Queen Bees blowout Clarke in conference opener

DAVENPORT, Iowa—

The Queen Bees basketball team opened the Midwest Collegiate Conference with a resounding 104-39 victory over Clarke College.

Winners of their third game in a row, the Queen Bees went on a 16-4 run to open the game. SAU got baskets from five different girls in the game's first five minutes.

After a Clarke basket cut the lead to 10 at 16-6, St. Ambrose blew the game open with a a 23-4 run to extend their lead to 39-10 with 5:03 remaining in the first half. Amy Fulfs capped off the run by knocking down a three pointer of an Ali Dolphin assist and made knocked down two free throws a possession later.

Clarke was only able to score 8 points over the final six minutes of the half as the Queen Bees went into intermission with a 54-18 advantage. 

In the second half, the Queen Bees picked up right where they left off with a 28-4 run to open the second half to push the lead to 82-22.

The Queen bees forced 38 turnovers and capitalized by scoring 48 points off of turnovers. St. Ambrose also had a season high 32 assists in the game.

Ali Dolphin led all scorers with 23 points on 9-11 shooting with 5 rebounds and 4 steals as well. Amy Fulfs finished with 13 points and knocked down 3 of her four field goals from beyond the arc.  Four other Queen Bees reached double digits in points and 10 girls reached the scoring column for Coach Altenhofen.

Now 4-1 and 1-0 in the MCC, the Queen Bees will host Augustana College on November 21st in a battle for Quad City bragging rights.

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