Men's Basketball and FDU to Play TV Game Set for YES Network and ESPN+

The Central Connecticut men's basketball team faces FDU on Saturday in a Northeast Conference game set to be shown on YES Network and ESPN+. The game will be called by Dave Popkin and Tykera Carter. The game will feature friendship bracelets for younger fans for the Taylor/Travis game on the eve of the Super Bowl.

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The Blue Devils and Knights are meeting for the second time this season. CCSU won at FDU, 76-60, on Jan. 25.

OPENING NOTES
•    Central Connecticut hosts FDU for a TV game set to air on YES Network and ESPN+. Dave Popkin (play-by-play) and Tykera Carter (analyst) will call the action.
•    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 will play their next three games on the road, while having a bye on Feb. 17. CCSU has clinched a NEC Tournament berth and closes the regular season with two home games.

WITH A WIN TODAY ...
•     The Blue Devils would improve to 8-2 in their last 10 NEC games.
•    Central would sweep the season from FDU and post a 3rd straight win in the series overall.
•    CCSU would improve to 9-2 in NEC for its best league start since 2006-07 (14-1).
•    Central would win 15+ games for the first time since 2010-11 (19-12).

LOOSE ENDS...
•    CCSU ranks 13th 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 68 dunks as a team. Kellen Amos (20) and Allan Jeanne-Rose (19)pace the Blue Devils. Central had 4 dunks in Thursday's win vs. Sacred Heart.
•    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 16.7 turnovers per game in the past 3 contests. CCSU has a -9 turnover margin in that span and had a season-high 18 turnovers vs. Sacred Heart.

NOTABLES
•    Since beginning conference play, Central has been making shots at a .465 clip, which stands 2nd in the league rankings.
•    In NEC play only, Jayden Brown ranks 2nd with a .627 field goal pct. Allan Jeanne-Rose shoots .500 (7th), while Abdul Momoh doesn't qualify for the leaderboard, he converts at a .654 clip.
•    CCSU shot 54.5% against FDU on Feb. 10 and have not shot less than 40.4% from the field in league play (LIU, Jan. 21).

•    Jordan Jones scored 33 points vs. Sacred Heart - the 5th highest single-game scoring total in the Northeast Conference this season.
•    It was the most points scored by a Blue Devil since Kellen Amos had 36 against St. Francis Brooklyn on Dec. 31, 2022.
•    Jones was 11-of-16 (.689) from the field and hit a career-high 5 three-pointers, while converting 6-of-7 from the foul line.
•    Jones' 2nd half total of 22 points matched his previous scoring best.

•    CCSU blocks 5.1 shots per game - 24th in the nation.  Jayden Brown (1.5) ranks 4th in the NEC, while Abdul Momoh (1.0), Kellen Amos (1.0) and Allan Jeanne-Rose (0.8) also rank among the top 10 shotblockers.
•    With 115 blocked shots on the season as a team, the Blue Devils have the 9th-best mark in program history.
•    The Blue Devils had 8 blocked shots against Saint Francis U, including 4 by Jayden Brown - a career-high.
•    Central has recorded 5+ blocked shots in a game 12x this season, including a season-high 9 vs. Saint Elizabeth.