Vikings Stun Fighting Bees in First Conference Win

After defeating two of the MCC's top teams consecutively, the St. Ambrose Fighting Bees (15-13, 6-4) dropped a game to the last place Grand View Vikings (3-22, 1-9) by the score of 70-61.

The Fighting Bees are coming off a 70-62 win at Viterbo on Wednesday, to take over first place. Prior to the Viterbo game, the Fighting Bees played their best overall game of the season, as they dominated William Penn with a 40 point victory.

The win proved to be the first for the Vikings in conference play and first in the last 14 games.

St. Ambrose jumped out to a 28-26 halftime lead, but then struggled to get anything going on the offensive end in the second half.

After shooting only 36% in the first half, the Vikings shot 67% from the field in the second half, including 4 of 6 from 3-point land.

The Fighting Bees struggled throughout, as they shot 36% in the first and second half. The Bees were hampered by 16% (4-25) shooting from the arc and 62% (13-21) from the line. They were out-rebounded 38-23 by the Vikings.

Karl Petersen was the only bright spot for St. Ambrose, as he posted a game-high 25 points and tallied 3 blocks to improve on his MCC lead.

Mike Brinker led the Vikings in scoring with 19 points, while Brad Bach added 16.

St. Ambrose resumes play on Wednesday, with the back end of a two-game series with non-conference foe East-West University. The Bees defeated East-West in the first meeting of the year. The Bees continue conference play on Saturday, as Iowa Wesleyan comes to Lee Lohman for Senior Day.

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