Men's Basketball Faces Sacred Heart on Saturday
The Central Connecticut men's basketball team will face Nutmeg state rival, Sacred Heart, on Saturday at 2:00 p.m. The teams will be meeting for the first time this season and the game will stream live, and for free, on NECFrontRow.com.
The Central Connecticut men's basketball team will face Nutmeg state rival, Sacred Heart, on Saturday at 2:00 p.m. The teams will be meeting for the first time this season and the game will stream live, and for free, on NECFrontRow.com.
SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 4 | 2:00 PM | THE PITT CENTER (FAIRFIELD, CT)
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• Central Connecticut faces in-state rival Sacred Heart for the first time this season.
• Following Saturday, CCSU will play 3 of its final 5 NEC regular season games at home.
• Next up, CCSU has a non-conference tilt at Hartford on Wednesday night.
• Jay Rodgers has the best assist-turnover ratio (4.4) in NEC play. He has 35 assists against just 8 turnovers in 271 minutes. He has turned the ball over just once across last 6 games.
• Tre Breland posted 12 points, 7 rebounds, 2 assists and 2 blocks in 27 minutes at SFBK. He set personal-highs for minutes, blocks and assists. He shot 5-of-7 in the game, including a personal-best 2-of-2 on three-pointers against the Terriers.
• Andre Snoddy leads the league with 11.0 rpg in NEC play. In conference play, he is nearly averaging a double-double with 9.9 ppg, 11.0 rpg and shooting 45.1% from the field.
• Davonte Sweatman had a career game in the win over Saint Francis U, scoring 20 points on 8-10 shooting. He played a 26 minutes and added five rebounds and four assists.
• Kellen Amos is scoring 16.0 ppg in conference play, which is the highest mark for a Blue Devil since Tyler Kohl in 2018-19 (18.1 ppg). In NEC games he is also among the league leaders in 3fg per game (4th, 2.4), FG% (8th, .496), and 3fg% (8th, .414).
• CCSU has used 2 starting lineups this season, including the same in the past 15 games.
• The 53-48 setback at St. Francis Brooklyn was the fewest combined points (101) since... Jan. 26 when CCSU and Stonehill combined for 100. Prior to that game, the fewest combined points in a game was 94 in a 48-46 loss at FDU on Dec. 4, 2010.
• 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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