Blue Jays Roundup: Basketball gets clean sweep over Williston
Jan. 7—JAMESTOWN — It has to feel pretty good when you have a 45-point lead at the half.
But it feels even better when you have a 66-point lead at the end of the game.
Andy Skunberg helped to guide the Jamestown High School girls basketball team to a 92-26 win over Williston Friday night at Jerry Meyer Arena. The Jays improved to 2-3 in the West Region and are now split at 3-3 overall.
The Jays will be back in action on Saturday with a conference match-up against Dickinson. The game is scheduled to tip off at 3:30 p.m. The boys game is scheduled to follow at 5:30 p.m.
Jamestown didn't have anyone score more than 18 points but the Jays did have four in double-digits and had all but two score at least two points.
Breanna Oettle's 18 points led the way for the Jays. The senior was 50% from 3-point range and netted 12 from the floor. She also had five steals.
Ella Falk added 16 more points to her ever-growing total and dished out a team-high of four assists. Falk nabbed nine total rebounds — eight of which came on the defensive side of the ball.
As a team, the Jays only had nine fouls.
Jamestown 92, Williston 26
WIL 8 18 — 26
JHS 53 39 — 92
WIL — Stats not provided.
JHS — Breanna Oettle 18, Ella Falk 16, Katie Falk 12, Haylie Hakanson 11, Teagan Bosche 8, Leah Trumbauer 6, Rylee Joseph 6, Peyton Waliser 4, Mea Ulland 4, Mari Anderson 3, Jada Walter 2, Edie Hegerle 2. Totals: 36-66 FG, 11-17 FT, 9 fouls. 3-pointers: Oettle 2, Joseph 2, E. Falk 1, Hakanson 1, Trumbauer 1, Waliser 1, Anderson 1.
About 20 minutes after the girls got their third win of the year, the Blue Jay boys took the floor, looking for their fourth win of the year.
It wasn't always pretty but they got the job done.
The Jays topped Williston 77-65 to move to 3-2 in the West Region and 4-2 overall.
Jamestown was down early but by the half, Jacoby Lloyd's squad managed to cut the once-12-point deficit to three. The Jays went on to outscore the Coyotes by 15 in the second half to secure the win.
Noah Meissner was on fire, notching three 3-pointers on his way to 21 total points. Dalton Lamp hit three more from beyond the arc which accounted for nine of his 19 points. Payton Hochhalter and Mason Lunzman also hit double-digits with Hochhalter scoring 13 and Lunzman netting 11.
Williston only had four scorers.
Malaki Sik scored 40 while Isiah St. Romain hit 12 and Kadin Finders notched 11. Cager Davis hit a field goal to round out the Coyotes' total scoring.
Jamestown 77, Williston 65
WIL 33 32 — 65
JHS 30 47 — 77
WIL — Malaki Sik 40, Isaiah St. Romain 12, Kadin Finders 11, Cager Davis 2. Totals: 24 FG, 8-18 FT, 16 fouls. 3-pointers: Sik 8, Finders 2.
JHS — Noah Meissner 21, Dalton Lamp 19, Payton Hochhalter 13, Mason Lunzman 11, Ryan Larson 6, Caydann Cox 4, Jackson Rose 3. Totals: 25 FG, 7-14 FT, 17 fouls. 3-pointers: Meissner 3, Lamp 3, Lunzman 2, Larson 2, Rose 1, Hochhalter 1.
