Men's Basketball Welcomes Le Moyne to Detrick Gymnasium on Friday

January 18, 2024

The Central Connecticut men's basketball team welcomes Le Moyne to Detrick Gymnasium on Friday night for a Northeast Conference matchup. The game welcomes students back to campus and will be highlighted by a halftime youth dance clinic performance.

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The Blue Devils and Dolphins are meeting for the first time as Northeast Conference rivals.

OPENING NOTES

•    Central Connecticut hosts Le Moyne on Friday in the first meeting between the schools as members of the Northeast Conference.
•    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 will play at LIU (Jan. 21) and at FDU (Jan. 25).

WITH A CCSU WIN ...

•    Central would open Northeast Conference play 4-0 for the first time since 2011-12 (5-0).
•    The Blue Devils would remain the lone remaining unbeaten team in conference play.
•    CCSU would be 3 games above .500 through 17 games for the first time since 2010-11 (10-7).
•    CCSU would have a 6-game win streak for the first time since Jan. 20-Feb. 9, 2011 (7).
•    Central would match its season win total from 2022-23 with 12 regular season games to play.
•    The Blue Devils would win their third straight home game.

NOTABLES

•    Allan Jeanne-Rose is shooting 58.3% from the field - 2nd in the NEC (42nd nationally) - while scoring 16.4 ppg, while adding 4.8 rpg.
•    Jeanne-Rose is scoring a league-high 23.3 ppg in NEC play, while shooting .531 from the field.
•    He has scored 22+ points in each NEC contest and earned Player of the Week on Jan. 17 after posting 24.0 ppg and 7.0 rpg in two wins.
•    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 6 times, including a 25-point effort against Manhattan when he shot 11-of-15 from the field.

•    The Blue Devils' win over Merrimack ended the Warriors' 14-game unbeaten streak in Northeast Conference play.
•    Central was the first NEC team to defeat MC since FDU back on Jan. 28, 2023 (78-71).

•    Since 1997-98, 39 teams have started NEC play 3-0 or better, including CCSU this season.
•    Of the 37 teams that began 3-0 before this season, only 8 went on to win the regular season title. Similarly, just 8 teams went on to capture the NEC Tournament crown.
•    Central began the 1999-00 season by going 12-0 enroute to winning the league title and going 15-3 in conference play.
•    CCSU started 5-0 in 2011-12 before finishing tied for 5th.