Jimmies hang on in 79-72 win over Concordia to end skid

JAMESTOWN — The College of Jamestown confirmed off its toughness sinking seven of their eight free throw makes an attempt within the final two minutes of a 79-72 win over Concordia College on Saturday, Jan. 14, at Harold Newman Enviornment.

“We’re by no means going to surrender, we’re going to maintain preventing,” Jimmies guard Hannah DeMars mentioned. “There’s going to be stretches the place it’s going to be powerful and possibly not go our method however we simply have to take a look at one another, lock in and regroup and push ahead.”

After a gradual begin to this sport, the primary quarter turned actually aggressive with the Bulldogs (10-7, 8-5) discovering their three ball working, to the tune of 4 made threes within the opening quarter. The Jimmies (13-5, 8-4) took a lead at 15-14 with round 90 seconds to go within the first quarter earlier than the Bulldogs instantly retook the lead at 16-15.

The second quarter turned a three-point contest as the 2 groups mixed to shoot 7-for-12 within the quarter, together with a streak of six made threes in a row. Within the first half, the Jimmies had been helped by 9 offensive rebounds resulting in 14-second possibilities factors. On the opposite aspect, the Bulldogs struggled rebounding the basketball on the offensive glass, solely having three offensive rebounds and having no second likelihood factors. The Jimmies used the rebound benefit to take a 40-31 lead into the half.

The Bulldogs began the third quarter on an 8-2 earlier than a Kia Tower three put an finish to the run and pushed the Jimmies’ lead out to 45-39. After the Bulldogs minimize into the lead even additional at 47-44, the Jimmies responded with a Kate Busek three to stretch the lead out to 50-44 with 5:12 to go within the third. That kickstarted an 8-5 Jimmies run to enter the ultimate quarter up 59-48.

The Bulldogs wouldn’t go down with out a combat although because the Jimmies continued to stretch the lead out and the Bulldogs continued to combat again getting as shut as 5 factors on two events within the final minute and a half of the sport.

“I informed our group within the locker room that’s a part of why you construct a lead as a result of if a group will get overaggressive or for some motive a ball bounces the fallacious method that’s a part of the rationale we constructed that and pushed the result in 12,” Jimmies head coach Thad Sankey mentioned. “That’s why it’s so vital to essentially stretch leads like that so you have got some cushion to work with on the finish of the sport.”

The win ends a three-game dropping streak for the Jimmies and extends the Jimmies successful streak in opposition to the Bulldogs to 3 video games.

The Jimmies are again in motion at 5 p.m. on Friday, Jan. 20, after they go to Doane College.

CUNE 72, UJ 79

CUNE: 16 15 18 23–72

UJ: 15 25 18 21–79

Factors leaders:

CUNE: Taysha Rushton 15, Abby Kreiser 14, Megan Belt 12

UJ: Hannah DeMars 25, Kia Tower 17, Kate Cordes 10

Assists leaders:

CUNE: Kendal Brigham 4, Sadie Powell 4, Rushton 2, Mackenzie Toomey 2

UJ: Tower 4, Kate Busek 4, DeMars 2

Main rebounders:

CUNE: Powell 6, Abby Heemstra 5, Abby Kreiser 4

UJ: DeMars 17, Audrey Rodakowski 8, Busek 4, Cordes 4, Jailyn Martinson 4