Women's Basketball Set to Play FDU on Saturday

The Central Connecticut State University women's basketball team will hit the road on Saturday to face Fairleigh Dickinson at 1:00pm in Hackensack, NJ. The Blue Devils will be looking to improve their record to 18-13 against the Knights. The last time Central defeated FDU was on December 20th, 2020 when they secured a 77-56 victory. 

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• Dejah Jenkins led the Blue Devils in scoring against SFU with 19 points. This is a new career high for Jenkins and she has now scored in double figures in nine out of 14 games played this season. She is currently ranked 7th in scoring in the NEC at 11.6 points per game and was named a Prime Performer for the week of 1/9. 

• Belle Lanpher also scored in double-figures, securing 14 points as well as three assists and two rebounds. Meghan Kenefick led the Blue Devils on the boards with 10 rebounds. 

• The Blue Devils scored 23 points in the third quarter against SFU and now have 20 or more points in seven quarters this season 

• Forever Toppin was the leading scorer for CCSU against Saint Francis Brooklyn on Friday night. She had 17 points, followed by Lara Rohkohl with 12, and Dejah Jenkins with 11. Toppin also tallied three assists, two steals, and two rebounds. 

• Lara Rohkohl achieved a double-double, leading the team in rebounding with 14 rebounds, 10 being offensive, and scoring 12 points. Rohkohl is third in the NEC with 7.2 rebounds per game and the Blue Devils lead the conference in offensive rebounds at 12.2 per game. 

• CCSU had 22 offensive rebounds against SFBK that led to 15 second-chance points. 

• The Blue Devils recorded 12 steals against SFBK, the third game this season with double-digit steals 

• Two Blue Devils are in the top-10 in the league in rebounding, with Lara Rohkohl at 4th (6.8 per game) and Meghan Kenefick at 6th (6.1 per game).