Men's Basketball Visits Wagner on Friday

The Central Connecticut men's basketball team plays a pair of Northeast Conference on the road this week, beginning with a trip to Wagner on Friday. The game will tip off at 7:00 p.m. and be available on NEC Front Row.

January 19, 2023

The Central Connecticut men's basketball team plays a pair of Northeast Conference on the road this week, beginning with a trip to Wagner on Friday. The game will tip off at 7:00 p.m. and be available on NEC Front Row.

OPENING NOTES
•    Central Connecticut travels to Wagner on Friday. CCSU had a bye on Monday and has not played in six days.
•    The Blue Devils will be looking looking to snap a two-game slide.
•    CCSU will play at LIU on Sunday in the teams' second meeting of the season.

SETTING THE TABLE
•    Nigel Scantlebury had a season-high 23 points against FDU. A Preseason All-NEC pick he's among the top 5 in NEC play in assists (2nd, 5.0), assist-TO ratio (2nd, 2.5) and steals (t-3rd, 2.0).
•    Andre Snoddy ranks 3rd in conference play, grabbing 9.6 rebounds per game.
•    Kellen Amos leads the NEC in scoring in league games (19.8 ppg). CCSU has not had a player rank among the league's top 5 in scoring since Tyler Kohl in 2018-19 (18.1 ppg). In NEC games he is also among the league leaders in 3fg per game (1st, 3.2), 3fg% (5th, .516) and FG% (6th, .549).
•    In league play, CCSU is commiting a NEC-low 10.6 turnovers per game. The Blue Devils rank 2nd in league games with a 1.3 assist-turnover ratio.
•    The Blue Devils have used just 2 starting lineup combinations this season and has the same starting five in the past 10 games.
•    CCSU had 13 three-pointers against FDU, which is tied for the 10th-most in a single game in program history, a mark that has been matched 12 times.

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•    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)

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