CLAREMONT, Calif. - Will Householter had 21 points to lead five players in double figures as the ninth-ranked Claremont-Mudd-Scripps men's basketball team set a new program record for best start to a season (16-0) with a 100-63 win over Caltech on Monday evening at Roberts Pavilion. 

With the win, CMS moves to 7-0 in SCIAC and eclipses the previous best start of 15-0, set by the 2011-12 team. Caltech falls to 3-13 overall and 0-7 in the SCIAC with the loss. 

Cahal Connolly added 17 points and Reid Jones had 16, while James Frye (12) and Nathan Noronha (11) also finished in double figures off the bench. 

CMS shot 61.2 percent as a team (41-67), including 3-6 from three-point territory. The Stags had 25 assists as a team, with Brady Karich leading with five, one game after setting the program record with 15 in a win over Cal Lutheran on Wednesday. 

The Beavers hung in for the first 10 minutes, trailing just 26-22 with 9:30 to go in the half, but Noronha and Luke Jacobson hit consecutive jumpers to push the lead to 30-22 and a Reid Jones fast break basket got the lead into double figures at 35-24.

An 8-0 run then stretched a 40-28 lead up to 48-28 with 3:16 left, capped off by four straight points from Frye. A Cahal Connolly dunk made it 54-32 with 1:13 left in the half, before CMS settled for a 54-35 lead at the break. 

An 11-2 run early in the second half built the lead up to 70-42 on a Joey Kennedy putback, and the Stags were able to cruise the rest of the way, with Kennedy giving CMS 100 points on a late lay-up. 

CMS will be back in action on the road for a big top-12 showdown at No. 11 Redlands at 7 p.m.