JImmies advance to the Tournament Elie 8 on Sat. Mar. Mar. 20, at noon vs.#5 Seed, Shawnee State.<\/p>\n
KANSAS CITY, Mo.\u00a0 (UJ<\/a>) —\u00a0<\/strong>Marc Kjos<\/a> (SO\/Lake City, MN) and Mason Walters<\/a> (SO\/Jamestown, ND) each scored 26 points to help lead the University of Jamestown men’s basketball team to an 88-83 victory over No. 7 Faulkner (Ala.) University in the NAIA National Championship Round of 16.<\/p>\n Jamestown (22-8), the tournament’s 14th seed, advances to the quarterfinals and will play No. 6 Shawnee State (Ohio), the fifth seed in the tournament, Saturday at noon. Faulkner ends the season with a record of 26-3.<\/p>\n Walters was the offensive key for the Jimmies in the first half, scoring 17 points on 7-of-10 shooting as Jamestown piled up 22 of its 38 first-half points in the paint.<\/p>\n UJ biggest first-half lead\u00a0came on a Walters three-point play that\u00a0made it 20-14 at the 10:36 mark. An 11-4 Faulkner run put the Eagles ahead by one with 5:47 remaining in the half, and the lead went back and forth on the next five possessions.<\/p>\n A Kjos basket regained the lead for UJ at 30-29, then\u00a0Brock Schrom<\/a> (SR\/Grand Rapids, MN) and Walters followed with buckets of their own to extend the lead to five, and the Jimmies would own a 38-33 halftime advantage.<\/p>\n Faulkner opened the second half with five straight points to draw even at 38, but\u00a0Jack Talley<\/a> (SR\/Sioux Falls, SD) answered with a three-pointer.\u00a0Kjos would later knock\u00a0down another three to make it a four-point Jimmie lead.<\/p>\n C.J. Williamson put Faulkner up 47-46 at the 15:02 mark with a basket. In what was starting to become a habit, Kjos gave Jamestown\u00a0breathing room with another three-pointer.<\/p>\n UJ would lead by as many as six with 12:53 to play, but Faulkner hung around. The Eagles tied the game five times down the stretch, with the last tie coming on an Austin Rogers basket with 50 seconds left.<\/p>\n Jamestown worked the game clock down to 30 seconds, and Kjos drained his eighth three-pointer of the contest for another Jimmie lead. After Williamson missed a long-range jumper, Will Cordes<\/a> (FR\/Shakopee, MN) grabbed\u00a0the rebound and was fouled, and Faulkner would be forced to foul to help save time.<\/p>\n
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