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MARYVILLE, Missouri - The No. 3-ranked Northwest Missouri State University men's basketball team won its fifth game in a row with a 90-68 blowout of the University of Central Oklahoma in Bearcat Arena Saturday.

Junior guard Diego Bernard became the 25th Bearcat to surpass 1,000 career points as he tallied 16 points on 6-of-8 shooting from the floor. Bernard has accumulated 1,014 career points.

Northwest's other junior guard Trevor Hudgins stuffed his stat sheet with 20 points, nine assists and five steals. Senior Ryan Hawkins registered game highs in points (23) and rebounds (17). Hawkilns drained 6-of-8 from three-point land. For the time this season, Northwest had five players reach double-figure scoring.

Central Oklahoma took an early 8-0 but saw the advantage erased quickly as Northwest hit the Bronchos with a 17-2 run. Northwest's first four made field goals came from beyond the three-point arc. Bernard's first three-pointer of the game, not only put him over 1,000 career points but also gave Northwest its first lead of the game at 12-10. The Bearcats would lead by as many as 18 in the first half at 48-30 following another triple from Bernard with 1:35 to play until halftime. Northwest would lead 51-34 at the break. The 51-point output by the Bearcats is the highest first-half point total this season.

Hudgins took care of the offense early in the second half as he put up 11 points in the first five minutes to boost Northwest's lead to 66-45 with 15:05 remaining. UCO could only climb as close as 14 points in the second half as the Bearcats reached the 90-point mark for the second time this season.

Northwest will be back in action Thursday at Lincoln. Tip is slated for approximately 7:30 p.m., following the women's game in Jefferson City, Missouri.

NOTES: Northwest is 49-0 when scoring 90 or more points under head coach Ben McCollum ... the Bearcats are 109-2 in games decided by 20 points or more under McCollum ... Northwest has won 107 consecutive games with a final scoring margin of 20 or more points ... Northwest shot 54.5% from the field, marking the eighth time in 11 games that it has shot better than 50% from the field this season ... since 2011-12 Northwest has compiled a home mark of 130-10 ... Northwest has won 59 of its last 61 home games vs. MIAA opponents ... Northwest is 79-2 over the past three seasons ... Northwest is 141-7 over the past five seasons ... Northwest is 109-9 in its last 118 MIAA games ... Hawkins secured his 22nd career double-double with 23 points and 17 rebounds ... Hawkins surpassed the 20-point mark for the 32nd time in his career ... Hudgins recorded his 43rd 20-point scoring game ... Hudgins moved to No. 5 on Northwest's all-time assist list with 453, as he surpassed Mark Yager's total of 449 from 1979-1982 ... Northwest is 15-3 all-time vs. Central Oklahoma ... Northwest has defeated UCO nine straight times.