Women’s Basketball Hosts UAlbany for Faculty Appreciation Night

The Central Connecticut women's basketball team will host 'Faculty Appreciation Night'' on Wednesday night versus the Great Danes of UAlbany. The game will tip-off at 7:00 pm at the Detrick Gym. Admission is free for the entirety of the women's basketball regular season. 

Saturday night we will also be giving out ice scrapers to the first 100 fans thanks to our sponsors at Achieve Financial Credit Union!

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The Blue Devils and Great Danes are meeting for the fifth time. UAlbany is 1-3 against CCSU, all-time.

OPENING NOTES

• Central Connecticut welcomes UAlbany to Detrick Gymnasium on Wednesday for Faculty Appreciation Night. 
• Head Coach Way Veney is in her first season at the helm of the Blue Devils and is 1-1 at home so far this season.
• The Blue Devils and Great Danes will meet for the first time since 2021 and CCSU will host for just the third time. 
• CCSU will play its next game on the road at Seton Hall before returning home to host Colgate on Dec. 18th for the 'Kids Day Out' game at 11:00 am.

WITH A CCSU WIN …

• Central would collect its second home victory.
• The Blue Devils would defeat Albany for the second time in their history and for the first time since 2018. 
• Central would defeat its second America East opponent this season.

NOTABLES

• The Blue Devils have the best turnover margin in the league (3.25). They force 18.5 turnovers a game which ranks second in the conference.
• CCSU has two of the top five NEC leaders in steals per game. Belle Lanpher averages 2.5 and Samora Watson averages 2 a game.
• Samora Watson came off the bench after not traveling with the team vs Illinois on Wednesday due to illness. The sophomore had a career night, scoring 38 points, with 5 rebounds and 2 steals.
• Watson leads the conference in FG% at a .433 clip. She leads the team along with being second in the conference in scoring (16.4ppg). Watson is also second on the team in rebounding (4.1pg).
• Central is among the best free-throw shooting teams in the Northeast Conference at 72.3%.
• The Blue Devils have made 77% of their foul shots in the last three games, led by Belle Lanpher who ranks fourth in the conference at 81%.
• Meghan Kenefick leads the team in blocks with 1.1 per game. The senior tallied 3 vs Fairfield and has had multiple blocks or steals in each of the last three games.