Queen Bees keep rolling

DAVENPORT, Iowa—

Even when Coach Nate Altenhofen's offense wasn't clicking at 100%, the Queen Bees defense more than made up for it in their 69-38 win over Ashford University.

The Queen Bees, who average hitting 49% of their shots and forcing 31 turnovers per game, shot 46.2% from the field and forced 27 turnovers, but held Ashford to an abysmal 32.0% shooting from the field. The Queen Bees hit as many field goals in the second half as Ashford did in the entire game.

Leading by six at the break, the Queen Bees broke the game wide open in the second half. Up 42-34 at the 13:30 mark in the second half, the Queen bees did not allow a single point for over 5 minutes and pushed the game out of reach with their own 12-0 run. The Saints only managed four total points over the game's last 13 minutes of play.

St. Ambrose closes the game on a 27-4 run and scored on 12 of their final 22 possessions. Clarke did not score in the last six minutes of the game.

For the first time all season, the Queen Bees only managed three players in double-digit scoring. Ali Dolphin led the Bees with 14 points, 8 rebounds, five assists and six steals. Mary Burmeister and Jenny Clark each added 10 apiece.

Clarke's Bethany Mahmens was the lone thorn in the Bees side as she finished with 15 points and 14 rebounds. With the loss, Clarke dropped to 0-1 in the conference while St. Ambrose improved to 2-0 in MCC play and 8-1 overall. St. Ambrose will be back in action when the take on NCAA Division II Upper Iowa on December 4th.

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