fayette, iowa - thanks to a 25-point, six assist performance by junior jamie jones, the concordia university golden bear women’s basketball team opened the nsic conference season with a come-from-behind victory at upper iowa university (3-3, 0-1 nsic). The golden bears improve to 6-2 on the year and play at winona state at 6:00 pm tomorrow night.

the golden bears trailed by 12, 53-41, with 11:05 to play in the game. However, jones scored 16 of her game-high 25 points in the game's final 10:12 to lift concordia to the victory.

jones was aided by her perfect night at the foul line, making all ten of her foul attempts. She also shot 6-of-14 from the field, which included three made three-pointers.

concordia as a team as aided by strong free throw shooting. In addition to jones' perfect night at the line, the golden bears connected on 23-of-25 free throw attempts. They shot 38.1% from the field with 34 points in the paint.

three other golden bears finished the game scoring in double-figures. Candace olstad scored 17 points while also grabbing six rebounds. Shandrell duncan, who was limited to just 17 minutes of action due to foul trouble, added 13 points. Zoraa quoie came off the bench score 11 points and dish out four assists. Candace olstad and kelly supernaw each had a team high six boards.

andrea downs led four peacocks in double-figures with 22 points on 8-of-13 shooting from the floor. Lene lox added 12 points off the bench. Britney iredale missed out on a double-double with 11 points and nine rebounds while melissa fritz finished with 10 points.

the golden bears will travel to winona state university on saturday, dec. 6 at 6:00 p.m.