Four players were in double figures for Buena Vista on Saturday night at Gustavus Adolphus, led by junior Cole Darrow's 16 points, but the Beavers came up on the short-end of an 82-69 contest with the Gusties.

Darrow shot 7-of-14 from the field in the contest and also hauled in a team-high seven rebounds.  Alex Savage and Greg Sibenaller each followed with 13 points, while shooting a combined 9-for-13.  Savage also dished out a team-best four assists.

Junior Grady Gallagher turned in a career-high 11 points, including a 3-for-4 effort from downtown.

As a team, the Beavers shot 47 percent from the field and 15-of-23 at the free-throw line.

Gustavus did alot of its damage from long range in the early going, connecting on 11-of-20 attempts overall from beyond the arc.  The Gusties finished the game shooting better than 53 percent from the floor and attempted only seven free-throws in the contest.

BVU turned the ball over 15 times, compared to just seven for the Gusties.

Gustavus hit its first three long-range buckets to jump out to a 17-6 less than five minutes into the contest.  BVU got back within three after a Savage three-pointer with 7:33 left in the half, but that was as close as the Beavers got as the Gusties took a 46-37 lead into the half.

The lead was bumped to 16 just six minutes into the second half, and the Gusties maintained the double-digit lead for most of the way.  BVU was able to get back within single digits on a layup from Brett Heitkamp with just over three minutes to play.

Back-to-back baskets from the Gusties, however, quickly put them back up by 12, and they never looked back from there.

Jordan Dick made four three-pointers for Gustavus and finished with a game-high 20 points.

Gustavus improves to 2-0 on the year, while BVU dips to 0-2.  The Beavers will return to the court again next weekend when they take part in the UW-Oshkosh Tournament on Friday and Saturday.  The team will open play on Friday night against Clarke College at 5:00pm