Kyle Downey hit six three-pointers on his way to 25 points, while UB’s Mike Clifford added 21 points as Western open men’s basketball team coasted to 91-64 blowout over Central.

Even without big brother Kevin nursing an ankle injury, Kyle Downey and Co. had little problem disposing an overmatched Central squad.

“My teammates were getting me some open shots and it felt good getting into a rhythm,” Kyle Downey said.

Things started shaky though, as Western fell behind 6-0 early, but quickly went on a 16-4 to seize the lead for good. Kyle Downey hit a three to give them a 7-6 lead and after back-to-back buckets by Clifford, Cory McAdam hit a three to move the lead to 14-10.

After Central closed the gap to two at 16-14, Western finished the half on a torrid 31-13 run, highlighted by a beautiful pass from fellow UB Bull Dave Barnett to Clifford to give Western a 20-point lead that would basically remain that way the rest of the evening.

Western pulled away as the second half started as Kyle Downey canned three early three-pointers, with his last moving the lead to 30 and led head coach Bill Bowe to sit the star of the game down. Downey did seem to hurt his knee, but said he was fine after the game.

But, with a dozen minutes still left in the game, Clifford took over, going on an 8-1 run himself, pushing the lead back to 30 again.

“The differential was so high, but we just kept playing,” Clifford said. “We’re a good team, we play hard.”

Bowe was exceptionally pleased with Clifford’s play.

“He was tremendous, he played a great game,” Bowe said. “He controlled the boards on both sides of the court.”

Western, 2-0, will play fellow unbeaten Hudson Valley at 8 p.m. Saturday. In all likelihood the two teams will meet again for the gold medal game Sunday.