Gage Heffernan scored 12 points and grabbed 11 rebounds to lead unbeaten and No.25 Dubuque past Coe, 66-56, Wednesday night in Iowa Conference men's basketball at Eby Fieldhouse.

Heffernan, a 6-foot-4 junior, prepped at Western Dubuque and played for Kirkwood for two seasons before joining Dubuque (16-0, 5-0 IIAC) this season.

Andrew Wirth scored 17 points for Coe (9-7, 1-4) to lead all scorers. The loss was the Kohawks' third straight.

JT Vonderhaar and Jacob Timm added 10 points apiece for Coe. Christian Fahey grabbed eight rebounds.

Dubuque roared out to a 15-3 lead to start the game. Coe never got closer than seven points the rest of the game.

DUBUQUE (66): Chris Frazier 3-9 0-0 7, Gage Heffernan 4-10 4-6 12, Andre Norris 5-8 0-0 11, Alex Vogel 0-0 2-2 2, Mitch Michaelis 4-12 2-3 11, Sam Baldwin 0-0 0-0 0, Jacob Mohlis 2-4 3-4 8, Kain Arthofer 0-1 0-0 0, Brandon Ferguson 3-3 0-2 7, Mitchell Morrisey 2-2 0-0 4, Tanner Cooke 0-1 0-0 0, Erik Cewe 0-0 0-0 0, Mark Preston 0-1 0-0 0, Tyler Ware 2-3 0-0 4. Totals 25-54 11-17 66.

COE (56): Matt Daoust 1-5 0-0 3, JT Vonderhaar 4-7 2-4 10, Sam Stix 1-3 0-0 2, Andrew Wirth 7-16 1-1 17, Max Schmarzo 2-8 1-2 5, Sean Pyritz 0-1 0-0 0, Jacob Timm 4-6 1-3 10, Matt Vonderhaar 0-2 0-0 0, Brian Wadsworth 1-2 0-0 2, Lincoln Vorba 0-1 1-2 1, Christian Fahey 2-4 2-2 6, Marshall Shedeck 0-1 0-0 0. Totals 22-56 8-14 56.

Halftime - Dubuque 33, Coe 19. 3-point goals - Dubuque 5-18 (Frazier 1-5, Norris 1-1, Michaelis 1-5, Mohlis 1-2, Ferguson 1-1, Heffernan 0-1, Arthofer 0-1, Cooke 0-1, Preston 0-1), Coe 4-14 (Wirth 2-4, Daoust 1-2, Timm 1-1, JVonderhaar 0-1, Stix 0-1, Schmarzo 0-3, MVonderhaar 0-1, Shedeck 0-1). Rebounds - Dubuque 41 (Heffernan 11), Coe 29 (Fahey 8). Total fouls - Dubuque 15, Coe 15. Fouled out - None.