Men's Basketball Wraps Road Swing at UMass Lowell on Saturday
The Central Connecticut men's basketball team travels to UMass Lowell on Saturdayto wrap up a three-game road swing. The 5:00 p.m. game will be carried on ESPN+.
CCSU GAME NOTES | HOME GAME PROGRAM LINKS | UMASS LOWELL GAME NOTES
LIVESTATS | WATCH (ESPN+) | AUDIO | TICKETS
The Blue Devils and River Hawks are meeting for the first time since 2021. CCSU leads the all-time series, 11-5, but has dropped the past two matchups.
OPENING NOTES
• Central Connecticut wraps up a 3-game road swing with Saturday's game at UMass Lowell.
• 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 River Hawks have played in six of the past eight seasons, splitting the matchups. The teams did not meet last season or during 2020-21.
• CCSU will return home and host Northeastern on Tuesday night. The Blue Devils will play at Fordham (Dec. 21) and host Saint Elizabeth (Dec. 30) to wrap up non-conference play.
WITH A CCSU WIN ...
• Central would win its 4th non-conference game, its most since the 2018-19 season (6).
• CCSU would end UMass Lowell's 20-game homecourt win streak and end a two-game slide in the series.
• The Blue Devils would win at UMass Lowell for the first time since Dec. 23, 2017.
NOTABLES
• 251 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.
• Jayden Brown has started every game this season, after not starting a contest during the 2022-23 campaign.
• Brown ranks among the Top-15 in the NEC in field goal pct. (6th, .533), blocked shots (6th, 1.1), free throw pct. (9th, .750) and offensive rebounds (15th, 1.3).
• The 6-foot-8 junior has scored double figures 2 times, including a season-high 15 points at UMass.
• Defensively, Brown has rejected 2+ blocked shots in 3 games.
• Jordan Jones has settled into the starting lineup over the past 7 games. He's playing 22.6 minutes and averaging 11.1 points, 3.6 rebounds, 2.9 assists, 1.9 steals and a 2.0 assist-turnover ratio.
• His first start came on Nov. 13 vs. Framingham State came with 13 points, 5 rebounds and 3 steals.
• He leads the Blue Devils with 1.8 steals per game. His steal rate is 66th nationally, getting a steal in 4.3% of opponent possessesions.
• Jones ranks among the NEC Top-10 in steals, 3pt FG made (9th, 1.8), FG percentage (7th, .493), and assists (10th, 2.4).
• 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.
