CCSU Defeats Colgate on 'Kids Day Out'

The Central Connecticut Women's Basketball Team captured their second victory of the season with a 69-54 win over the Colgate Raiders Wednesday morning at the Detrick gym.

GAME INFORMATION

Score: CCSU 69, COLGATE 54
Records: CCSU (2-9), Colgate (5-4)
Location: Detrick Gymnasium | New Britain, CT

KEY MOMENTS

• Central Connecticut trailed 7-2 2:32 into the first quarter. Key stops led to quick offense for the Blue Devils as they went on a 15-2 run to end the quarter to lead 17-9 after the first stanza.
• CCSU picked up where they left off and opened the second quarter with two steals and two baskets from Ally Sentace and Samora Watson gave Central an early 19-9 lead in the quarter.
• Three-pointers from Ally Sentence and Meghan Kenefick in the second quarter helped Central build on to their lead and CCSU went into the locker room with a 31-21 lead.
• Meghan Kenefick opened the quarter with two baskets to give the Blue Devils an early 35-21 lead 0:54 minutes into the third. 
• CCSU ended the third quarter leading the Raiders 51-34 and shot 10-of-17 from FG range. 
• Colgate cut Central's lead to 61-50 with 2:17 left to go in the final frame, but a charge drawn by Belle Lanpher and a layup on the other end for the Blue Devils put the game out of reach. CCSU took home the victory with a final score of 69 to 54. 

NUMBERS TO KNOW

12 - Ally Sentence earned her second start of the season and scored a career-high 12 points in 31:51 minutes for the Blue Devils.

1,200 - There were an estimated 1,200 kids from local Elementry schools that joined the Blue Devils in their Monday morning matchup 

NOTES

• The Blue Devils extend their record to 3-0 vs the Raiders dating back to 2004
• CCSU outscored Colgate 17 to 9 in the first quarter and shot 53.3% from the floor and held The Raiders to 4-of-15 shooting.
• Samora Watson led all scorers with 26 points and tallied her first double-double of the game on 11 of 16 shooting and added 12 rebounds.
• CCSU shot a season-high 52.7% from the floor and held The Raiders to 21-

UP NEXT 

The Blue Devils travel to Happy Valley to take on Penn State on Wednesday at 11:30 AM.