Jamestown Community College’s Sydney Burk looks to make a pass while being defended by Niagara County CC’s Alaina Forbes during Tuesday’s NJCAA Region 3 Division II game at the Physical Education Complex. P-J photo by Scott Kindberg

The Jamestown Community College women’s basketball team shot poorly from the 3-point arc and the foul line Tuesday night, but it nearly came away with a win over Niagara County CC in a NJCAA Region 3 Division II game at the Physical Education Complex.

Tied at 83 with three minutes left, the Thunderwolves (7-4, 3-1) did just enough down the stretch to hold off the Jayhawks (3-7, 1-3) in the regular-season finale. Because Niagara County CC has the better record in the region, it will host Jamestown CC in the region final on Saturday.

“We played so hard. That’s the class of the league for the last three years,” Jayhawks coach Ken Ricker said. “We’ve beaten them once and we were right there tonight. We’ll go there at noon Saturday with absolutely everything we have until the final horn and see what we can do.”

Last night, Jamestown CC had trouble offensively, connecting on 34% of its field goal attempts (37 of 108), including just 3 of 29 from the arc. The Jayhawks also managed to hit only 12 of 28 free throws, but strong play from Nadara O’Dell (31 points) and Hannah Hicks (20 points and 22 rebounds) helped the hosts stay close. Kymi Nance chipped in with 21 points and Jessica Beeher had 11 points and six assists.

Alaina Forbes led the Thunderwolves with 20 points, Gabrielle McDuffie had 19 and Meghan Gill contributed 10.

Niagara County CC led 51-42 at the break. The Jayhawks held a 47-41 edge in the second half.

NIAGARA COUNTY CC (94)

McDuffie 8-22 1-3 19, Ballo 3-13 0-0 6, Forbes 6-17 3-4 20, Lockwood 3-15 1-2 7, Tucker 3-9 3-4 9, Backert 3-5 0-0 9, Marquez 4-14 0-0 8, Herland 1-4 0-0 2, Smith 0-0 0-0 0, Conyers 2-4 0-0 4, Gill 5-10 0-0 10, Totals 38-113 8-13 94.

JAMESTOWN CC (89)

O’Dell 13-20 2-6 31, Beehler 5-22 1-4 11, Hicks 9-13 2-5 20, Nance 8-29 5-9 21, Tedquist 0-7 0-0 0, Schuppenhauer 1-5 0-2 2, Burk 1-9 2-2 4, Lundmark 0-2 0-0 0, Carter 0-1 0-0 0, Totals 37-108 12-28 89.

Niagara County CC 18 35 21 20 — 94

Jamestown CC 15 27 24 23 — 89

3-point goals–Niagara County CC 10-29 (McDuffie 2-4, Ballo 0-1, Forbes 5-11, Lockwood 0-9, Backert 3-4, Smith, Conyers 2-4, Gill 5-10), Jamestown CC (O’Dell 3-4, Beehler 0-7, Nance 0-6, Tedquist 0-4, Schuppenhauer 0-2, Burk 0-5, Lundmark 0-1). Rebounds–Niagara County CC 82 (McDuffie 15, Tucker 14), Jamestown CC 73 (Hicks 22). Assists–Niagara County CC 20 (Ballo 5), Jamestown CC 19 (Beehler 6). Total fouls–Niagara County CC 22, Jamestown CC 18. Fouled out–none.