Scantlebury's Career Night Lifts Men's Basketball by Holy Cross

December 1, 2021

The Central Connecticut men's basketball held off Holy Cross, 73-67, on Wednesday night at Detrick Gymnasium. Junior Nigel Scantlebury scored a career-high 25 points to lead the Blue Devils.

Scantlebury was 8-of-10 from the field, 3-of-3 on three-pointers, and 6-of-6 at the foul line. He added four rebounds, two assists and two steals. Junior Ian Krishnan chipped in with 16 points and freshman Andre Snoddy scored a personal-best 11 points. The Blue Devils shot 25-of-50 (.500) overall and were 8-of-17 (.471) from the arc, while going 15-of-20 (.750) at the foul line.

Holy Cross was led by Judson Martindale, who scored 22 points. Gerrale Gates added 16 points and 11 rebounds. The Crusaders shot 23-of-59 (.390) from the field and 6-of-17 (.353) from the arc. Holy Cross was 15-of-19 (.789) at the foul line.

GAME INFORMATION
Score: CCSU 73, HOLY CROSS 67
Records: CCSU (2-6, 0-0 NEC), HC (2-6 0-0 Patriot League)
Location: Detrick Gymnasium | New Britain, CT

KEY MOMENTS

Holy Cross scored the opening five points of the game, but Krishnan would come back with back-to-back three-pointers to make it 6-5 at the 16:45 mark. The teams would trade leads until Scantlebury hit a three-pointer to make it 23-20 with 4:22 to go in the first half. The trey opened a quick 8-0 run that helped CCSU take a 30-25 lead into the intermission.
Scantlebury would score Central's first seven points after halftime, but junior Zach Newkirk would get into the action hitting a three-pointer to open a personal run of eight straight points for the Blue Devils before junior Tre Mitchell hit a jumper to cap a 10-0 run and make it 47-34 with 12:38 to play.
The Crusaders would hang around and get five straight points from Kyrell Luc with 1:15 remaining to get within 66-63. Snoddy would account for four straight for CCSU to help push the lead to 70-65 and the game would not get closer.

NUMBER TO KNOW

8 - Scantlebury made his first eight shots of the night, including a trio of three-pointers.

NOTES

Holy Cross leads the all-time series, 2-1.
Krishnan went 5-of-8 from the floor, including 3-of-5 from three-point range.
Snoddy shot 4-of-5 from the field and 3-of-3 at the line to score a personal best.
Mitchell added a team-high four rebounds and three assists for Central.
Central enjoyed its highest overall shooting percentage of the season, while scoring 43 points in the second half - its highest-scoring period of the season.

UP NEXT

The Blue Devils will travel to New Hampshire on Saturday for a 4:00 p.m. tipoff.