PELLA — A hot start by the Central College men's basketball team didn't last in an 87-66 loss against Nebraska Wesleyan University Wednesday night.
           
Coming off a pair of overtime wins last week, Central (10-9, 3-7 American Rivers Conference) played Nebraska Wesleyan (14-5, 9-1 conference) to a 32-32 tie at halftime. But 95 minutes of game time in the last seven days caught up to the Dutch in the second half as the Prairie Wolves outscored them by 21 points in the final 20 minutes.
           
Kyle Cason (freshman, Grimes, Dallas Center-Grimes HS) and Owen Schipper (sophomore, Waukee) both scored 14 points for Central. Bradley Curren (junior, Harlan) had 13 more and Braylon Thomsen (freshman, Carbon Cliff, Ill., Davenport Assumption [Iowa] HS) added 12.
           
Schipper led the Dutch with six assists and Anthony Gott (sophomore, Davenport, North Scott HS) had four assists.
           
The Dutch are not in action this weekend, returning to play next Wednesday in Dubuque against Loras College at 7:30 p.m.