It was just over a week ago that the Buena Vista women's basketball team picked up a pivotal road win at Loras College, and now tonight, the team heads back to that same place where it will look to advance into the semifinal round of the Iowa Conference Tournament with a second straight win over the Duhawks.

Game Info:
Who: Buena Vista (13-12, 8-8 IIAC) @ Loras (16-9, 8-8 IIAC)
What: Iowa Conference Tournament Quarterfinals
When: Tuesday, February 20 * 7:00pm
Where: Lillis Court * Dubuque, Iowa 

Broadcast Info:
Radio Broadcast: 92.9FM KKIA
Live Webstream: http://www.duhawks.com/showcase
Live Stats: http://www.duhawks.com/wbb-stats

Game Notables

-- The two teams split the regular season series with BVU picking up a 69-56 triumph at Loras on February 10.
-- BVU enters the game having won three of four games overall to wrap up the regular season.
-- The Duhawks have shot better than 50 percent from the field in six of the last eight contests.
-- Both teams ranked in the top-five in scoring defense during IIAC play, allowing right around 70.0ppg.
-- Loras earned the fourth-seed over BVU despite both teams finishing 8-8. Loras earned the tiebreaker based on its season split against Luther College compared to BVU falling twice to the Norse.

About Loras: The Duhawks picked up wins against Simpson and Dubuque to wrap up the regular season and have won four of their last five games overall.  The only loss in that stretch was the 13-point setback against Buena Vista.  After beginning the conference season 1-5, the team got on track in a hurry and surged to a 7-3 finish over the last 10 IIAC games.  Alot of that has been in large part to its solid shooting from the field.  The team ranked fifth in the league at 42 percent overall and was among the top-three in free-throw shooting.  It also defended the arc with teams shooting just over 31 percent and also held opponents to under 35 rebounds per game.  Marissa Schroeder was eighth in the IIAC in scoring during league play at 14.4ppg with Addie Oberman close behind in 13th at 10.9ppg.  Schroeder also grabbed over 7.0 rebounds per outing and was among the league's top shooters from the field at 53.3 percent.

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About BVU: Buena Vista has also surged its way into the Iowa Conference Tournament after winning three of its final four regular season contests.  It's only hiccup during the final quarter of the conference schedule was an 83-62 road loss at Luther to end the schedule this past Saturday.  The team relies heavily on the play of its five starters, including seniors Jasmine Demers (17.0ppg, 7.5rpg, 2.9apg) and Claudia Larsen (12.6ppg, 9.1rpg, 4.0apg, 2.8bpg).  Demers ranked second in the IIAC in scoring during conference play while Larsen was second in rebounding, fifth in assists per game and tops in blocks per contest.  Morgan Muhlbauer, who's second on the team in scoring overall, is also among the league's top three-point shooters. Her 39 treys during IIAC play were second-most this season and she ranked seventh at 46.4 percent.  As a team, the Beavers averaged nearly 67.0ppg and ranked fourth in field goal defense at 40.3 percent.  It also grabbed nearly 12.0 offensive rebounds per game.

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A Look Ahead: The winner of tonight's game will move on to play at top-seed and second-ranked Wartburg College in the semifinal round on Thursday night at 7:00 p.m.