Men's Basketball Heads to Stonehill Looking for Third Straight Win

The Central Connecticut men's basketball team travels to Stonehill for the schools' first Northeast Conference matchup on Saturday afternoon. The game will tip off at 2:00 p.m. and be available on NEC Front Row.

January 6, 2023

The Central Connecticut men's basketball team travels to Stonehill for the schools' first Northeast Conference matchup on Saturday afternoon. The game will tip off at 2:00 p.m. and be available on NEC Front Row.

OPENING NOTES
•    Central Connecticut travels to Stonehill on Saturday. It will be the first meeting between the schools as members of the Northeast Conference.
•    The Blue Devils will be looking for their third straight conference win.
•    Following a bye next Thursday, CCSU returns home to host FDU on Saturday, Jan. 14.

WHAT TO KNOW
•    Kellen Amos is the reigning NEC Player of the Week. He had a career-high 36 points (13-16 fg, 6-6 3fg) against St. Francis Brooklyn. After the opening weekend of league play he is among NEC leaders in scoring (2nd, 21.3 ppg), FG% (4th, .605), 3fg per game (2nd, 2.7), and 3fg% (3rd, .667).
•    Nigel Scantlebury, a Preseason All-NEC pick, ranks among the Top-10 in the NEC in 5 stat categories. He is 2nd in NEC play with 5.7 apg and posted a double-double vs. Dartmouth.
•    Tre Breland posted a career-high 13 points in the NEC opener at SFU. In NEC play he is averaging 8.0 ppg while shooting .556 overall and .500 from three-point range.
•    Jay Rodgers has 18 assists against just 6 turnovers in the past 6 games.
•    CCSU's past 2 wins are by an average of 20.5 points. CCSU had not won back-to-back NEC games by 15+ points since Feb. 23-25, 2012 (78-63 vs. Mount St. Mary's; 78-61 vs. Wagner)
•    The Blue Devils have used just 2 starting lineup combinations this season and has the same starting five in the past 8 games.

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