Men's Basketball to Face FDU on ESPN+ Saturday

The Central Connecticut men's basketball team travels to FDU for a Saturday evening Northeast Conference matchup. The contest will be streamed on ESPN+.

February 10, 2023

The Central Connecticut men's basketball team travels to FDU for a Saturday evening Northeast Conference matchup. The contest will be streamed on ESPN+.

OPENING NOTES
• Central Connecticut faces Hartford in a non-conference matchup on Wednesday night.
• Following the contest, CCSU will play 3 of its final 5 NEC regular season games at home.
• Next up, CCSU closes out a 4-game road stretch with a ESPN+ game at FDU on Saturday.

SETTING THE TABLE
• Andre Snoddy has averaged 19.0 ppg on 62% shooting in the last 2 games. He had a career-best 20 points against Sacred Heart. In Northeast Conference play, he is grabbing a league-best 10.5 rpg, while also averaging a double-double with 10.8 ppg. In league play he is shooting 48.4% from the field.
• Davonte Sweatman has had a personal-high 5 assists in back-to-back games at Hartford and at Sacred Heart. Over the last 4 games, he has a 3.8 assist-turnover ratio, while scoring 10.0 ppg on 50% shooting.
• Joe Ostrowsky led CCSU with a career-best 8 rebounds in the win at Hartford. He came off the bench to score a season-high 10 points, going 4-of-4 at the foul line in the final minute.
• Jay Rodgers has the best assist-turnover ratio (4.8) in NEC play. He has 38 assists against just 8 turnovers in 301 minutes. He has turned the ball over once across the last 6+ games.
• Kellen Amos is scoring 15.4 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, 2.3), 3fg% (11th, .391), FG% (11th, .478).
• Tre Breland posted 12 points, 7 rebounds, 2 assists and 2 blocks in 27 minutes at SFBK. He set personal-highs for minutes (27), blocks (2) and assists (2) at St. Francis Brooklyn to go with 12 points and 7 rebounds. Since NEC play began, he's posting 7.0 ppg and 4.4 rpg.

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)

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