Men's Basketball Travels to Saint Francis U on Saturday

January 11, 2024

The Central Connecticut men's basketball team returns to action with a Northeast Conference tilt at Saint Francis U on Saturday. The 4:00 p.m. game will be streamed on NEC Front Row.

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The Blue Devils and Red Flash will play again on February 1. SFU leads the all-time series, 28-24, and won the last meeting in the NEC Tournament.

OPENING NOTES
•    Central Connecticut returns to action on Saturday at Saint Francis U ahead of a two-game Northeast Conference homestand.
•    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.
•    Central hosts Merrimack for its first league home game on Jan. 15.

WITH A CCSU WIN ...
•    Central would open Northeast Conference play 2-0 for the first time since the 2011-12 season.
•    CCSU would win its NEC-leading 5th road game of the season.
•    Central would win its 4th consecutive road game for the first time since winning 6 straight from Jan. 13 - Feb. 15, 2007.
•    CCSU would be above .500 through 15 games for the first time since 2017-18 (8-7).
•    The Blue Devils would consecutive NEC road games since Jan. 10-12, 2019.
•    CCSU would win four games in a row for the first time since from Feb. 8-16, 2023.

NOTABLES
•    Allan Jeanne-Rose is shooting 60.4% from the field - 1st in the NEC (31st nationally). He leads the Blue Devils and is 3rd in the Northeast Conference in scoring (15.4 ppg), while adding 4.5 rpg and 1.7 apg.
•    A 6-7 forward, Jeanne-Rose had his first career double-double with 19 points and 12 rebounds at Boston College.
•    He has scored 20+ points four times, including a 25-point effort against Manhattan when he shot 11-of-15 from the field.

•    CCSU is 2nd in the Northeast Conference with 5.0 blocked shots per game. Kellen Amos (1.1), and Jayden Brown (1.1) rank 5th in the NEC, while Abdul Momoh (1.0) and Allan Jeanne-Rose (0.9) are in the Top 10.
•    Central has recorded 8+ blocked shots in a game 4x this season, including a season-high 9 vs. Saint Elizabeth.
•    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.

•    Central has competed in the Northeast Conference since 1997-98 and has an all-time record of 226-259 (.466) in the regular season, going 129-104 (.554) at home and 94-140 (.402) on the road. Year-by-year:
   1997-98: 3-13 | 1998-99: 11-9 | 1999-00: 15-3 | 2000-01: 11-9
   2001-02: 19-1 | 2002-03: 12-6 | 2003-04: 9-9 | 2004-05: 8-10
   2005-06: 13-5 | 2006-07: 16-2 | 2007-08: 10-8 | 2008-09: 8-10
   2009-10: 9-9 | 2010-11: 11-7 | 2011-12: 10-8 | 2012-13: 9-9
   2013-14: 7-9 | 2014-15: 3-15 | 2015-16: 3-15 | 2016-17: 4-14
   2017-18: 7-11 | 2018-19: 5-13 | 2019-20: 3-15 | 2019-20: 3-15
   2020-21: 5-13 | 2021-22: 5-13 | 2022-23: 7-9 | 2023-24: 1-0
•    CCSU is 16-15 (.516) in NEC postseason games and have won the conference title on three occasions (2000, 2002, 2007).