JAMESTOWN, N.D. (JimmieAthletics.com) – The University of Jamestown basketball teams won a pair of games at Newman Arena on Sunday afternoon against Midland.
WBB: Jimmies 52, Midland 49.
The University of Jamestown women’s basketball team withstood a valiant Midland (Neb.) University fourth-quarter comeback in a 52-49 Great Plains Athletic Conference victory Sunday afternoon at Harold Newman Arena.
Jamestown led 44-32 heading into the fourth quarter, but Midland used a 13-4 run to make it a three-point game with 3:25 remaining.
Hannah DeMars (FR/Grand Rapids, MN) drained a three-pointer to put the Jimmies ahead by six with just under three minutes left, and it appeared UJ had the game in hand.
However, back-to-back baskets by Midland’s Amanda Hansen made it 51-49 with 43 seconds to play.
Noelle Josephson (SO/Ramsey, MN) was fouled with 15 seconds left and made one of her two free throws, making it 52-49.
The Warriors had one final possession to attempt a game-tying three-pointer, but Josephson stepped in the line of a pass from the Warriors’ Kara Jennings as time expired.
Kia Tower (FR/Bigfork, MN) led Jamestown (13-8 overall, 7-7 GPAC) with 11 points. Josephson finished with eight points, three steals, and three assists while Courtney Mosloski (SR/Fairmont, MN) added eight points off the bench. DeMars grabbed a team-high seven rebounds and recorded three steals.
Midland (7-15, 3-11 GPAC) got eight points each from Hansen and Peyton Wingert.
Next up for the Jimmies is a road game on Wednesday at Dakota Wesleyan (S.D.) starting at 6 p.m.
MBB: Jimmies 102, Midland 62.
Mason Walters (FR/Jamestown, ND) had 19 points to lead four players in double figures as the University of Jamestown men’s basketball team cruised to a 102-60 win over Midland (Neb.) University in Great Plains Athletic Conference action Sunday afternoon at Harold Newman Arena.
Jack Talley (JR/Sioux Falls, SD) had 18 points and nine rebounds, while Brady Birch (JR/Melrose, MN) (12) and Terrell Alfred (SR/Orlando, FL) (11) were also in double figures.
Jack Frazier (SR/Salem, OR), Marc Kjos (FR/Lake City, MN), and Devon Schultz (SO/Arlington, MN) all scored nine points for UJ, who had 11 of 12 players find the scoring column. Jimmie reserves outscored Midland’s 52-10 in the game.
The Jimmies led 22-20 with 12:02 in the first half before runs of 8-0 and 17-5 ballooned the advantage to 14 points with just over seven minutes before halftime.
Devan Praska (SO/Thompson, ND)’s basket capped off a 19-6 run to start the second half and Jamestown went ahead by 35 with 11:46 remaining.
Jamestown shot 57.4 percent overall and 40.7 percent from three-point range as Talley, Alfred, and Kjos each knocked down three from beyond the arc.
Midland was held to 37.7 percent shooting overall and just 20 percent on three-point attempts. The Jimmies enjoyed a huge 48-21 rebounding edge, including 15-3 on the offensive glass.
Bowen Sandquist led the Warriors (6-14, 3-10 GPAC) with a game-high 22 points while Kylan Smallwood added 13.
UJ, now 15-8 overall and 6-7 in the GPAC, travel to Dakota Wesleyan (S.D.) University Wednesday for an 8 p.m. start.