Men's Basketball Slumps in Second Half at Brown

November 14, 2021

The Central Connecticut men's basketball held a lead in the second half against Brown on Sunday at the Pizzitola Center before a run midway through the period carried the home squad to a 75-57 win. The Blue Devils led 40-38 with 13:21 remaining, but the Bears would limit Central to four points over a nine-minute span to gain control of the contest.

Senior Stephane Ayangma scored a team-high 14 points with five rebounds off the bench to lead CCSU, while junior Ian Krishnan added 13 points and had three three-pointers. The Blue Devils shot 42.6 percent (23-of-54) from the field and 9-of-20 (.450) from three-point range.

The Bears were led by Kino Lilly, Jr. who scored 22 points off the bench to pace three double-figures scorers. Brown shot 49.1 percent (26-of-53) overall and 11-of-23 (.478) from the arc.

GAME INFORMATION
Score: CCSU 57, Brown 75
Records: CCSU (0-2, 0-0 NEC), Brown (2-1, 0-0 Ivy)
Location: Pizzitola Center | Providence, RI

KEY MOMENTS

Central jumped out in from from the tip, leading for much of the first half. Krishnan gave CCSU its largest lead of the half with a jumper to make it 12-4 with 13:04 left in the period.
Brown took its first lead of the day with back to back treys late in the period. Kimo Ferrari made it 28-25 in favor of Brown with under a minute to play in the opening half. Central would get within 28-27 at the break after a layup by Ayangma just before the horn.
CCSU raced out of the lockerroom in the second half, scoring the first eight points. Krishnan and junior Tre Mitchell sandwiched three pointers around a layup by sophomore Arian Dehnavi to make it 35-28 with 17:24 to play.
Central took its largest lead of the half at 40-32 after a trifecta by junior Nigel Scantlebury with 14:18 to play.
Brown would outscore CCSU, 43-17, the rest of the way, which included a 32-4 run. The Blue Devils had just one field goal during a nearly 10-minute stretch, while Lilly led the Bears' charge with 19 of his points coming after the break.

NUMBER TO KNOW

11 - For the second straight game, CCSU went to its bench playing 11 players. Eight of them played at least 15 minutes.

NOTES

Brown leads the all-time series, 8-5.
Ayangma shot 6-of-10 from the field and played 22 minutes off the bench. Krishnan was 5-of-12 from the field.
Scantlebury dished out a team-high four assists to go with eight points.
Freshman Andre Snoddy had a team-high seven rebounds for CCSU in his first start. He is averaging 8.0 rebounds on the season.
Both teams had 32 rebounds apiece, while Brown had a +3 turnover margin in the game.

NUMBER TO KNOW

The Blue Devils play at the Basketball Hall of Fame Showcase at the Mohegan Sun Arena on Tuesday and Wednesday.