D3hoops.com's weekly honor roll celebrates season No. 28, honoring the best players at each position for the past week. It's the D3hoops.com Team of the Week.

Bradley Curren (sophomore, Harlan) made a layup with 1.4 seconds left and Joshua Van Gorp (5th-year, Pella, Pella Christian HS) broke his own school record with 55 points to give Central men's basketball team a 75-73 win over Coe College Saturday.

D3hoops.com's weekly honor roll celebrates season No. 28, honoring the best players at each position for the past week. It's the D3hoops.com Team of the Week.

D3hoops.com's weekly honor roll celebrates its 27th season, honoring the best players at each position for the past week. It's the D3hoops.com Team of the Week.

D3hoops.com's weekly honor roll celebrates its 27th season, honoring the best players at each position for the past week. It's the D3hoops.com Team of the Week.

D3hoops.com's weekly honor roll celebrates its 26th season, honoring the best players at each position for the past week. It's the D3hoops.com Team of the Week, presented by Scoutware.

PELLA ,Iowa—A spirited comeback was undone by mistakes down the stretch as the Central College men's basketball team dropped its season opener to Bethany Lutheran College (Minn.) 77-67 in overtime.

PELLA, Iowa—Central College got 43 points from guards Jaden Moody and Shimar Jones but couldn’t put the brakes on sharpshooting Loras College in a season-ending 111-80 men’s basketball loss Saturday.

INDIANOLA, Iowa—Guards Jaden Moody, Adam Flinn and Jamel McKnight combined for 69 points but Central College couldn’t overcome its first-half defensive struggles and saw its men’s basketball comeback attempt stymied at Simpson College, 93-87 Wednesday night.

PELLA, Iowa—Keeping its American Rivers tournament hopes alive, the Central College men’s basketball team put five players in double figures and held off a Luther College 3-point barrage in a 94-90 win Saturday.

STORM LAKE, Iowa—After surging to a 13-point first-half lead, the Central College men's basketball team was staggered by a devasting 35-2 Buena Vista University run in a deflating 108-78 road loss Wednesday night.

DUBUQUE, Iowa--A desperation three-quarter court heave by Central College guard Jaden Moody provoked a few gasps in the crowd as it rimmed out and the University of Dubuque dodged the Central College men's basketball team 75-72 at Dubuque Saturday.            

PELLA, Iowa—No. 2-ranked Nebraska Wesleyan University ran off 17 unanswered points and outscored the Central College men's basketball team 95-70 Wednesday night.

WAVERLY, Iowa—Guard Jaden Moody pumped in a career-high 31 points but a late 5-minute scoring drought spoiled the Central College men’s basketball chances to steal a road win Saturday.

PELLA, Iowa—Surging from a 12-point second-half deficit, the Central College men’s basketball team forced overtime before finally dropping an 88-81 American Rivers contest to Coe College Wednesday night.

DUBUQUE, Iowa—A spirited second-half rally fizzled for a shorthanded and undersized Central College men's basketball team in a 106-91 loss at Loras College Saturday.

PELLA, Iowa—After seeing a late lead melt away in the final minute and with a short bench growing even shorter, the Central College men's basketball team got another clutch bucket from guard Jamel McKnight and an 87-84 comeback victory over Simpson College Wednesday night.

DECORAH, Iowa—Guard Jamel McKnight's step-back jumper with 3 seconds left capped a furious second-half comeback for an 83-81 Central College men's basketball victory at Luther College Saturday.

PELLA, Iowa—Resorting to a guard-dominated lineup, the Central College men's basketball team used torrid second-half shooting to overtake Buena Vista University 77-73 Wednesday night.

PELLA, Iowa—Guard Jaden Moody had a career-high 24 points but the young Central College men's basketball team was outshot by Wartburg College 102-85 Saturday.

PELLA, Iowa—Showing the effects of a two-week layoff, the Central College men's basketball team surrendered 58 second-half points and was outscored by the University of Dubuque 93-74 Wednesday night.

MANKATO, Minn.—Some offensive struggles combined with sizzling Bethany Lutheran College (Minn.) shooting spelled an 89-70 loss for the Central College men's basketball team

PELLA, Iowa—Playing on short rest after a week of final exams, the Central College men's basketball team coasted past Faith Baptist Bible College Thursday.

PLATTEVILLE, Wis.—A tenacious closing effort couldn't overcome a late first-half dry spell as the Central College men's basketball team was outmuscled by traditional NCAA Division III men's basketball contender Wis.-Platteville 94-77 Saturday.

CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa—Guard Adam Flinn rained in a career-high 23 points and forward Jaden Moody returned from injury to add 21 as the Central College men’s basketball team surprised Coe College on the road, 87-73 Wednesday.

PELLA, Iowa—Guard Jamel McKnight erupted for a season-high 26 points and seven assists as torrid shooting propelled the Central College men's basketball team past the University of Wis.-La Crosse 89-77 Saturday.

LINCOLN, Neb.—Forward Seth Wood (junior, Branson, Mo.) rained in a career-high 32 points and the Central College men’s basketball team put some heat on No. 1-ranked Nebraska Wesleyan before tumbling 91-83.

ST. PETER, Minn.—Central College enjoyed a seven-point lead but host Gustavus Adolphus College (Minn.) took control in the second half for an 81-75 men's basketball victory Saturday.

PELLA, Iowa--It was the ultimate of contrasting 3-point men's basketball records as Grinnell College tied an NCAA Division III mark with 89 3-point shot attempts, but Central College set a school record of its own by not taking one all night and prevailed 105-96.

Many of us focus on what we can do differently when the calendar changes from one year to another. Some teams, like Central, Hamline and Augsburg, hope that 2018 picks up where 2017 left off. Nathan Ford explains in Around the West.