Men's Basketball Visits Seton Hall on Sunday on FS1
The Blue Devils will take on the defending BIG EAST Champions, Seton Hall, in a televised game on Sunday on FS1.
The Central Connecticut men's basketball team travels to Seton Hall on Sunday for a 2:00 p.m. game that will be televised on FS1. The Blue Devils won their opener in head coach Donyell Marshall's first game, taking down Hartford, 75-60, on Friday. The Pirates are coming off a 91-70 win over preseason Northeast Conference favorite, Fairleigh Dickinson.
The game will be televised on FS1 with Dave Sims on the play-by-play and Jim Spanarkel will be the analyst.
Bruce Biel (play-by-play) and Marc Robbins (analyst) will call the game for CCSU on News Radio 1410.
GAMEDAY INFORMATION
CCSU (1-0) at Seton Hall (1-0) | 2:00 PM | FS1 | Live Stats | Listen (News Radio 1410)
Series Notes:
Next Up • CCSU travels to Binghamton on Wednesday, Nov. 16. The Bearcats won last year's meeting, 81-75, on Nov. 24, but the Blue Devils still lead the all-time series, 4-1. Central will then play two of the next three games at home. The Blue Devils host Penn on Nov. 22 and Brown on Dec. 3 with a trip to Maine on Nov. 30 in between. CCSU will play seven straight road games from Dec. 6 through Dec. 31.
Sophomore Austin Nehls hit four three-pointers and led the Blue Devils with 18 points. Senior Khalen Cumberlander finished with 14 points, while junior Mustafa Jones had 12 points and senior Tidell Pierre finished with 12 points and nine rebounds off the bench. Sophomore Eric Bowles had eight assists without a turnover, while freshman Tyson Batiste had five assists against just one turnover.
Central shot 46.9 percent (30-of-64) for the game and held a 48-33 rebounding advantage. The Blue Devils finished with 24 assists against 14 turnovers.
The Blue Devils led by 10 points at halftime and a layup by Batiste to open the second half pushed the CCSU lead to 38-26. The Hawks would claw back into the game by holding CCSU scoreless for five minutes and used a 14-6 run to get within 44-40 following a three-point play by Jalen Ross with 12:13 to play.
CCSU wouldn't let the Hawks get closer than four points and after a Andrew Ramirez layup made it 50-46 with 9:53 remaining, the Blue Devils would answer with a four-point play by Nehls that proved to be the turning point in the night. Nehls hit a three-pointer off a long pass by Bowles and was fouled during the shot. He made the ensuing free throw that opened a 13-0 run over the next two minutes.
Cumberlander had two layups during the run and another three-pointer by Nehls would cap the run to make it 63-46 with 6:34 to play. The game would be no closer than 13 points the the rest of the way and a dunk by freshman Harrison Kay with 19 seconds to play punctuated the game for the 75-60 final score.
Following a jumper on Hartford's opening possession, CCSU would never trail again as a three-pointer by Nehls put the Blue Devils in front for good. A layup by Jones gave Central it's largest lead of the first half at 36-23. A three-pointer by Jason Dunne just before halftime cut the CCSU lead to 36-26. Ross led Hartford with 18 points, while Dunne added 13. The Hawks were limited to 41 percent (25-of-61) shooting and had 11 assists against 13 turnovers.