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JAMESTOWN — Despite not hitting a field goal for almost six minutes in the second half, the University of Jamestown was able to get a 69-64 win over Concordia University on Saturday, Jan. 14, at Harold Newman Arena.
The Jimmies (15-3, 7-3) sprinted out to a 19-8 lead in the first half. The Jimmies’ Reid Gastner knocked down a three to push the lead out to 30-13 with 6:21 to go in the first half. Despite the Bulldogs' best efforts to cut into it in the first half, the Jimmies kept the pressure up as the Bulldogs (11-7, 7-5) scored on back-to-back possessions twice in the first half. In the first half, the Jimmies shot 53% from the field. The Jimmies went into the half up 41-24.
"I thought defensively we did a great job," Jimmies head coach Danny Neville said. "They got to the rim there late but overall I thought we did a great job. We were physical with their post and it's definitely a step in the right direction."
The Jimmies looked to be cruising in the second half pushing the lead out to as large as 19 points on a Mason Walters jumper to give his team the 59-40 lead. With 6:14 to go in the game, the Jimmies’ Cole Woodford knocked down a three to give his team a 62-46 lead. The Bulldogs’ Bradley Bennett responded with a jumper to cut the deficit to 62-48 and started a 16-5 run that cut his team’s deficit to 67-64 at the media timeout with 54 seconds to go in the game. The Woodford three was the last field goal the Jimmies would have until a Reid Gastner jumper with 25 seconds to go pushed his team’s lead out to 69-64.
"I think they came with the zone and they put the pressure on the outside and we didn't get the ball inside as much," Woodford said. "But, I think we did a good job of weathering the storm and finishing the game."
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The win puts the Jimmies one game back of Morningside for first in the GPAC and completes a season sweep over the Bulldogs for the Jimmies.
"It's huge," Neville said. "Anytime you see a team a second time it's huge to get that win and close it out. Who knows we could be seeing them again."
The Jimmies are back in action at 6:45 p.m. on Friday, Jan. 20, when they go to Doane.
CUNE 64, UJ 69
CUNE: 24 40–64
UJ: 41 28–69
Points leaders:
CUNE: Gage Smith 19, Garrett Seagren 18, Bradley Bennett 9
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UJ: Cole Woodford 18, Mason Walters 18, Colby Vazquez 9, Reid Gastner 9
Assists leaders:
CUNE: Bennett 4, Noah Schutte 2, Payson Gillespie 2, Smith 1, Seagren 1
UJ: Kjos 4, Walters 3, Woodford 2
Leading rebounders:
CUNE: Smith 8, Bennett 7, Seagren 4,
UJ: Walters 11, Kjos 6, Woodford 4
