The sixth-seeded Buena Vista women's basketball team was seconds away from a trip into the Iowa Conference Tournament championship game, but Coe College hit an off-balance jumper with just five seconds left to top the Beavers on Thursday night, 65-64.

The game was back-and-forth most of the way, including the final minutes of the second half.  BVU built a 64-61 lead before a bucket by the Kohawks made it a one-point game with 1:54 to go.  From there, neither team was able to find the basket until the final points.

BVU had the ball with 44 seconds to go and a fresh shot clock after a jump ball, but turned it back over just after the inbounds.  Coe then got a big offensive rebound at the top of the key with 35 seconds to go, and after a pair of timeouts, the Kohawks threw it inbounds with 15 seconds left before taking and hitting the game-winner with five ticks left.

Buena Vista led for most of the first half, including an eight-point lead (24-16) with 7:56 left.  Coe then rallied to get back within 31-30, but the Beavers got a bucket from Kies and took a slim 33-32 lead into the break.

Kies turned in a team-high 16 points on 6-of-10 shooting and finishes her illustrious BVU career with 1,230 points.  Her two three-pointer tonight give her 195.  Shelby Wiederhoeft and Jasmyn Flynn-Graves each followed with 12 points for the Beavers, while Lexi Fisher added 11.

Lacey Vokt grabbed a career-best 10 rebounds, defensively, as BVU out-rebounded the Kohawks, 42-28.

BVU finished the game shooting 45.6 percent from the field, including 6-of-15 from long range.  Coe shot 40.3 percent overall and made 8-of-22 from downtown.

The Beavers concluded their season at 12-15 overall, and the game officially marks the end of the careers for Kies, Malarie Gilley and Alex Lynott.