2/4/06 - Ashford (5-18, 1-8) at SAU (16-8, 6-3)

Series History: St. Ambrose leads the all-time series 32-2. The Queen Bees have won the last eleven meetings between these two teams.

Last meeting: St. Ambrose won the last meeting, 72-58, earlier this season in Clinton, Iowa. SAU’s Jennifer Goetz scored a career high 31 points on 10 of 15 shooting, while also pulling down eight rebounds. Cathy Mangan added seven points, five rebounds, seven assists, and five steals for SAU. Ashford was led by Jakki Alexander’s 15 points and eight rebounds off the bench. Megan Van Hyfte scored 13 points for the Lady Saints.

SAU’s Last Time Out: SAU shot 32% from the floor Wednesday, as they lost 56-50 at William Penn. Goetz recorded team highs of 14 points and 11 rebounds, while Jena Zientek chipped in with 11 points and seven boards in the losing effort. SAU also shot just 52% (11-21) from the free throw line.

Looking Ahead: SAU will remain at home for their next game, when Grand View will visit Lee Lohman Arena on Wednesday, in a rematch of the Lady Vikings’ 53-44 win earlier this year.

Bench Steps Up: The Queen Bees have been receiving excellent play from their reserves lately. SAU’s bench players have scored 32% of the team’s points over the course of the last four games, none bigger than Ashlie Maher, who’s averaging 7.3 points in the last three contests off the bench.

Goetz Moves Up Career Ranks: SAU junior Jennifer Goetz continues to move up several SAU career rankings. After scoring 14 points Wednesday against William Penn, Goetz now has 1,409 points in her SAU career. She now needs just 19 points to move into eighth place on the school’s all-time scoring list. Goetz is also 103 rebounds away from moving into fifth place on the school’s all-time rebounding list. Goetz has 816 rebounds in her 2+ years at SAU.

Mangan Does It All: Junior guard Cathy Mangan has excelled in all aspects of her game recently. In her last three games, Mangan is averaging 10 points, 4.3 rebounds, 4 assists, and 3.3 steals.

Drive For 65: SAU’s defense has shut down opposing offenses so well that the Queen Bees are tough to beat when they put up a decent amount of points. SAU is 10-0 this season when they’ve scored at least 65 points. They are 6-8 when they’ve scored under 65.

Long Wait: Ashford waited until the second half of the conference season, but they finally recorded their first conference win of the season in their last game, an 80-66 overtime upset victory over Viterbo. That win also snapped the Lady Saint’s 10 game losing streak.

Turnbull Dishes It Out: Ashford’s Charity Turnbull has played ball recently just as her first name implies. Turnbull has been very generous to her teammates lately, averaging 7.2 assists in her last five games.

How They've Fared Up To This Point:

Ashford
 11/5/05      at Missouri Baptist University                      L    49-61       -

   11/9/05      at Trinity International                                   L    54-64       -

   11/12/05        CALUMET COLLEGE OF ST. JOSEPH  W      66-50       -

   11/19/05        TRINITY CHRISTIAN                               L    51-54       -

   11/22/05        CLARKE COLLEGE                                  W      59-55       -

   11/26/05     vs Grinnell College                                       L    57-78       -

   12-2-05         COLLEGE OF SAINT MARY                   L    38-61       -

   11-29-05     at Faith Baptist                                            W      73-45       -

   12/03/05     at Augustana                                                L    61-71     129

   12/6/05         LORAS COLLEGE                                      L    50-71       -

   12/11/05     at Cardinal Stritch                                         L    38-82       -

   12/16/05     at Calumet College of St. Joseph               W      69-57       -

   12/17/05     at Judson                                                       L    54-61       -

   12/29/05        DANA COLLEGE                                      L    58-64       -

  *1/4/06          SAINT AMBROSE                                    L    58-72       -

  *1/7/06          WALDORF COLLEGE                               L    45-48       -

  *01/11/06     at Viterbo University, WI                          LOT  65-72     163

  *01-14-06     at Mount Mercy                                          L    54-66       -

  *01-18-06     at Iowa Wesleyan College                          L    57-83     175

  *1/21/06         GRAND VIEW COLLEGE                        LO3  78-84       -

  *1/25/06         WILLIAM PENN                                       L    56-63       -

  *01/28/06     at Waldorf College                                      L    48-72       -

  *2/1/06          VITERBO UNIVERSITY, WI                   W  OT  80-66       -

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