Box Score Monmouth couldn't overcome a cold shooting night at Glennie Gym in a 74-63 season-opening loss to Central.

The Scots hit just 25 of 79 shots, but got a double-double from Ben Friday who poured in 21 points on 10-of-15 shooting and pulled down 13 rebounds.

Trailing by as many as 14 in the first half, the Scots rallied in the final 20 minutes. An Andrew Mathison bucket inside cut the Scots' deficit to 65-58 with less than two minutes left in the game. After the Dutch hit a pair of free throws on their next possession, Reed Goodbred sank a pair of Scots' throws to keep Monmouth within a three possession game at 67-60 with 1:19 left.

Central pulled away in the final minute, hitting five of six free throws to ice the game.