Men's Basketball Hosts Wagner on ESPN+ Thursday

The Central Connecticut men's basketball team will host Wagner on Thursday for a Northeast Conference contest on ESPN+.

February 15, 2023

The Central Connecticut men's basketball team will host Wagner on Thursday for a Northeast Conference contest on ESPN+.

OPENING NOTES
•    Central Connecticut hosts Wagner on Thursday in a game set to stream on ESPN+.
•    The Blue Devils are playing 3 of their final 4 NEC games in Detrick Gymnasium.
•    Next up, CCSU remains home and will host Stonehill on Saturday.

SETTING THE TABLE
•    CCSU had five players average double-digits in scoring two wins last week. The Blue Devils shot 53% from the field as a team and 83% from the foul line. Central had a season-high 49 points in the second half at Hartford, shooting 67%. CCSU was a season-best 26-of-30 (.867) from the charity stripe in the win at FDU.
•    Joe Ostrowsky had back-to-back double-figure outings. He had a season-high 12 points (4-4 fg, 2-2 3fg) in the win at FDU. He led CCSU with a career-best 8 rebounds in the win at Hartford and added 10 points, going 4-of-4 at the foul line in the final minute.
•    In Northeast Conference play, Andre Snoddy is grabbing a league-best 10.4 rpg, while also averaging a double-double with 10.4 ppg. In league play he is shooting 47.5% from the field.
•    Jay Rodgers ranks 2nd in assist-turnover ratio (3.9) in NEC play. He has 39 assists against just 13 turnovers in 325 minutes. He has turned the ball over just 6x across the last 7+ games.
•    Kellen Amos is scoring 15.3 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 (6th, 2.1), 3fg% (11th, .379), FG% (14th, .466).
•    Nigel Scantlebury scored all 18 of his points in the second half at FDU. He played 19 minutes and shot 4-of-9 from the field and went 8-for-8 at the foul line.

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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