The Jimmies were down 25-14 early in the first half, but closed the opening 20 minutes on a 20-6 run and lead 16th-ranked Minot State 34-31 at halftime.

Hans Hoeg was fouled on a long 3-point attempt at the horn and buried all 3 free throws to give the Jimmies their second lead of the half.

Their first came at 3-2, but Minot State was in control, leading much of the half.

The Jimmies won the first meeting between the two teams in early December at the Dome.

They had all-conference point guard Byron Jones in that game, but Jones is out for the season with a knee injury.

C.J. Peeters has 8 to lead the Jimmies.

Nick Turner’s 10 top of the Beavers.

Minot State led from start to finish in handing the Jimmie women their first home loss of the season, 75-55.

The Beavers got within in a game of the DAC-leading Jimmies with the win, in which they led by as many as 24 points (63-39) in the second half.

There was nothing fluky about this one.

It was pretty much a beat down. A 12-0 run late in the second half got the Jimmies within 12 with 2:20 left, but the Beavers deserved this one.

The Jimmies were held 20 under their average of 75 per game.

Dynamic point guard Ari Hendrix led the Beavers with 23 points.

Giuli Varriano’s 13 led the cold-shooting Jimmies (20-57).

The sixth-ranked Jimmie women are down 11 at the half in a match-up of ranked NAIA teams.

Minot State leads 36-25 behind 13 points from point guard Ari Hendrix. The Beavers are ranked 12th in the country, and have controlled the opening 20 minutes.

The Jimmies would be in real trouble if not for reserve Krista Shaikoski, who buried three triples in the first half and has a team-best 11.

The Jimmies have lost just one home game in the last 2 seasons and are 9-0 in 2009-10.

Big games for the Jamestown College basketball teams this weekend.

Brief thoughts from the two head coaches.

Jeff Trumbauer: “Huge. To say anything less would be an underestimation of the situation.”

Mark Wiest: “In a way, this is a different role for us. We’ve never been in first place this late into the season. Typically we’re in that 2-5 range and kind of been the ones doing the hunting. Now we’re the hunted."

Minot State is here Friday and Dickinson State Saturday.

A sweep for the Jimmies would be quite large as they head down the home stretch of the DAC campaign.

The Jamestown College men’s basketball team won a wild 88-75 tilt in Mayville Tuesday night to snap a 6-game skid at Lewey Lee Fieldhouse.

C.J. Peeters continued his strong junior season with 33 points and 9 rebounds, including 23 in the first half alone.

The Jimmies outscored the Comets 18-5 in overtime, improving to 4-3 in the DAC and 13-8 overall.

Minot State is here Friday and Dickinson State Saturday.

Much more, and I mean much more, both JC stories got away from me, in the print edition, which is rolling off the press as I type.

Off I go now to track penguins and buy milk at WalMart for my angry, 2.5 year old female daughter.

Good night Jamestown.

After two postponements, the sixth-ranked Jimmie women finally got an adequate travel day to go to Mayville State and beat the struggling Comets.

Kellie Schuneman poured in 25 points to lead the Jimmies (17-4) to a 82-69 win. They’re 6-1 in the DAC, alone at the top. The Jimmies were 25 of 30 from the stripe.

The Jimmies scored 44-first half points and pulled away from the pesky Comets (4-14) over the final 20 minutes.

The men game follows in 20 minutes. The JC men need to win this one over the conference-winless Comets ……