Justin VanWambeke scored 29 points and Mirko Grcic added 20 as Loras held off a late comeback attempt to down Coe, 90-82, Wednesday in an Iowa Conference men's basketball game at Eby Fieldhouse.

Coe (7-13, 2-7) trailed by as many as 13 and was able to cut the margin to 86-82 on a Trevor Haaland 3-point basket with 18 seconds remaining, but wasn't able to draw any closer as Loras put the game away from the foul line.

Christian Fahey led Coe with 24 points. Matt Vonderhaar and Matt Meyer added 16 apiece.

Nolan Timp and Demond George each scored 10 points for the Duhawks (11-9, 6-3).

LORAS (90): Mims 0 0-0 0, VanWambeke 9 9-11 29, Grcic 7 5-7 20, Quinn 1 0-0 2, DiCanio 3 0-0 7, George 4 0-0 10, Schneider 4 0-0 8, Kellerman 0 0-0 0, Timp 3 2-2 10, Rix 2 0-0 4. Totals: 33 16-20 90.

COE (82): Jirak 0 0-0 0, Timm 2 1-1 5, Vonderhaar 5 4-5 16, Haaland 4 0-0 9, Meyer 4 6-7 16, Vorba 0 0-0 0, Shedeck 1 0-0 2, Pflughaupt 1 0-0 3, Fahey 10 4-6 24, Williams 2 3-6 7. Totals: 29 18-25 82.

Halftime: Loras 42, Coe 37. 3-point goals: Loras 8 (VanWambeke 2, Grcic, DiCanio, George 2, Timp 2). Coe 6 (Vonderhaar 2, Meyer 2, Pflughaupt, Haaland).