Men's Basketball Hosts Framingham State in Home-Opener on Monday
The Central Connecticut men's basketball team faces in-state foe Quinnipiac on Friday afternoon. The game is slated for a 4 p.m. tipoff and will be carried on ESPN+. The teams will meet for the third straight season.
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Central will be facing Quinnipiac for the third straight season, and the 72nd time in the series. The schools did not meet from February, 2013 until November, 2021.
OPENING NOTES
• Central welcomes Framingham State to New Britain for its home-opener after playing its first two games of the campaign on the road.
• Head coach Patrick Sellers is in his third season at the helm of his alma mater.
• The Blue Devils and Rams are meeting for the first time, while CCSU is playing a non-D-I foe for the first time since Dec. 29, 2019 when it defeated Connecticut College, 89-55.
• CCSU will remain home and host Manhattan on Sunday, Nov. 19, before embarking on a stretch of playing five of six games on the road.
WITH A CCSU WIN ...
• Central would pick up its first win of the season.
• The Blue Devils would win their first home game of the season.
• CCSU would win its first home-opener since 2018-19, ending a span of four games.
• CCSU would snap a 5-game losing streak dating back to Feb. 18, 2023 (94-90, at Stonehill).
NOTABLES
• Patrick Sellers is one of 50 head coaches nationally to currently be head coach at their alma mater. Sellers played at CCSU from 1987-91.
• Sellers played for the Blue Devils from 1987-91 and was team captain (1991) and ECC Defensive Player of the Year (1991) in his career.
• NEC coaches; Sellers, Joe Gallo (Merrimack), Chris Kraus (Stonehill), Rob Krimmel (SFU) and Nate Champion (Le Moyne) lead their alma mater.
• 244 straight games with a three-pointer. The last game CCSU had without a made 3-pointer: Jan. 31, 2015 at Wagner (0-for-6).
• Central has posted 2 of its top 10 single-season three-point totals in the first two seasons under coach Sellers, including 204 in 2022-23.
• At Wagner on Jan. 20, 2023, Central had one three-pointer for the first time since going 1-for-8 on Jan. 7, 2017 vs. Mount St. Mary's.
• Allan Jeanne-Rose scored 21 points (8-10 fg, 3-4 3fg) with 5 rebounds, 2 steals and 2 assists in 24 minutes at URI in his first game with CCSU.
• In that game, Jeanne-Rose and Jayden Brown started for CCSU and combined to play 47 minutes, while committing 0 turnovers.
• Jeanne-Rose has led CCSU in scoring through two games, while shooting .762 (16-21) overall from the field and .600 (3-5) on trifectas.
• Central recorded 7 blocked shots at URI, including three in the opening four minutes. CCSU ranked 3rd in the NEC in blocked shots last season.
• Joe Ostrowsky started his first game of the season at Quinnipiac and matched a career-high with 8 rebounds. He also had 5 points, 5 assists (0 turnovers), 2 steals and a block in 34 minutes.
• Jordan Jones played 29 minutes off the bench at Quinnipiac and contributed 13 points, 3 assists and 3 steals. In 2022-23, he ranked 3rd nationally in D-II in steals (2.59) and 6th in assists (6.5).
• Jordan Jones, a transfer from D-II Coker where he averaged 10.1 points, 4.2 assists and was an All-South Atlantic Conference 2nd Team pick.
• Jones is a native of Florence, SC, also the hometown of head coach Patrick Sellers. Jones attended Trinity Collegiate School, while Sellers went to Wilson HS.
• Jones was a 2x region player of the year at Trinity Collegiate School, while also winning a football state championship and a track region championship.