NORTH LAS VEGAS — The College of Southern Nevada men's basketball team came out firing and never looked back Wednesday night, building a 23-point halftime cushion and cruising past Yavapai College, 80-64, Jan. 14 at the Coyote Event Center.

CSN (12-5, 3-0) buried seven first-half three-pointers and shot 55.9% before the break to take a 52-29 lead into intermission, then withstood a second-half push to stay unbeaten in ACCAC play.

The Coyotes wasted no time, opening the game with a Myron Hubbard three-pointer just 11 seconds in. Hubbard followed with a layup, then set up Ryan Raad for a fastbreak finish as CSN jumped out 7-0 in the first 90 seconds.

After Yavapai's Amari Lawrence hit a three to get the Roughriders on the board, CSN answered with a balanced stretch featuring buckets from Gerald Patterson, Maximus Romero and Qualib Ghallab to keep the visitors at arm's length.

The separation came late in the first half. Romero knocked down a pair of threes in a two-minute span, Drake Watanabe added a triple, and Hubbard threw down a dunk that pushed the lead to 47-21 with 2:26 left. CSN carried that momentum into the locker room up 52-29.

Romero paced the Coyotes with 20 points on 4-of-8 shooting from three and added four assists. Patterson finished with 17 points and eight rebounds, Raad scored 16 with six boards, and Hubbard posted 12 points, eight rebounds and four assists.

Watanabe provided a spark off the bench with nine points (3-for-8 from three) and a team-high five assists as CSN totaled 17 assists on 26 made field goals.

Yavapai (9-8, 0-2) opened the second half with a Lawrence three and continued to attack, outscoring CSN 35-28 after halftime. Timotey Zoonekynd led the Roughriders with 14 points, while Jason Parent and Alex Pierce added 11 apiece.

The Roughriders trimmed the margin to 11 (66-55) with 9:26 remaining, but CSN answered with key trips to the foul line and a Romero three to reassert control, maintaining a double-digit cushion the rest of the way.

CSN's featured contributors listed were Maximus Romero, Gerald Patterson, Ryan Raad, Myron Hubbard, Qualib Ghallab, Drake Watanabe and Christian Ware. Yavapai's rotation included Jason Parent, Torin Bosch, Rudolfs Svitins, Ryan Vischer, Raijon Dispensa, Timotey Zoonekynd, Alex Pierce, Amari Lawrence and Kanye Gilmore.

CSN heads to Yuma, Arizona on Saturday, Jan. 17 to face the Arizona Western Matadors.