MARYVILLE, Mo. - The No. 1-ranked Northwest Missouri State University men's basketball team opened its home season in fine fashion with a 92-47 triumph over the Truman State University Bulldogs.

Northwest extended the nation's longest active winning streak to 16 in a row. Northwest is 5-0 this season. Truman State drops to 3-2 overall.

Junior Wes Dreamer came out firing after missing the previous three games with an ankle injury. Dreamer did not miss a beat as he connected on six of his first seven shots and tallied 17 of his game-high 23 points in the first half. Dreamer finished the game by connecting on 8-of-12 field goals, including 6-of-10 from three-point range. Dreamer collected a team-best best nine rebounds as the Bearcats out-rebounded the Bulldogs, 27-22.

Dreamer wasn't the only Bearcat draining shots as they shot 66.7% as a team in the victory. The Bearcats sank 30-of-45 shots from the floor. Northwest buried 14-of-27 from three-point land, including 7-of-11 in the opening 20 minutes.

Northwest missed only four shots in the first half and all four came from beyond the three-point arc. Northwest was a perfect 8-of-8 from the field in two-point field goal attempts in the first half. After a Dreamer missed a three-pointer with 11:55 left in the first half, Northwest made its next eight shots of the half, which included a trio of three-pointers. Dreamer missed a three-pointer at the halftime buzzer or Northwest would not have missed a shot in the final 10:30 of the half. Northwest held a 45-26 lead at the break.

Truman State used a 9-2 run to cut the Northwest lead to 45-34 in the opening minutes of the second half. However, Northwest answered back with a commanding 30-7 spurt to give the Bearcats a 71-41 lead with 8:33 to play. The 30-7 was concluded with an 18-0 spurt by the Bearcats. Both squads emptied their benches under five minutes, but Northwest continued to score and eventually pushed the lead to 45 at 92-47.

Freshman Bennett Stirtz put up yet another career high in scoring with 18 points. Stirtz hit on 5-of-7 shots from the floor and handed out three assists. Stirtz has reached double-figure scoring in all five of his collegiate games.

Senior Diego Bernard notched 14 points, seven assists and three rebounds in the victory. Sophomore Daniel Abreu was the fourth Bearcat in double figures with a 10-point afternoon.

Sophomore Isaiah Jackson lit up the stat sheet with six rebounds, five assists, two steals and two points.

Northwest will be back in action Saturday at 2 p.m. against Morningside in Bearcat Arena.

NOTES: Northwest moved to 12-2 in home-opening games under head coach Ben McCollum ... Northwest has won eight consecutive home-opening games in the McCollum era ... Northwest has won five straight in its long standing series with Truman State ... Northwest leads the all-time series, 104-93 ... Northwest is 136-8 over the past five seasons ... the Bearcats are 198-13 over the last seven years ... Northwest is 151-5 when holding the opposition to 59 points or less for head coach Ben McCollum ... Northwest is 133-3 in games decided by 20 or more points under McCollum ... Northwest has won 131 consecutive games when the margin has been 20 or more ... Northwest is 59-0 when scoring 90 or more points for Coach McCollum.