Men's Basketball Downed by Brown on Tuesday

The Central Connecticut men's basketball was held off by Brown, 59-51, on Tuesday at Detrick Gymnasium in New Britain, CT. CCSU got within six points late in the contest, but was unable to get any closer as the Bears won their second straight in the series.

Nigel Scantlebury was the only Blue Devil in double-figures, scoring 13 points. Andre Snoddy grabbed a game-high 13 rebounds, while adding nine points. CCSU shot 20-of-57 (.351) from the field and 6-of-23 (.261) from three-point range. CCSU went 5-of-6 (.833) at the foul line.

Kino Lilly, Jr. led Brown with 16 points. The Bears shot 19-of-48 (.396) overall and 6-of-19 (.316) from three-point range. Brown was 15-of-19 (.789) at the foul line.

The Blue Devils travel to Holy Cross on Saturday night.

GAME INFORMATION
Score: CCSU 51, Brown 59
Records: CCSU (0-8), BROWN (3-4)
Location: Detrick Gymnasium | New Britain, CT

KEY MOMENTS

• After a jumper by Snoddy opened the scoring and put CCSU on top, Brown responded with six straight points to take the lead for good. Paxson Wojcik had back-to-back baskets in the paint to make it 6-2 just 4:06 into the contest.
• Brown would push its lead to as much as 11 points in the opening half. Seven straight points for the Bears was capped off by a three-pointer by Malachi Ndur to make it 26-15 with 7:02 to go in the half. CCSU would managed to get within 34-25 at the break after a jumper by Snoddy just before the horn.
• The Blue Devils would slip behind by 45-28 with 13:00 to play before they began chipping away at the deficit. CSU started the game 3-of-13 on three-pointers and was limited to three points in the opening six minutes of the half, but Scantlebury and Kellen Amos would hit trifectas, followed by a Brody Limric dunk before a trey by Joe Ostrowsky got CCSU within 49-39 with 8:57 to play.
• A three-point play by Limric with 5:19 to play would cut the Brown lead to single digits for good, but the Blue Devils were unable to get closer than 55-49 following a putback by Snoddy with 24 seconds to play. 

QUOTABLE

"At the top of our keys for tonight's game was the word 'Character'," said head coach Patrick Sellers. "There's a reason why our players are here and there's a reason why our coaches are here, it's because these are good character guys. No matter what happens, good character guys always listen, they pay attention and they always come to work. We might be a little down right now, but with good character guys you're going to keep coming back to work and continue fighting. I just told the guys that it's not going our way right now, but who we are as people and our character is going to carry us, but eventually the shots will start falling for us."

NUMBER TO KNOW

35 – CCSU outrebounded Brown, 35-33, but the Bears managed to have a 9-6 edge in second chance points.

NOTES

• Brown leads the all-time series, 8-5.
• CCSU led for just 24 seconds in the game, while Brown led for 36:37.
• Snoddy collected a season-high in rebounds, just one short of matching his personal best.
• Ostrowsky had two steals and has logged 11 steals in the past four games.
• The Blue Devils used 11 players logging multiple minutes in the contest.

UP NEXT

The Blue Devils travel to Holy Cross on Saturday at 6:00 p.m.