Buena Vista Falls 76-53 to No. 4 Dubuque in A-R-C Quarterfinals

Buena Vista University’s men’s basketball team fell 76-53 to No. 4 seed University of Dubuque in the American Rivers Conference quarterfinals on Tuesday, Feb. 24, 2026, in Dubuque, Iowa, ending the Beavers’ 2025-26 season. The loss at the University of Dubuque closed BVU’s conference run and marked the final game of the campaign.

Buena Vista’s athletics website posted the outcome the same night with the headline "Men's Basketball Season Ends with 76-53 Loss in A-R-C Quarterfinals," timestamped 2/24/2026 10:06:00 PM. The BVU site also lists recent media assets that followed the stretch run of the season, including video and photo labels featuring Kyle Sternberg against Loras, Nebraska Wesleyan (02.18.26) and Simpson (02.21.26), a Carter Sievers image from the Wartburg game on 02.11.26, and a photo caption reading "Shane Bierle, BVU men's basketball vs. Loras."

The quarterfinal defeat was Dubuque’s latest meeting with the Beavers in 2025-26. Rollrivers schedule entries show BVU beat Dubuque 71-69 at the University of Dubuque on Jan. 3, 2026, lost at home to Dubuque 71-84 on Jan. 31, 2026, and then dropped the Marching onwards quarterfinal game 76-53 on Feb. 24, 2026. Dubuque entered the quarterfinal as the tournament’s No. 4 seed.

BVU’s 2025-26 schedule, as excerpted in Rollrivers, shows a season of narrow margins and overtime finishes: early-season nonconference wins included a 92-87 OT victory at North Central (MN) on 12/16/2025 and a 99-97 win over Howard Payne on 12/29/2025, while tight conference results included a 72-71 home win over Simpson on 2/7/2026, an 86-71 home win over Wartburg on 2/11/2026, a 65-62 home win over Loras on 2/21/2026, and a 71-81 road loss at Nebraska Wesleyan on 2/18/2026. The Rollrivers excerpt lists the full Feb. 24 quarterfinal entry as "2/24/2026 | at University of Dubuque | Dubuque, Iowa | L 53-76."

The BVU athletic department’s online presence surrounding the game included the related player-focused assets for Kyle Sternberg and Carter Sievers and a photo credit for Shane Bierle, indicating those players were central figures in late-season coverage. With the 76-53 defeat in Dubuque, Buena Vista’s season officially concluded as reported by the university’s athletics site.