SIOUX CITY -- Cleaning up the imperfections will give Todd Barry something to do in practice.

For the time being, three games into a new season, Barry's Briar Cliff basketball team is 3-0. And, judging from a 99-68 victory over Peru State in the Chargers' home opener Wednesday night, there are plenty more wins where those came from.

Kyle Semprini tallied 22 points and Chase Vander Feen added 16 as last season's Great Plains Athletic Conference co-leaders in three-point field goals combined for nine more treys in BC's first appearance at the Newman Flanagan Center for the 2009-10 campaign.

Semprini nailed five of 11 from beyond the arc and Vander Feen was four of six as the two junior standouts continued to lead the offense for a team that won two season-opening road games in North Dakota on Sunday and Monday.

"It's always nice to be 3-and-0, but we've got a lot of tings to work on in practice,'' said Semprini, who tied Vander Feen for conference honors with 98 three-pointers last winter. "We need to work on playing solid defense and finishing games strong. We just need to keep improving.''

Barry said he's seeing improvement already from a number of players. One of them, to be sure, is 6-10 freshman center Michael Collison, an 18-year-old from Iowa Falls whose 29-year-old brother, Nick, is now in his seventh season in the NBA.

The younger Collison, a late bloomer, came up with 14 points and six rebounds in roughly nine minutes of action, punctuating the effort with his own personal 10-point run to turn an 83-55 lead into a 93-55 bulge with 4:45 remaining.

Collison scored his 10 consecutive points, a tip-dunk included, in the space of just one minute and 49 seconds. Peru State made it convenient, neglecting to box him out.

"Everybody's getting better all the time and he's one of those guys, without a doubt,'' said Barry.

Two more players demonstrating progress were sophomore point guard Mo Smeader and senior forward Michael Dickes, who each tallied 10 points as Briar Cliff had five players reach double figures. Matt Geelan, the third holdover starter along with Semprini and Vander Feen, hauled down 12 rebounds to help the winners dominate the boards, 56-32.

Barry, of course, was mindful that Peru State isn't one of the teams his Chargers will have to beat to live up to the preseason GPAC poll that picks them to finish second behind Dakota Wesleyan. The Bobcats, indeed, were a woeful 1-29 last winter, although second-year Coach Troy Katen has brought in lots of new faces and things are definitely looking up.

"They were a little better than last year,'' said Semprini, who had 14 points while BC built a 52-32 halftime lead that grew to 70-36 less than seven minutes into the second half.

After letting an early 29-13 bulge dwindle to 33-26, Briar Cliff finished the half on a 19-6 run and then started the second half on an 18-4 burst.

Jovan Hitch, a junior transfer from Kansas City, Mo., led the visitors with 14 points while non-starters Alex Drommond and Grant Cole each finished 10 while helping the Bobcats outscore BC 13-6 over the final 3:24.

The modest Collison was delighted to hear his name announced by his uncle, the Rev. Craig Collison, who handles public address duties at numerous Briar Cliff and Bishop Heelan athletic events. Father Collison is also one of the longtime voices of the Iowa Boys State Basketball Tournament.

"I always wanted to hear it there (in the state tournament), but we didn't get there,'' said Michael, whose brother played on back-to-back state championship teams coached by their father, Dave, a former BC cager, himself. "It was nice to hear it here, too. I have to give credit to those other guys (junior post players James Larson and Kyle Swanson) for giving me a chance to get in.''

Briar Cliff visits York (Neb.) next Tuesday at 7:30 p.m. and then plays two more home games Nov. 13 against Clarke (7:30 p.m.) and Ashford (4 p.m.).