The University of Dubuque outscored the Buena Vista men's basketball team by 21 points from long range on Saturday afternoon which helped lead the Spartans to an 85-72 victory over the Beavers, snapping the team' six-game win streak.

The Spartans shot 14-of-27 from downtown (51.9 percent) while BVU made just 7-of-25 three-point attempts.  Two of those makes for the Beavers came on their first two baskets which gave them a 6-4 lead.  Dubuque, however, responded with a long range trey of its own to reclaim the lead lead for good.

Back-to-back three's by the Spartans midway through the first half gave them an 11-point cushion at 26-15 with just over nine minutes to go.  BVU got back within six before a 15-8 spurt by Dubuque gave the Spartans their largest lead of the half within less than a minute left on the clock.

The Spartans then hit six three-pointers during the first five minutes of the second half to open up a 19-point margin at 65-46. 

BVU, which has recently overcome a 14-point deficit to win, tried to mount another major comeback, as it went on an 11-2 run over the next four minutes to pull back within 67-57 with 11:26 left.  It got as close as six at the 4:02 mark, but the Beavers would go cold from the field down the stretch, as the Spartans closed the game on an 11-4 run.

Kennedy Drey led BVU with his 12th double-double of the year, scoring 18 points and grabbing 12 rebounds.  Thomas Wisecup scored 11 of his 16 points in the first half and went 4-of-9 overall from downtown.  Sean Morgan made 5-of-6 at the free-throw line and finished with 11 points.

The Beavers shot 46 percent from the field in the contest and made one more free-throw (11) than the Spartans attempted (10).

BVU, which entered as one of the top rebounding teams in the league was outrebounded by the Spartans, 43-29.  The 15 offensive boards by Dubuque (8-11, 5-6 IIAC) led to 19 second-chance points.

Buena Vista will look to rebound from its first loss in 2017 when it hosts Nebraska Wesleyan (13-5, 7-3 IIAC) on Monday night at 8:00pm.  The Prairie Wolves were the only team to beat BVU in conference play before today's loss to the Spartans.