Men's Basketball Begins Road Swing at Boston College on Tuesday

December 4, 2023

The Central Connecticut men's basketball team begins a three-game road stretch with a contest at Boston College on Tuesday. The 6:00 p.m. game will be carried on the ACC Network.

The Blue Devils and BC are meeting for the seventh time. The Eagles have won the previous six meetings.

OPENING NOTES
•    Central Connecticut begins a three-game road swing with a contest at Boston College.
•    Head coach Patrick Sellers is in his third season at the helm of his alma mater and has improved the team's win total over the previous season in each campaign.
•    The Blue Devils and Eagles are meeting for the first time since the 2019-20 season.
•    Former BC head coach (1971-77) Bob Zuffelato is a 1959 graduate of CCSU and is also a member of the school's Athletics Hall of Fame. He is also a long-time NBA coach and scout.
•    CCSU travels to Maine (Dec. 9) and UMass Lowell (Dec. 16) before returning home.

WITH A CCSU WIN ...
•    Central would collect its third straight win overall, and its second straight on the road.
•    The Blue Devils would have a three-game win streak for the first time since Feb. 11-18, 2023. CCSU won four games in a row from Feb. 8-16, 2023.
•    Central would post its first win in seven meetings with Boston College.

NOTABLES
•    CCSU leads the Northeast Conference with 5.9 blocked shots per game. Abdul Momoh (1.4) and Jayden Brown (1.4) rank 4th in the NEC, while Kellen Amos (1.3) is 7th and Allan Jeanne-Rose (0.9) is 10th.
•    Central has 8 rejections in consecutive games and 3x this season, matching its season-high total from the 2022-23 season.
•    The Blue Devils recorded 7 blocked shots in the opener at URI, including three in the opening four minutes.
•    CCSU rejected 122 shots as a team in 2022-23, the 7th best single-season mark in program history.

•    Kellen Amos is showing a complete game this season, leading CCSU with 4.1 assists per game, 4.9 rebounds, and a 2.4 assist-turnover ratio.
•    Amos had his first double-double with 12 points and 10 rebounds against Holy Cross, to go with 6 assists.
•    He had a career-high 7 dimes against 1 turnover at UMass.
•    This season, Amos has matched or surpassed his previous career-high of 4 assists in a game 4x, while leading the team in 4 games.

•    Jayden Brown has started all 7 games this season, after not starting a game during the 2022-23 campaign.
•    Brown ranks among the Top-15 in the NEC in field goal pct. (3rd, .71), blocked shots (4th, 1.4) and free throw pct. (15th, .712).
•    The 6-foot-8 junior has scored a season-high 15 points at UMass, when he was a career-best 6-of-7 at the free thrown line.
•    Defensively, Brown has been impactful with 2+ blocked shots in 4 games, including 3 of the past 5 contests.

•    Jordan Jones has started the past 5 games. He made his first start vs. Framingham State, scoring 13 points with 5 rebounds and 3 steals.
•    He has scored career-best in consecutve games, most recently posting 18 points on 6-of-11 shooting against Holy Cross.
•    He leads the Blue Devils with 12 steals, averaging 1.7 per game.
•    In 2022-23, he ranked 3rd nationally in the D-2 ranks in steals (2.59) and 6th in assists (6.5) at Coker (SC) University.