Men's Basketball Set for Blue Out on Thursday Against Sacred Heart
The Central Connecticut men's basketball team hosts Sacred Heart in an important Northeast Conference matchup on Thursday. The game is be presented by A&A Office Systems powered by UBEO and fans are encouraged to wear CCSU blue for a "Blue Out". The matchup features two of the top three teams in the NEC standings.
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The Blue Devils and Pioneers will be meeting for the first time this season. SHU has won 15 straight in the series. The squads will match up again on Feb. 24.
OPENING NOTES
• Central Connecticut returns home to host a pair of Northeast Conference games this week. The Blue Devils meet Sacred Heart for the first time this season on Thursday.
• 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 play FDU on Saturday in a game set for ESPN+ and YES Network before playing three straight road games.
WITH A WIN TODAY ...
• The Blue Devils would improve to 7-3 in their last 10 home NEC contests.
• Central would end a 15-game skid against Sacred Heart, recording its first win in the series since Feb. 21, 2015.
• CCSU would improve to 8-2 in NEC for its best 10-game start since 2006-07 (9-1).
• Central would match its winningest season since 2017-18 (14).
LOOSE ENDS...
• CCSU ranks 12th nationally, committing just 14.0 fouls per game.
• Dating back to the 2021-22 season, Central Connecticut has won 4 straight one-point games. Last loss: Jan. 21, 2022•67-68 at SFU
• CCSU leads the NEC with 64 dunks as a team.
• The Blue Devils have won 4 straight overtime games dating back to Feb. 5, 2022.
• Central has surpassed its previous season's win total in 3 straight season under head coach Patrick Sellers. In 10 seasons from the program's last winning season (2010-11, 19-12) until Sellers was named head coach, CCSU was just 86-207 (.294).
• The Blue Devils have committed 16.0 turnovers per game in the past 2 contests. CCSU matched a season-high with 17 turnovers at Merrimack.
NOTABLES
• CCSU leads the NEC in a host of transition scoring categories. Made FG in Transition (150), PPP in Transition (1.158), FG% in Transition (.610), eFG% in Transition (.663), 3P% in Transition (.448).
