Orange City, Iowa — (RV) Northwestern College will host the University of Jamestown Wednesday night in a conference match-up at the Bultman Center. Tip-off is set for 6pm.
Northwestern has won a season-high nine games and is receiving votes in the national poll with a 14-5 conference record, 14-8 overall. Jamestown is tied with Midland for seventh place in the GPAC with an 11-9 record, 14-9 overall.
The Jimmies opened the season with a pair of wins in non-conference play, defeating Presentation and Dickinson State. Last time out, however, they lost to Morningside in the GPAC opener for both teams, 68-61.
Sankey is in his third season as the Jimmies head coach and returns four starters, seven players, from a 2019-20 team that finished seventh in the GPAC with a 9-13 record, 16-15 overall. They were picked seventh in the GPAC preseason poll.
The Raiders lost their GPAC opener last time out, falling to Concordia 83-72, in Seward, Neb. Northwestern was down by as many as 18 in the first half but came back to within five in the second half. Emilee Danner poured in a career-high 32 points, draining seven three-pointers.
