The Buena Vista men's basketball team has won six of its last seven games and will look to keep its spot atop the Iowa Conference standings when it travels to Simpson College tonight for a pivotal 8:00pm tip-off in Indianola.

Game Info
Buena Vista (13-7, 9-2 IIAC) at Simpson College (13-7, 6-5 IIAC)
Wednesday, February 1, 2017 * Indianola, Iowa * 8:00pm
Live Video/Stats: www.bvuathletics.com
All-Time Series: Buena Vista leads 72-69
Last Meeting: Monday, January 23, 2017 (Buena Vista 100, Simpson 89)

Last Time Out
Buena Vista had six players score in double figures, led by Kennedy Drey's 15pts, 7rbs, as the Beavers held Nebraska Wesleayn to nearly 20 points below its season average en route to an 80-75 victory inside of Siebens Fieldhouse.  BVU shot over 50 percent from the field, despite making just 5-of-17 from long range.  The Beavers were also plus-nine on the glass.

Simpson notched their third win in four games to move back above .500 in the conference standings with an 86-80 road win at Wartburg College on Saturday.  The Storm were led by Austin Turner's 14 points, including 10-of-10 at the free-throw line.  Six players scored in double figures as the team shot 51 percent from the field, including 8-of-19 from downtown.

Scouting Simpson
The Storm take the floor winners of four of their last five games overall.  The only loss during that stretch was the 11-point loss to BVU last Monday night.  Since that setback, the team has bounced back in a big way with a thrilling 101-95 home win over Loras and an 86-80 road win at Wartburg on Saturday.  Junior Sam Amsbaugh, this week's IIAC Men's Basketball Performer of the Week, averaged over 20.0ppg and 5.0rpg during the three games last week while shooting 54 percent from the field.  The recent stretch comes after the team dipped to 2-4 in the league following four straight losses to begin the month of January.

BVU Game Notes

• Kennedy Drey is currently 17th on the program's all-time scoring list (1,192pts) and third all-time in rebounds (771).  He's among the top-15 on the Division III active players list in career rebounds.
• The Beavers are averaging only 61.3 points per game over their last three IIAC road games.  Simpson is allowing better than 76ppg during IIAC play this season. BVU is 6-1 in IIAC play this season when scoring at least 80.0ppg.
• Head coach Brian Van Haaften is four wins shy of 400 in his career entering tonight's game. 
• Thomas Wisecup has made a team-high 19 three-point buckets over the last seven games, shooting over 45 percent from downtown.  He's also 17-of-19 at the charity stripe in those contests.