STORM LAKE, Iowa (Jan. 31, 2026) - The Buena Vista men's basketball team was looking to complete the season sweep of Dubuque on Saturday as it hosted the Spartans inside of Siebens Fieldhouse, but after the Beavers buried nine first-half three-point buckets, the team couldn't sustain that in the second and would fall 84-71.

BVU came out and made 9-of-16 from behind the arc in the opening half and was able to cut a 14-point deficit down to 40-39 at the break. The shot outside shooting wasn't carried over as the Beavers finished just 1-of-12 from long range in the second half, and only shot 34.6 percent overall during the final 20 minutes.

Dubuque came out and nailed back-to-back three-point shots over the first two minutes of the second half and maintained that lead throughout. The lead went back to double digits at 62-52 with just over 11:00 remaining. The lead grew to as many as 17 with the Beavers unable to claw their way back any closer than 11 down the stretch.

The Spartans shot right at 50 percent from the field in both halves despite the Beavers holding them to only 6-of-21 from downtown. They were aided in the second half by going 14-of-20 from the charity stripe.

Buena Vista came out and shot 46 percent from the field in the first half but did a chunk of its scoring in the second half at the charity stripe where it converted 13-of-14 attempts and finished the game sinking 17-of-19.

Junior Carter Sievers led the way with 16 points despite being held to 1-of-7 from behind the arc. He also grabbed four rebounds and dished out six assists. Sophomore Adam Bryte buried a game-high four three-point buckets and totaled 14 points. Sophomore Jayden Brink and junior Keaton Flaherty each came off the bench to chip in with 11 and 10 points, respectively. Flaherty also grabbed a team-high six rebounds

Grady Thompson paced the Spartans (13-6, 6-4 A-R-C) with a game-high 25 points and eight boards. Jacob Williams added 17 points and Jalen Scott 14.

Buena Vista has dropped four straight games and drops to 11-9 overall (4-7 A-R-C). The team remains tied with Wartburg for sixth in the A-R-C standings and will be off until hosting Simpson College (8-11, 5-5 A-R-C) next Saturday, Feb. 7, on Alumni Day. Tip-off inside of Siebens Fieldhouse is at 4 p.m.