 Dubuque Mens Basketball Collects Third A-R-C Tournament Title (Photo: ARC)
Dubuque Men's Basketball Collects Third A-R-C Tournament Title - Mar 4, 2022 
The University of Dubuque Spartans (21-6, 14-2 A-R-C) defeated Buena Vista University (15-12, 11-5 A-R-C) 71 - 52 en route to the program's third American Rivers Conference Men's Basketball Automatic Qualifier Tournament title.The Spartans earned the conference's automatic berth to the NCAA Division III Men's Basketball Championship that begins next weekend. The 64-team field will be announced Monday, February 28 at 12:30 p.m. (ET) on NCAA.com. Going into todays' championship game, Dubuque ranked seventh in Region IX. Dubuque had three players reach double digit figures, lead by Peter Ragen (6'4''-F) who tallied a double-double on 15 points and 14 rebounds. Brock Simon (6'5''-G) recorded 14 points, followed by Josh Hammer (6'2''-G) with 10. Additionally, Regen went a perfect 10-for-10 from the free throw line. The Spartans shot 38.6% (22-57) from the field, 29.6% (8-27) from 3-point, and 73.1% (19-26) from the free throw line. Head coach Robbie Sieverding has now guided the UD men's basketball program to three of of their seven NCAA Tournament berths and first since 2015. Buena Vista was lead on the offensive end by Zane Neubaum (6'4''-G), who scored 12 points. Jake Thompson (6'6''-F) and Michael Santich (6'0''-PG) also reached double digits with 11 and 10 points respectively. On the boards it was Garrett Sittner pacing BVU. The Beavers finished the night 17-of-53 (32.1%) from the field, 5-of-23 (21.7%) from 3-point range, and 13-of-65 (81.3%) from the free throw line. Buena Vista advanced to this year's title game for the 12th time in program history and for the second time in as many years. Courtesy of rollrivers.com A-R-C Tournament Final: Dubuque - Buena Vista 71-52 A-R-C Tournament Semifinals: Dubuque - Loras 78-58 Buena Vista - Coe 95-81 All-A-R-C Awards 2022 - Mar 4, 2022
Player of the Year:  Peter Ragen (6'4''-F) of DubuqueDefensive Player of the Year: Brock Simon (6'5''-G) of DubuqueCoach of the Year: Robbie Sieverding of Dubuque First Team Michael Demers (6'4''-G) of Buena Vista Jake Thompson (6'0''-PG) of Benedictine, KS Jarad Kruse (6'5''-F-2000) of Coe Cael Schmitt (6'1''-G-2002) of Coe Sam Kilburg (5'10''-PG) of Dubuque Ali Sabet (6'2''-G) of Loras Peter Lash (6'6''-F) of Nebr.Wesleyan Drew Olson (6'2''-G) of WartburgSecond Team Zane Neubaum (6'4''-G) of Buena Vista Garrett Sittner (6'1''-G) of Buena Vista Jaylin McCants (6'6''-G) of Dubuque Brock Simon (6'5''-G) of Dubuque Rowan McGowen (6'4''-G) of Loras Cole Navigato (6'6''-F) of Loras Ben Gill (6'10''-C) of Luther Jack Molstead (5'11''-PG) of WartburgHonorable Mention Joshua Van Gorp (6'10''-C) of Central Jacob Robertson (6'4''-G-2000) of Coe Ray Thrapp (6'4''-F-2000) of Coe Landon Torneten (6'6''-F) of Nebr.Wesleyan Chris Honz (6'6''-F) of Simpson, IA Tajen Ross (6'3''-G-1999) of MMU Keagan John (6'1''-G) of Wartburg | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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