Women's Basketball to Host FDU on Saturday Afternoon

Central Connecticut will host Fairleigh Dickinson on Saturday afternoon at Detrick Gymnasium. Tipoff is set for 1:00pm. This will be the second time this season that the Blue Devils and the Knights will go head-to-head. They fell to FDU earlier this year, 59-53, on January 14th, 2023. CCSU will be looking to improve their all time record against FDU to 27-24.

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• CCSU had 10 players collect at least three rebounds against UHart on 2/8, for a season-best 50 total rebounds. The Blue Devils also had 10 players score at least two points  
• Lanpher opened 4-5 from the field and scored 11 of her game-high 19 points in Q1. She also handed out six assists and secured six rebounds. Lanpher has now scored in double figures in 11 out of her 17 games played this season and seven out of her last eight.
• Kenefick tallied 11 of her 14 points in the second half 
• Toppin tallied eight points to go along with a season high seven rebounds, while Rohkohl finished the reverse, with seven points and a game-best eight rebounds 
• Jenkins also collected eight rebounds, tallied five points, and recorded three steals 
• The Blue Devils held a 36-14 edge on points in the paint
• The Blue Devils scored 26 points in  the first quarter and now have 20 or more points in 14 quarters this season. 
• The Blue Devils had two players score 20+ points in their win over SHU for the first time since January 31st, 2015 (TeJahne Malone (22) and Kayla Miller (20)). Belle Lanpher scored 28 and Forever Toppin finished with 25. 
• Toppin also tallied a career-high of seven steals. Central tallied 13 steals total, the fifth game in the last eight with 10 or more. 
• This was the first time Central defeated the Pioneers since February 3rd, 2018, ending a nine-game losing streak against SHU.
• Belle Lanpher led the Blue Devils against SFBK on 2/2 with a career-high of 30 points.  
• Rohkohl is third in the NEC with 7.1 rebounds per game and third in blocks at 1.1 per game. 
• Meghan Kenefick is also ranked in the top 10 in rebounding at fifth (6.6 per game). She is second in the NEC in minutes per game (35.0).
• Lanpher is ranked in four statistical categories: sixth in scoring (12.9 pts. per game), seventh in 3FGM per game (1.5), eighth in assists (2.6 per game), and tenth in steals (1.4 per game).
• Toppin is ranked second in steals (2.3 per game) and tenth in blocks (0.5 per game).
• Forever Toppin has played in 111 total games in her career at CCSU with 71 starts. 
• Lanpher is 41-51 at the free throw line this season. She is 136-169 for her career, 80.4 percent, which ranks her third in program history.