In a game that featured 17 ties and 21 lead changes, it was Loras College drilling a big three-point bucket with less than a minute to play that helped lift the Duhawks past the Buena Vista men's basketball team on Saturday afternoon, 106-100.

A pair of free-throws by Nick Wuebker gave BVU a 93-92 lead with 2:49 left, but it was short-lived as the Duhawks came right back with a three-pointer on the next trip down the court to regain the lead at 95-92.

BVU kept the game within two at 97-95, but Loras made its seventh and final three-point bucket of the game with 56 seconds left to push the margin to five.  Alex Savage kep the Beavers within striking distance with a layup 16 seconds later, but the Duhawks would go on to make all six of their free-throw attempts over the final 25 seconds to secure the six-point win and move into a fourth-place tie with BVU in the Iowa Conference standings.

Neither team was able to build much of a lead, as BVU led by as many as six near the midway point of the second half, while the seven-point margin the Duhawks took with nine seconds left (104-97) was their largest.

Cole Darrow led BVU with 26 points, on 10-of-20 shooting, while also grabbing seven rebounds.  Nick Clark followed with 13 points, as Tyler Kastantin was in double-figures for the second straight game with 12.  Savage also chipped in with 12 points and dished out a team-leading four assists.  Nick Wuebker turned in a double-double with 10 points and 10 rebounds.

The Beavers shot 50 percent from the field and went 21-of-28 at the free-throw line.

Loras connected on better than 51 percent of its field goal attempts in the contest and converted 23-of-25 at the free-throw line.

Buena Vista dips to 11-12 overall (6-6 IIAC) and will now look to end a three-game losing streak when it returns home to play the first of two home contests next week to close out the regular season.  It begins with a match-up against the University of Dubuque (20-3, 10-2 IIAC) which fell out of first place in the league standings for the first time this season after falling to Central College on Saturday.

Tip-off with the Spartans inside of Siebens Fieldhouse is scheduled for 8:00pm.