Women's Basketball Hosts St. Francis Brooklyn For Senior Night Thursday

The Central Connecticut women's basketball team closes the 2019-2020 season on Thursday, March 5 when it hosts St. Francis Brooklyn. The team will honor its three seniors prior to tip-off at 7 p.m. The game will be streamed live on NEC Front Row. Central looks to close the year with back-to-back wins for the first time this season. The Blue Devils recently defeated LIU 71-57 on Monday night, while the Terriers enter Thursday's contest on a three-game skid.

GAMEDAY INFORMATION

CCSU (3-25, 2-15 NEC) vs. St. Francis Brooklyn (8-20, 4-13 NEC)

Thursday | March 5 | 7:00 PM

Detrick Gymnasium | New Britain, CT

Video | Live Stats | @KizerBlueDevil (In-game tweets)

GAME NOTES | CCSU

Last Time Out • The Blue Devils snapped an eight-game skid with a 71-57 win over LIU on Monday. Central entered the final quarter trailing by one point and outscored the Sharks 21-6 in the fourth, while shooting 66.7 percent from the floor and holding LIU to under 15 percent shooting. Four Blue Devils hit double-figures led by Forever Toppin who dropped a career-high 18 points. Ashley Berube was one rebound shy of a double finishing with 10 points and nine rebounds. Dejah Jenkins was a spark off the bench scoring nine points in eight minutes played.

Series History with St. Francis Brooklyn • This is the 33rd meeting between the Blue Devils and Terriers. Central holds a 30-12 advantage in the overall series despite being swept by SFBK last season. In the last 10 meetings, CCSU leads 6-4 and three of the games have gone into overtime.

Most Recent for the Terriers • The Terriers enter the contest on a three-game slump, recently falling to Merrimack 72-54 Monday night. Abby Anderson (19 pts, 11 rbs) and Ally Lassen (17 pts, 12 rebs) led SFBK against the Warriors. St. Francis Brooklyn sits at four conference wins and along with CCSU will not clinch a spot in the 2020 NEC Tournament regardless of the outcome on Thursday night.