Queen Bees Finish Trinity Tournament 1-1
by:
Ryan Holtmann
December 9, 2002
3:56 p.m.
It was de ja
vous for the No. 19 St. Ambrose Queen Bees (5-8) as the dropped the first game
of the Trinity International Tournament on Friday. The St.
Francis (Ill.) Fighting Saints (5-8) knocked off the Queen Bees by the
final score of 80-67.
The Queen Bees
were led by the tag team duo of Kellie Metz and Angie Schinstock.
Metz finished with a game high 23 points. Metz also had six rebounds
and an assist. Schinstock came away with 16 points and seven boards,
while snatching up a team high three steals.
The Queen Bees
had some trouble finding the bottom of the net as they shot a dismal 32.8%
(21-64) from the field and 22.2% (2-9) from beyond the arc. They
were however almost perfect from the line as they went 23-26 (88.5%) from
the charity stripe.
Maybe the
Queen Bees can teach the Fighting Bees a thing or two about free
throws. (The Fighting Bees men's basketball team has struggled from
the free throw line as of late).
The Saints did
manage to find the cotton hanging from the orange rim, as they shot 54.2%
from the field on 32-59 shooting. Leading the Saints was Latoya Campbell
with 22 points, five assists and five steals.
Not too far
behind was Laney Pellegrini, who had 19 points, six rebounds and three
steals. Also in double figures were Cassie Hill and Kristin
Douglas. Hill had 13 points and four assists while Douglas came away
with ten points and five boards.
On the second
day of the tournament, the Queen Bees (6-8) rebounded and responded with a
76-62 victory over the Huntington Foresters (5-5).
The Queen Bees
out rebounded the Foresters by a 48-30 margin with Ali Rorah coming away
with 12 of those. Rorah finished with seven points.
The tag team
duo of Angie Schinstock and Kellie Metz struck again. Schinstock
came away with a team high 24 points and also contributed three
assists. The other half of the tag team duo wasn't too far behindas
Metz scored 19 points and grabbed seven rebounds.
The Queen Bees
were solid again from the free throw line, going 29-35 on the night.
Schinstock accounted for 16 of those, making 14.
Michelle Kurth
added 13 points and three rebounds and Kate Tuttle added 11 points, six
rebounds and three steals.
Two players
reached double figures for the Foresters. Sarah Gordon scored a game
high 30 points while grabbing four rebounds. Jessah Martin scored 12
points, while contributing five rebounds and seven assists.
The Queen Bees
will now take two weeks off before traveling to the "Sunshine
State" (Florida) for the Warner Southern Tournament. The Queen
Bees will face off against Minot St. (N.D.) on Friday, December 20 at 2:00
p.m.
The
consolation game will be played at 2:00 p.m. on Saturday followed by the
championship game held at 4:00 p.m. Warner Southern will play
Virginia Intermont at 4:00 p.m. in the nightcap of the first night.
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