CLAREMONT, Calif. - Caelan Jones had 21 points to lead five players in double figures as the Claremont-Mudd-Scripps men's basketball team opened the 2024-25 season with a 92-64 win over Linfield on Friday evening at Roberts Pavilion. 

Graduate students AJ Rohosy had 14 points, Robert Power had 12 and Neil Owens had 11 in their CMS debuts, while Reid Jones added 10 points off the bench. Cahal Connolly had six points and pulled down 10 rebounds. 

The Stags took some time to get going as Linfield opened up the game on a 10-0 run before Caelan Jones broke the ice with a jumper at the 15:20 mark. Reid Jones had a fast break lay-up to give CMS its first lead at 24-22 with 7:16 left in the half, and then ended the half with a jumper to make it a 45-29 lead at the break. 

Rohosy started the second half with a basket, and Owens hit two foul shots to push the lead up to 20, and Caelan Jones hit a three-pointer to cap a 9-0 run to stretch the lead to 67-41, and the Stags were able to cruise the rest of the way.

Caelan Jones was 8-13 from the floor, and Power was 6-7 for his 12 points, as CMS shot 57.7 percent from the floor as a team. Rohosy had 14 points and eight rebounds in only 19 minutes before fouling out. 

CMS will be back in action when it travels to Tacoma next weekend to face Pacific Lutheran and Puget Sound on Friday and Saturday.