The Buena Vista women's basketball team has already secured itself a trip into the Iowa Conference Tournament this season, but with two games left is trying to position itself as high as it can heading into next week's tournament.  That all starts tonight with a 6:00pm road contest at Central College.

Game Info
Buena Vista (12-11, 8-6 IIAC) at Central College (9-14, 2-12 IIAC)
Wednesday, February 15, 2017 *Pella, Iowa* *6:00pm
Live Video/stats: https://www.bvuathletics.com
All-Time Series: Buena Vista leads (42-35)

Last Time Out
Buena Vista fell behind early to visiting Coe College on Senior Day this past Saturday inside of Siebens Fieldhouse, but a strong second half helped bring the Beavers back for a pivotal 79-72 victory to complete the split of the season series, but more importantly move BVU into a third-place tie in the league standings with two to play.  The Kohawks dropped two games behind.

The Dutch saw their current losing streak reach five games with a 77-68 home loss to Simpson College on Saturday.  Emily Dine provided the spark with seven three-point buckets and a team-high 21 points.  Claire Marburger added 16 points and seven rebounds but it wasn't quite enough in what was a back-and-forth contest.

Scouting Central
After a positive start to the season at 8-2, the Dutch have cooled off since the start of the calendar year where it dropped a three-point contest at home to Luther followed by a 56-37 road loss to the Beavers.  The team's only win of 2017 was a 50-46 road win at Dubuque on January 25.  It has dropped three of its last five by double-digits.  Marburger is turning in nearly 18.0ppg during conference play and grabbing 7.5rpg while shooting 46 percent from the field.

BVU Game Notes

• BVU is going after its sixth straight win over the Dutch and third straight season sweep. It has won five of those six by double digits.
• With a win and a Loras loss tonight, the Beavers would clinch the #3 seed into next week's Iowa Conference Tournament.
• Jasmine Demers is coming off her third 20-point game of the year and was one rebound shy of her third career double-double.  She's averaging 18.8ppg over her last five outings and is shooting 46 percent from the field in those games.
• Sidney Beckman has 203 career made three-point buckets and is 13 back of Lexi Fisher for 2nd on the program's all-time list.  She has six career games of making at least six.
• The Beavers have dropped four straight IIAC road games this season after winning their first two.  In those four losss, they are averaging only 64.5ppg and have been held to under 33 percent shooting from the field.