ST. PAUL, Minn. – The Concordia women's basketball team (4-2) used a strong second quarter to get past Jamestown (N.D.) on the final day of the Radisson Hotel MSP North Classic Saturday afternoon by a score of 82-61.
 
Anna Schmitt led the offensive attack for the CSP as she scored a game high 19 points, seven assists and three stills. She also went 10-11 from the free throw line. Mishayla Jones finished with 12 points and five assists, Lauren Shifflett and Caitlyn Russell each added 11 points and Kyrah Fredenburg rounded out the double-digit scorers for CSP with 10 points and nine rebounds.
 
Schmitt and Jones were named to the All-Tournament team and joining them was Alexis Watts from Jamestown and Paige Ballinger from Wayne State. Anna Martensen from Wayne State was named MVP of the tournament.
 
In last year's matchup, CSP and Jamestown needed overtime to decide a winner and the first quarter was quite similar to last year's matchup as both teams came out of the gates firing. In a back and forth first quarter that consisted of four ties and neither team leading by more than four, the first 10 minutes of play would end with both teams notched at 17 apiece.
 
Anna Schmitt and Caitlyn Russell led all scorers with five points each in the first quarter of play. The Jimmies had a more balanced attack in the first quarter of play as six different players recorded at least one point in the first frame of play. Bryn Woodside and McKayla Orr each tallied four points in the first quarter for Jamestown.
 
To begin the second quarter both teams continued to trade baskets for the first few minutes of quarter that was until Mishayla Jones would trigger a 15-2 run at the 5:38 mark and the Golden Bears would outscore the Jimmies 13-0 in the final 5:03 of the half to build their biggest lead of the game to 18 and taking a 42-24 lead heading into the locker room.
 
Jones was on fire in the second quarter of play. After being held scoreless in the first quarter, she went a perfect 4-4 from the floor and finished with nine points and four assists in the first half.  She would also score the first seven points of the 15-2 run and would assist on the 10th point of the run, finding Lauren Shifflett on the wing for the triple forcing Jamestown to call a timeout.
 
CSP shot an impressive 62.5% (10-16) from the floor in the second quarter and outscored Jamestown 25-7. UJ had a rough shooting second quarter as they only shot 16.7% (3-18) from the floor.
 
Coming out of the halftime intermission, the Jimmies would score the first six points of the half to cut the Concordia lead to 12 but another 3-pointer by Shifflett would end that short and build to the CSP lead back to 15. The remainder the quarter UJ would continue to slowly chip away at the Golden Bears lead and would get as close as 10 at the end of the third quarter. The Jimmies would outscore CSP 22-14 in the third quarter.
 
In the fourth quarter the Golden Bears would bounce back from a sluggish third quarter and continue to build upon their lead making it too much for Jamestown to come back.  CSP would outscore the Jimmies 9-2 over a two minute stretch to give them a 20 point lead with 4:55 left in the game. With just under four minutes left, CSP would clear their bench allowing the reserves to get some playing time and they would help close out an 82-61 win for the Golden Bears.
 
Concordia shot an impressive 45.9% from the field for the game including an impressive 18-22 (81.8%) from the free-throw line. CSP owned the rebounding category as they outrebounded UJ 43-28 including 17 offensive rebounds.
 
Jamestown was led by Allison Jablonsky who scored 10 points for the Jimmies. Alexis Watts added nine points, while Kyra Dewald and Taylor Hammer each added eight points for UJ.
 
The Golden Bears will travel to the University of South Dakota for an exhibition matchup next Wednesday, Nov. 3. Tip-off is set for 7 p.m.