Cole Darrow turned in a game-high 18 points with Nick Clark right behind with 14, as Buena Vista used a critical 16-0 run midway through the second half to take control and finish with a 77-64 victory over visiting Loras College on Saturday afternoon.

A three-pointer by the Duhawks six minutes into the second half put them in front 50-46 before back-to-back layups, followed by a three-pointer by Darrow put BVU in front 53-50.  The Beavers continued to pour it on, getting another three from Darrow to push it into double-digits for the first time at 60-50 before Kennedy Drey's turno-around jumper in the lane made it 62-50 with 9:01 left.

Loras ended it scoring drought with five straight free-throws before getting its first field goal over the last seven minutes to make it a 64-57 contest.

Three more free-throws from the Duhawks trimmed their deficit to 65-60 with under seven minutes to go before a three-pointer made it a four-point game at 67-63.

Alex Savage was then left all alone on an inbounds pass and drilled a three from the left corner to push the margin back to seven, and after Loras made 1-of-2 at the line, senior Michael Kaufmann came back down and came back down the court and made a layup for a 74-62 cushion with four minutes left.

The Beavers were then able to put the game away at the free-throw line after Loras picked up a foul with 1:19 left, coupled with a technical foul.  Savage made both technical shots before Darrow made 1-of-2 at the line to make it a 75-64 lead.  Kaufmann added two more free-throws just seconds later for the game's final score.

BVU finished the game shooting better than 51 percent from the field, despite making just 3-of-15 from downtown.  It held the Duhakws to only 39 percent with seven of their 21 field goals coming from downtown.

Brett Heitkamp, who was coming off his first double-double, followed it up with eight points and eight rebounds.  Drey also came off the bench to record eight points and grab five rebounds.  Nick Wuebker finished right behind Heitkamp with seven rebounds.

Loras, who has victories over multiple ranked teams this season, is now 8-5 overall this season (1-1 IIAC).  BVU improves to 7-6 overall (2-0) and will look to make it three straight wins when it travels to Simpson College on Wednesday night for an 8:00pm tip-off.