Women's Basketball Dominates at Home vs St. Francis

Central Connecticut had three players score in double digits in their 61-37 victory at home vs St. Francis Saturday afternoon. 

GAME INFORMATION

Score: CCSU 61, St. Francis PA 37

Records: CCSU (4-11) (2-0) NEC, St. Francis PA (2-14) (1-2) NEC

Location: Detrick Gym | New Britain, CT

KEY MOMENTS 

• The Blue Devils and Red Flash were scoreless through seven minutes of play until Ally Sentance went coast to coast for the first points of the contest at the 7:29 mark.
• Belle Lanpher converted an and-one with 4:01 left in the first that gave Central an early 9-3 lead.
• A late first-quarter burst from Central Connecticut included baskets from Belle Lanpher and Cierra Pearson with 0:25 left that gave Central a 15-5 lead to end the first quarter.
• The Blue Devils opened the second quarter with a jumper from Meghan Kenefick to give Central a 17-5 lead at the 8:35 mark. 
• St. Francis broke a five-minute scoring drought with a basket followed by a three-pointer from Destini Ward to cut the Blue Devil lead to 17-10 at the 6:26 mark in the second quarter.
• Central Connecticut extended their lead to 29-14 with two old-fashioned three-pointers from Alonna Sellers and Samora Watson with 1:39 left to go in the first half.  
• St. Francis PA came out in the third quarter with two straight baskets to cut Central's lead to nine (29-20) with 8:52 left in the third.
• Alonna Sellers scored five straight points including her second and one of the contest that gave Central a 36-22 lead with 7:29 left in the third stanza.
• Belle Lanpher knocked down Central's first triple of the game at the 3:57 mark in the third to give them their biggest (41-22) lead of the game.  

NUMBERS TO KNOW 

2 - The Blue Devils are 2-0 in conference play for the first time since the 2016-17 season when they made it to the Conference Semi-finals. 

24 - 24 points is the largest margin of victory in a conference game by Central Connecticut since 3/25/17 vs St. Francis Brooklyn. 

NOTES:

• St. Francis still leads the all-time series, 28-16, and The Blue Devils start a one-game win streak vs the Red Flash.
• Belle Lanpher led all scorers with 17 points. She added three steals, an assist, and four rebounds. 
• The Blue Devils held The Red Flash to 16.7% shooting from the field while CCSU shot 53.8% from the floor in the first quarter.
• Central put together a 24-point third quarter to take their largest lead of the game (53-28).  

UP NEXT:

The Blue Devils will play their next conference game at Merrimack on Jan 15th at 3:00 PM.