A blistering hot first half propelled the Central College men’s basketball team to a 100-68 win over Bridgewater State University (Mass.) on Tuesday.

With the win, Central (7-5) went 2-0 in its third appearance at the D3hoops.com Classic. In the first 20 minutes of the game, the Dutch made 10 of 19 three-point attempts and 21 of their 37 shots from the field to score 58 points. Braylon Thomsen came off the bench to score a team-high 16. Kyle Cason had 15 points in the win, while Anthony Gott posted 14 points and seven rebounds. Carson Jones and Sage Suntken also reached double figures in the victory, recording 12 and 11 points respectively. Owen Schipper led the team with eight rebounds. Bradley Curren led the squad with five assists, while Boaz Clark, Gott, and Thomsen each had two steals.

Central finishes non-conference play with a 7-2 record and returns to American Rivers Conference play on Wednesday, January 7 against Loras College at 7:30 p.m. inside P.H. Kuyper Gymnasium.