MARYVILLE, Mo. - The No. 2-ranked Northwest Missouri State University men's basketball team improved its win streak to 10 in a row with an 85-59 victory over the visiting University of Saint Mary Spires in Bearcat Arena.

Junior guard Trevor Hudgins tied his own single-game school record by draining 11 three-pointers. Hudgins led all scorers with 38 points.

Northwest moved its season mark to 12-1 overall. It marks the ninth straight season that Northwest has had a double-digit winning streak.

Saint Mary bounced out to a 20-11 lead with 9:15 to play in the opening half. The Bearcats closed the gap and took the lead with a commanding 19-2 surge. Hudgins knocked in his fourth three-pointer of the opening half with 2:17 to play to complete the Bearcat run and give Northwest a 30-22 lead. Hudgins hit his fifth three of the first half to put the Bearcats on top at the half, 37-29.

Hudgins buried three consecutive triples to open up the second half as the Bearcats surged to a 46-33 lead with 18:11 left. The Spires cut the lead to 48-40 on a three-pointer from Christian Carmichael with 14:55 left in the game. Northwest responded with a 15-3 run to take the lead out to 24 at 67-43 with 10:16 to play. Hudgins hit two more three-pointers in the 15-3 run as he went over the 30-point mark for the fourth time this season.

Hudgins sank his school-record tying 11th three-pointer with 4:59 to play in the contest. Hudgins checked out of the contest with Northwest leading 74-50 with 4:57 remaining.

Northwest shot 50.8% from the floor by draining 30-of-59 field goals. Saint Mary was held to 39.3% from the field (22-of-56 FGs). Northwest sank 14 three-pointers, while USM made six triples.

Northwest will return to MIAA play Saturday at 3:30 p.m. in Bearcat Arena against the Missouri Southern Lions.

NOTES: Hudgins has reached 30 or more points 12 times in his collegiate career ... Northwest shot 50% or better from the field for the seventh straight game ... it is the ninth time this season that Northwest has shot 50% or better from the field ... Northwest has made 10 or more three-pointers in five straight games ... Northwest has made 10 or more three-pointers eight times this season ... Northwest is 143-10 in Bearcat Arena since the start of the 2011-12 season ... Northwest is 138-5 when holding the opposition to 59 points or less under the direction of head coach Ben McCollum ... Northwest has won 124 consecutive games when the scoring margin is 20 or more points ... Northwest is 126-2 under coach McCollum when the final margin is 20 points or more ... Northwest is 109-4 over the last four seasons ... Northwest is 170-9 over the past six seasons ... Diego Bernard grabbed five rebounds to give him 655 in his career ... Bernard ranks No. 5 on the Northwest's all-time rebounding list as he moved past Chris-Ebou Ndow, who tallied 654 rebounds from 2015-2018.