February 7, 2018

Men's Basketball Returns to Detrick Gym to Host Mount St. Mary's Thursday

The Blue Devils will play four of their next six games at home to close the regular season.

The Central Connecticut men's basketball team returns to Detrick Gymnasium on Thursday night to host Mount St. Mary's. The Blue Devils will play four of their final six regular-season games at home and begin an important push towards earning a Northeast Conference Tournament berth.

The Blue Devils are 12-13 overall and 5-7 in the Northeast Conference. The Blue Devils have dropped three straight, but will be returning to Detrick Gymnasium where they are 7-1 this season.

The Mountaineers (14-11, 8-4 NEC) are the defending league champions and have won four straight after defeating Saint Francis U, 59-56, last Saturday.

Tickets for CCSU home games can be purchased at CCSUTickets.com or at the box office upon entry to Kaiser Hall and Detrick Gymnasium. Admission for all CCSU students, faculty and staff is free of charge with a valid Blue Chip card.

All CCSU home games and Northeast Conference games are available to watch online, for free, at NECFrontRow.com.

GAMEDAY INFORMATION | Detrick Gymnasium (New Britain, CT)

CCSU (12-13, 5-7 NEC) vs. Mount St. Mary's (14-11, 8-4 NEC) | Thursday, Feb. 8 | 7:00 PM
VIDEO (NEC Front Row) | LIVE STATS | @KizerBlueDevil (In-game twitter updates)

COMPLETE GAME NOTES | 2017-18 NCAA Rules Review Video

TODAY'S GAME • Central Connecticut returns home to host Mount St. Mary's after four straight road games. The Blue Devils will play four of their final six regular season games at home where they have gone 7-1. The game is available to stream online, for free, at www.NECFrontRow.com

SERIES HISTORY • The Blue Devils and Mountaineers are meeting for the 42nd time in a series that dates back to 1989. Central holds a 21-20 edge in the series, but Mount took the first meeting this season. The Mountaineers won, 78-51, on Jan. 6 in Emmitsburg, MD.

LAST TIME OUT • CCSU fell at Sacred Heart, 67-54, on Saturday at the Pitt Center in Northeast Conference action. The Pioneers would score the first nine points of the second half and shoot 64.0 percent in the period en route to the win. Tyler Kohl would post his third straight double-double with 25 points and 11 rebounds, but he was the only Blue Devil in double figures. Sacred Heart led throughout much of the opening period, but the Blue Devils would recapture the lead just before halftime. The score was with time running out in the first half until Kohl hit a three-pointer as the clock expired to give the Blue Devils a 30-27 lead at the intermission. Sacred Heart would use a 9-0 run to take the lead and would build their largest lead of the game after a 13-2 run made it 58-45. Central would cut the deficit to 59-50 with 3:06 to play, but that was as close as it would get down the stretch.

UP NEXT • CCSU hosts Sacred Heart on Saturday, Feb. 10, at 4:00 p.m. in a game to be broadcast on ESPN3.

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