Men's Basketball Hosts Stonehill for Senior Day on Saturday
The Central Connecticut men's basketball team closes the regular season against Stonehill on Saturday. The Blue Devils will recognize their seniors before the game at 12:50 p.m. Tipoff is set for 1:00 p.m.
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The Blue Devils and Skyhawks are meeting for the second time this season. Central is 28-7 in the series and has won the last two meetings, including a 74-59 win on January 4.
NEC TOURNAMENT TICKETS
• CCSU will host a home quarterfinal game on Wednesday, March 6, at 7 p.m.
• Tickets are on sale at CCSUBlueDevils.com/Tickets2023
• When purchased online, tickets are $12.00 for deluxe chairbacks, $10 for reserved chairbacks, $8.00 for adult general admission and $5.00 for senior and kids general admissions.
• Should the Blue Devils advance to the semifinals, tickets will go on sale to the general public at Noon on Thursday, March 7.
OPENING NOTES
• Central Connecticut closes the regular season at home against Stonehill. The Blue Devils will recognize Kellen Amos, Tre Breland and Allan Jeanne-Rose for Senior Day.
• 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 host an NEC Quarterfinal game for the first time since 2010-11. CCSU has clinched a home semifinal game should it advance that far.
WITH A WIN TODAY ...
• Central would win its 3rd straight against Stonehill and sweep the season series.
• Central would win 19+ games for the first time since 2010-11 (19-12).
LOOSE ENDS...
• The Blue Devils are playing their 500th Northeast Conference game. They are 237-262.
• In order to earn a share of the NEC regular season crown and the tournament's top seed, CCSU needs to win on Saturday and have Merrimack lose at Sacred Heart.
• With 12 NEC wins, Central has its most league wins since going 16-2 in 2006-07.
• CCSU ranks 12th nationally, committing just 13.8 fouls per game.
• With 18 wins, CCSU has matched its win total from the previous 2 seasons combined. In 10 seasons prior (2010-11, 19-12) until Patrick Sellers was head coach, CCSU was 86-207 (.294).
• Jordan Jones became the 40th Blue Devil to reach the 1,000 point-plateau on Thursday.
• CCSU is 5-3 in NEC games decided by 5 points or fewer.
• Dating back to the 2021-22 season, CCSU has won 6 straight 1-point games. Its last one-point loss came on Jan. 21, 2022 in a 67-68 loss at SFU
• CCSU leads the NEC with 76 dunks, led by Kellen Amos (22) and Allan Jeanne-Rose (20).
• Since committing a season-low 5 turnovers against Wagner, CCSU has a -12 turnover margin in the past 6 games. CCSU had a season-high 19 vs. FDU on Feb. 10.
NOTABLES
• Jordan Jones finished with 17 points in Thursday night's win and now has 1,005 career points between CCSU and Coker University.
• Jones became the 40th Blue Devil in program history to score 1,000 career points. He currently ranks 39th on the scoring list.
• 360 (12.9 ppg) of Jone's points have come at Central.
• Tre Breland had a career-high 22 point game at Sacred Heart. He connected on a personal-best 5 three-pointers.
• Breland posted his first career double-double with 15 points and a career-high 12 rebounds at Le Moyne on Feb. 15.
• Sinc becoming a starter he is posting 11.2 ppg, 6.2 rpg, 1.8 spg in a team-high 34.7 minutes in the past 13 games.
• Overall, he is playing 28.6 mpg and averaging 9.8 ppg and 5.1 rpg, while shooting 45.8% overall and 37.0% on three-pointers.
• CCSU blocks 5.0 shots per game - 21st in the nation. Jayden Brown (1.4) ranks 4th in the NEC, while Kellen Amos (1.1), Abdul Momoh (0.9), and Allan Jeanne-Rose (0.7) also rank among the top 12 shotblockers.
• With 140 blocked shots on the season as a team, the Blue Devils have the 5th-best single-season mark in program history.
• This season, CCSU has twice had someone block 4 shots in an NEC game - Jayden Brown (vs. Saint Francis U, 2/1/24), Kellen Amos (at Sacred Heart, 2/24/24).
• Central has recorded 5+ blocked shots in a game 14x this season, including a season-high 9 vs. Saint Elizabeth.
• Since beginning conference play, Central has been making shots at a .444 clip, which is the 3rd best mark in the NEC.
• In NEC play only, Jayden Brown ranks 5th with a .552 field goal pct. Allan Jeanne-Rose shoots .486 (10th), while Abdul Momoh doesn't qualify for the leaderboard, he shoots at a .676 clip.
• Momoh has not missed more than 1 shot in a game since going 1-for-4 at Saint Francis U on Jan. 13. He has just 3 misses in the last 7 games.
