Jackals prevail late against Titans
JAMESTOWN, N.Y. — A Devante Jamison layup broke a 93-93 tie with 2:09 remaining as the Jamestown Jackals beat the Kitchener-Waterloo Titans 102-95 in the Basketball Super League on Sunday afternoon at Jamestown Community College’s Physical Education Complex.
The back-and-forth game featured 14 ties and 21 lead changes before Jamison’s bucket gave the Jackals the lead for good late in the final period.
Emmett Duvall led Jamestown (3-2) with 21 points and six rebounds, while Jamison had 17 points and a team-high six assists. Derrick Colter chipped in 17 points and five assists.
Kitchener-Waterloo (5-6) was led by Jaquan Lightfoot with 23 points, 14 rebounds and three blocked shots. Samson Akano had 20 points. Dominick Welch, a Cheektowaga product who played collegiately at St. Bonaventure University and the University of Alabama, had 19 points and eight rebounds for the Titans.
Kitchener-Waterloo led 28-24 after the first quarter, but the Jackals took a 51-50 lead into halftime thanks to a pair of free throws from Colter with 4 seconds left in the second quarter.
The Titans then emerged from the third quarter with a 77-76 lead as Akano sank a pair of free throws with 2 seconds left in that period.
The margin never got larger than five in the fourth quarter until Colter sank a pair of free throws with 13 seconds remaining.
Neither team had much of an advantage statistically, although Jamestown did shoot 45% from beyond the 3-point arc, turned the ball over just eight times, and outscored Kitchener-Waterloo off the bench 29-10.
The Jackals will return to the Physical Education Complex on Friday and Saturday for a pair of games against the Windsor Express.
KITCHENER-WATERLOO (95)
Burns 4-12 0-0 10, Welch 7-13 2-2 19, Lightfoot 6-10 11-19 23, Akano 9-16 2-3 20, Smith 4-6 5-6 13, Maultsby 0-0 0-0 0, Lee 1-1 1-1 3, Barnes 0-3 2-4 2, Lewis 1-1 0-0 2, Baulkman 0-2 0-0 0, Jones 1-5 0-0 3. Totals 33-69 23-35 95.
JAMESTOWN (102)
Beckford 2-4 0-0 5, Stroud 7-12 1-1 16, Colter 4-9 6-6 17, Duvall 8-13 5-7 21, Hinson 4-6 5-5 14, Price 0-8 0-0 0, Jamison 7-12 3-4 17, Collier 0-1 1-2 1, Bell 3-8 0-0 9, Miller 1-4 0-0 2, Davis 0-0 0-0 0. Totals 36-77 21-25 102.
Kitchener-Waterloo 28 22 27 18 — 95
Jamestown 24 27 25 26 — 102
3-point goals–Kitchener-Waterloo 6-17 (Burns 2-6, Welch 3-6, Lightfoot 0-1, Barnes 0-1, Baulkman 0-1, Jones 1-2), Jamestown 9-20 (Beckford 1-2, Stroud 1-3, Colter 3-4, Hinson 1-3, Price 0-1, Jamison 0-1, Bell 3-6). Total rebounds–Kitchener-Waterloo 42 (Lightfoot 14), Jamestown 34 (Duvall 6). Assists–Kitchener-Waterloo 16 (Burns 6), Jamestown 19 (Jamison 6). Total fouls–Kitchener-Waterlook 22, Jamestown 29.