Jimmies defeat VCSU in season opener

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The University of Jamestown women's basketball team won its seventh straight season opener, defeating Valley City State (N.D.) University 77-57 Friday evening at Harold Newman Arena.

THE BASICS

Final Score: Jamestown 77, VCSU 57
Records: Jamestown 1-0, VCSU 0-1

HOW IT HAPPENED

• Trailing 6-3 five minutes in, UJ finished the quarter on a 14-5 run to lead 17-11 after one.
• Kate Busek led Jamestown with five points while Audrey Rodakowski added four.
• Rodakowski had the last Jimmie basket in the first quarter and scored the first basket of the second, then Sarah Lenz drained a three-pointer and made another jumper inside the arc to give Jamestown a 24-11 lead.
• The largest lead of the half for UJ came after Megan Oswald scored to make it 29-13 at the 5:38 mark, and again following a Hannah Hagel layup a minute later.
• VCSU got as close as 11 but a Lenz three-pointer gave the Jimmies a 38-22 halftime lead. Lenz finished the quarter with 11 points and 14 in the half.
• After shooting 47 percent in the second quarter, Jamestown improved that mark to 50 percent in the third quarter.
• Kate Cordes had the hot hand for the Jimmies in the third, scoring 11 points on 4-of-4 shooting (3-of-3 from three-point range).
• Jailyn Martinson gave Jamestown a 21-point lead when she scored at the 6:31 mark, then made another basket just under a minute later to extend the lead to 49-26.
• Rodakowski opened the fourth quarter with a bucket to give the Jimmies their largest lead of the night at 63-35.
• VCSU put together a 16-3 run over a span of 3:21 but got no closer than 15 points the rest of the way.
• Nine of UJ's 16 fourth-quarter points came from reserves, including six by Jessica Oberlander.

FOR THE JIMMIES

• Lenz had a game-high 16 points off the bench, including four three-pointers.
• Cordes also made four threes on her way to 14 points.
• Rodakowski was the other Jimmie in double figures with 11 points.
• Tower had eight rebounds and along with Busek passed out five assists.

FOR THE VIKINGS

• Ashlyn Diemert led VCSU with 14 points and five rebounds.
• Hailey Roberts (12) and Ellie Braaten (11) were also in double figures.
• Ellie Powell also grabbed five rebounds.,

UP NEXT

• The Jimmies host Mayville State (N.D.) on November 2 at 6 p.m.