KANSAS CITY, Mo. - The No. 4-ranked Northwest Missouri State University men's basketball team won its 22nd straight MIAA Tournament game in Municipal Auditorium with an 80-52 victory over the Missouri Western Griffons in Thursday's quarterfinal round.

Northwest moved to 25-5 overall in winning its 14th consecutive game overall. Missouri Western saw its season come to an end at 17-13.

The Bearcats shot 55.2% (32-of-58) from the floor, including 56.3% (9-of-16) from three-point land. It is the 15th time this season the Bearcats have shot 50.0% or better in a game.

Senior Wes Dreamer poured in a game-high 22 points. Dreamer drained 9-of-15 field goals, including 4-of-5 from three-point range. Junior Daniel Abreu tallied 20 points on 9-of-13 shooting. Abreu tied for team-high honors with seven rebounds.

Northwest bounced out to a 27-10 lead en route to a 41-24 advantage at the break. The Bearcats came out and sank six of their first seven three-pointers in the second half and built a 29-point lead with 11:23 to play in the game.

The Bearcats advanced to the MIAA Tournament semifinals for the 13th straight season. Northwest will take on the winner of the Washburn-Rogers State quarterfinal contest. The Bearcats will play again Saturday in the first men's semifinal at 6 p.m.

NOTES: Bearcat head coach Ben McCollum captured his 30th career MIAA tournament win and improved his mark to 30-5 in league tourney action ... McCollum and Washburn's Bob Chipman (34-20) are the only league coaches to gain 30 wins in MIAA tourney action ... McCollum is a perfect 13-0 in MIAA quarterfinal games ... overall, Northwest improved to 55-26 in MIAA tournament games ... Northwest is 25-7 all-time in the quarterfinal round ... Northwest is 22-5 as the No. 1 seed ... Northwest is 8-4 vs. Missouri Western in MIAA tourney play ... Wes Dreamer ranks No. 7 in all-time MIAA Tournament scoring with 167 points in 13 career games ... Dreamer's 13 games MIAA tourney games played ranks tied for second with Washburn's Tyler Geiman ... Northwest's Diego Bernard holds the all-time record with 15 MIAA tourney games ... only three opponents have scored 70 or more against Northwest in its last 22 games (Washburn, Missouri Western and Central Oklahoma) ... Northwest is 186-6 when holding the opponent to 60 points or less under coach McCollum ... Northwest won the rebounding battle, 33-19 ... Missouri Western is the seventh team to be held to less than 20 rebounds in a game by the Bearcats this season ... Northwest is 249-20 over the last eight seasons ... Dreamer put up his 29th career 20-point game ... Abreu earned his second career 20-point scoring contest ... McCollum moved his career record to 390-90 ... McCollum is 31-3 all-time vs. Missouri Western.