 40 following Brady Birch<\/a> (SR\/Melrose, MN)’s basket with 15:50 to play.<\/p>\n The Birch basket started a 17-2 run, with the next 15 points for the Jimmies coming from Mason Walters<\/a> (SO\/Jamestown, ND) as the lead stretched to 55-42 with 10:34 to play.<\/p>\n A Nick Hoyt three-pointer brought the Chargers within 10 points at 55-45, but Will Cordes<\/a> (FR\/Shakopee, MN) answered with\u00a0a three of his own to start an 18-2 run. Birch capped off the run, which saw UJ lead 73-47 at the 4:38 mark.<\/p>\n BCU ended the game on a 10-1 run to avoid the 20-plus point defeat.<\/p>\n Walters finished with 33 points on 14-of-15 shooting and pulled down 12 rebounds for his 11th double-double of the season. Pickens scored all of his 16 points in the first half to also finish in double figures. Walters and Cordes each dished out four assists.<\/p>\n Freidel and Quinten Vasa each had 11 points to lead Briar Cliff.<\/p>\n UJ connected on a season-low 5-of-22 three-point attempts, but were 24-of-34 inside the arc. Jamestown outrebounded Briar Cliff 36-26 and had a 21-11 edge in points off turnovers.<\/p>\n The Jimmies are back in action Friday night when they host Concordia (Neb.) University at 8 p.m.<\/p>\n Women<\/p>\n UJ<\/a> 78 Briar Cliff 62<\/p>\n The University of Jamestown women’s basketball <\/a>team shot a season-best 56.4 percent from the floor Tuesday night in a 78-62 GPAC victory over Briar Cliff (Iowa) University at Harold Newman Arena.<\/p>\n Conversely, the Jimmies held the Chargers to 27.4 shooting, a season low for opponents, on the way to their third victory in the last\u00a0four games.<\/p>\n Jamestown improves to 6-3 overall and 4-3 in the GPAC, while Briar Cliff falls to 8-3 overall and 6-3 in the conference.<\/p>\n The Chargers missed their first 13 shots of the game and shot just 2-for-20 in the first quarter, but went 6-of-9 at the free throw line to stay within six points, 16-10, at the end of the first. UJ opened by making seven of their first 11 shots, including two three-pointers.<\/p>\n The Jimmies’ biggest lead of the first half came after an Audrey Rodakowski<\/a> (FR\/Dickinson, ND) basket made it 34-20 with 3:02 left in the second. Jamestown led 36-26 at halftime.<\/p>\n Briar Cliff got as close as 39-31 following a Konnor Sudmann basket at the 7:55 mark of the third. A 7-0 run capped off by a Noelle Josephson<\/a> (JR\/Ramsey, MN) steal and layup extended the lead to 15 points just 62 seconds later.<\/p>\n After the Chargers cut the lead to six with 2:45 in the third, Hannah DeMars<\/a> (SO\/Grand Rapids, MN) sank a pair of free throws and made a basket to give Jamestown a double-digit lead going into the fourth quarter.<\/p>\n Leading 60-56 with 6:09 in the game, Jamestown used a 12-0 run, started by a Kia Tower<\/a> (SO\/Bigfork, MN) three-pointer, to put the game away. Macy Savela<\/a> (SO\/Mountain Iron, MN)’s three-pointer at the 3:19 mark gave the Jimmies an 18-point lead, their biggest of the game. UJ shot 81.8 percent (9-for-11) in the fourth, their best mark in a quarter this season.<\/p>\n DeMars led the way for Jamestown with 23 points, eight assists, five rebounds, and three steals. Savela came off the bench for a career-high 19 points, including 5-of-7 shooting from beyond the arc. Tower added 16 points and Rodakowski chipped in with 12 points and seven blocked shots.<\/p>\n Sudmann had 20 points and Peyton Slaughter 12 points and 10 rebounds for Briar Cliff.<\/p>\n Jamestown is back in action Friday when they host Concordia (Neb.) 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