DUBUQUE, Iowa (January 8, 2020) - The Buena Vista women's basketball team led briefly in the first quarter on Wednesday night at No. 19 Loras, but the Duhawks then used an 18-2 run to take control for good en route to a 102-60 victory inside the Athletic and Wellness Center.

The Beavers led 5-3 in the opening minute of the contest before the Loras run made it 21-8 midway through the opening quarter.  The Duhakws tookd a 29-12 lead to the second before leading 55-24 at the half.  Loras scored over 25 points in each of the first three periods before BVU did outscore the Duhawks, 21-18, in the fourth.

Senior Destiny Einerwold came in ranked second in the A-R-C in scoring and would score a team-high 17 points and tied for the team lead with four rebounds.  Also ranked in the top-20 of Division III in free-throw attempts per contest, Einerwold finished 9-of-10 at the stripe in this contest.  Sophomore Nicole Lange also scored in double figures with 11, grabbed three boards and recorded one of the team's three steals.

Loras (13-1, 4-1 A-R-C) forced BVU into 29 turnovers in the contest and registered 20 steals.  The Duhawks went on to turn those 29 miscues into 37 points.

The Beavers shot 38.3 percent from the field but was held to 4-of-17 from long range after having made nine treys in each of their past two contests.

Buena Vista drops to 1-13 overall and 0-5 in conference play.  The Beavers return to the city of Dubuque on Saturday afternoon to play at the University of Dubuque in a 2 p.m. tip-off.