Men's Basketball Travels to Rutgers on Saturday

The Central Connecticut men's basketball team hits the road for a contest at Rutgers on Saturday afternoon. The contest will be carried on B1G+.

November 25, 2022

The Central Connecticut men's basketball team hits the road for a contest at Rutgers on Saturday afternoon. The contest will be carried on B1G+.

OPENING NOTES
• Central Connecticut travels to Rutgers for a 3:00 p.m. game on Saturday.
• Patrick Sellers is in his 2nd season at the helm of CCSU and returns 3 starters & 8 letterwinners.
• Rutgers' head coach Steve Pikiell played with Patrick Sellers' brother, Rod, at UConn, and also coached at Central Connecticut as an assistant from 1997-2001.
• CCSU will return home to host Brown on Tuesday night.

WHAT TO KNOW

• Davonte Sweatman ranks among the top-5 in the NEC in 3FG% (1st), FG% (3rd) and assist-turnover ratio (5th). He has scored double-figures in 4 of the last 5 games.

• Central is averaging a NEC-high 9.3 three-pointers per game, while making 36.6% of its three-point attempts, which ranks 2nd in the league. CCSU hit 235 three-pointers last season, the second-highest single-season total in program history.

• Abdul Momoh has started every game and leads the NEC in blocked shots. He had 5 vs. Maine.

• Nigel Scantlebury, a preseason All-NEC pick, has scored 16 points in three of the past five games. He is leading the team with 3.2 assists per game and has 1.9 assist/turnover ratio.

• Andre Snoddy, an NEC All-Rookie Team pick last season, leads the team in rebounding and has 6 career double-doubles, including two this season.

NCAA MEN'S BASKETBALL VIDEO SERIES (BRACKETING)
•    Week 1 (October 17): How the committee prepares for the season with metrics, data and conference reporting. (Men's Basketball)
•    Week 2 (October 24): Selections. (Men's Basketball)
•    Week 3 (October 31): Seeding. (Men's Basketball)
•    Week 4 (November 7): Bracketing. (Men's Basketball)

NCAA WEEKLY WHISTLE (YOUTUBE)