November 9, 2023
Women's Basketball Travels to Syracuse for Friday Night Matchup
The women's basketball team is set to play Syracuse on Friday night in the JMA Wireless Dome at 7 PM.
The women's basketball team is set to play The Syracuse Orange on Friday night at 7 PM in the JMA Wireless Dome.
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OPENING NOTES
- Central Connecticut opened the 2022-23 season with a 52-35 defeat at Manhattan on Monday.
- Samora Watson finished the game with 15 points and nine rebounds.
- Belle Lanpher scored 14 points and added three assists in the loss on Monday.
- Way Veney began her first season at Central Connecticut. Her squad returned two starters and a total of five letter winners.
- CCSU will travel to Syracuse on Friday the 10th then to Saint Peter's on the 13th and Bryant on the 17th before playing their home opener on Nov. 21st vs Umass Lowell. uuWITH A CCSU WIN ...Central would win its first game vs Syracuse (0-3 all-time).
Way Veney would receive her first win as a Blue Devil.
WITH A CCSU WIN...
- Central would win its first game vs Syracuse (0-3 all-time).
- Way Veney would receive her first win as a Blue Devil.
WHAT TO KNOW
- CCSU returnees contributed 32.4 points per game and 8.1 rebounds per game last season. The Blue Devils return 57% of their scoring and just 23.3% of their rebounding production.
- The Blue Devils ranked seventh in offensive with 56.8 ppg and fourth on the defensive end (64.4 ppg) in the NEC.
- Belle Lanpher finished the season ranked among the top 15 in five statistical categories in the conference. She ranked in the top 50 nationally in foul shooting, while ranking first in the NEC, at .850.
- She was also seventh in the league in scoring, 11th in assists, and shot a 44.1 percent clip from the field. She earned NEC All-Second Team last season and was picked as a preseason NEC first-teamer.
HISTORY VS SYRACUSE
- Series Record: 0-3
- First Meeting: L,74-43 12/30/14; Last Meeting: L, 95-63 12/5/21
