Men's Basketball Hosts Wagner in NEC Semifinals Saturday
The Central Connecticut men's basketball team hosts sixth-seeded Wagner in the Northeast Conference Tournament semifinals on Saturday in Detrick Gymnasium. The top-seeded Blue Devils and Seahawks will tip off at 2:00 p.m.
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The Blue Devils and Seahawks are meeting in the postseason for the first time since 2018 (Wagner, 73-61). CCSU won both meetings this season by one point.
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 hosts Wagner in the NEC Semifinals on Saturday at 2:00 p.m.
• CCSU won both meetings in the regular season by one point each time.
• The winner of Saturday's game will play Merrimack or Le Moyne on Tuesday.
WITH A WIN TODAY ...
• The Blue Devils would advance to the NEC Championship for the first time since 2006-07.
• CCSU would improve to 11-0 all-time as the #1 seed in the NEC Tournament.
• Central would have a 6-game win streak for the first time since Jan. 20-Feb. 9, 2011 (7).
• CCSU would win its 8th straight home game and 12th home game of the season.
• Central would win 21+ games for the first time since 2006-07 (22-12).
LOOSE ENDS...
• Allan Jeanne-Rose had a game score of 26.1 on Wednesday, which was #2 nationally for the day. He is just the 9th player nationally since 2018-19 to have at least 28 points, while shooting at least .909 from the field and go at least 3-3 on three-pointers.
• CCSU ranks 7th nationally, committing just 13.5 fouls per game.
• With 20 wins, CCSU has surpassed its win total from the previous 2 seasons combined. In the 10 previous seasons since its last winning season(2010-11, 19-12) until Patrick Sellers was head coach, CCSU was just 86-207 (.294).
• With 13 NEC wins, Central had its most league wins since going 16-2 in 2006-07.
• CCSU is 5-3 against NEC opponents in 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. Two came vs. Wagner this season.
• CCSU leads the NEC with 79 dunks, led by Kellen Amos (22) and Allan Jeanne-Rose (22).
• The Blue Devils have made 203 three-pointers on the season - the 8th highest single season total in program history.
NOTABLES
• Central earned the top seed in the tournament and will be at home throughout the NEC postseason.
• CCSU has won 11 home games for the first time since 2010-11.
• Central is 10-0 all-time in the NEC Tournament as the #1 seed.
• Patrick Sellers is guiding the Blue Devils into the NEC Tournament for the 3rd time and as the #1 seed for the first time since 2006-07.
• Sellers was an assistant at CCSU from 1999-2003, winning a pair of NEC titles with the program to advance to the NEC Tournament.
• He has been the NCAA Tournament 8 times with four different schools, including the 2009 Final Four with UConn.
• Allan Jeanne-Rose is shooting 55.5% from the field - 2nd in the NEC (51st nationally) - while scoring 15.6 ppg, and adding 4.8 rpg.
• Jeanne-Rose is among the league leaders in 6 statistical categories, including ranking among the Top 5 in scoring and FG pct. in ALL games.
• He scored 22+ points in each of the first 3 NEC contests, earning Player of the Week on Jan. 17 with 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 8 times, including a career-high 28 vs. SFU.
