Bees Sweep Pepsi Challenge

Boxscore

DAVENPORT, IOWA- The No. 10 St. Ambrose Fighting Bees won their seventh straight game with a 98-74 victory over Kendall College. With the victory, the Fighting Bees recorded a sweep in the Pepsi Challenge.

Once again, the Fighting Bees lit the nets on fire, as they shot 64.7% in the first half. St. Ambrose led 40-19 only 13 minutes into the game. Kendall cut the lead to 15 at the half, with the Bees leading 53-38.

The Fighting Bees did not let up in the second half, by extending their lead to 27 points. Kendall's Chris Smith, who had a game high 30 points, got into foul trouble midway through the second half and could never get a comeback going. 

St. Ambrose shot 58.5% for the field, including 14 of 25 from behind the arc en route to the 98-74 victory.

Twelve Fighting Bees scored on the night, led by Karl Petersen and Chad Tancil with 17 points a piece. Brett Jacobs added 14 and Ryan Johnson chipped in with 10. Nine different Fighting Bees hit a 3-pointer on the night.

Over the two day invitational, St. Ambrose hit 24 of 50 3-pointers for a 48% shooting percentage and a 20.5 average margin of victory over two high quality opponents.    

Karl Petersen and Chad Tancil led four Fighting Bees into double figures with 17 points each. Brett Jacobs had 14 points and 10 rebounds and Ryan Johnson added 10. Matt Fitzpatrick posted a career high 14 assists.

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