Women's Basketball Travels to FDU Thursday

The Central Connecticut women's basketball team travels to Hackensack, NJ to take on FDU in a Northeast Conference matchup at the Bogota Savings Bank Center. The game will air on NEC Front Row at 8:00pm.

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The Central Connecticut State Blue Devils (4-14, 2-3 NEC) won their first two conference games vs Stonehill and Saint Francis. They recently fell to Merrimack on Monday, January 15, and LIU on Sunday the 21st. The Knights look to extend a three-game win streak while the Blue Devils look to snap theirs. 

OPENING NOTES

• FDU welcomes Central Connecticut to The Bogota Savings Bank Center for their 34th matchup on Thursday night. Central leads the overall series 17-16.
• Head coach Way Veney is in her first season at the helm of the Blue Devils.
• This will start a three-game road skid for Central. They are back home Saturday, February 1st at 1:00 vs Merrimack.

WITH A CCSU WIN...

• The Blue Devils would capture their first road win since January 19th of last year at LIU.
• CCSU would move to 3-3 and jump to third place in the Northeast Conference Standings.

NOTABLES

• The Blue Devils total 57.1 points per game, which is fewer than the 64 Fairleigh Dickinson allows per contest.
• CCSU's record this season is only 2-4 when it scores at least 64 points.
• The Blue Devils make 75.7 percent of their free throws as a team, the best in the NEC. Belle Lanpher hits 2.8 free throws per game to lead Central while knocking down a league-leading 85 percent of her attempts at the line.
• Samora Watson leads Central in scoring, averaging 15.9 points and 5.6 rebounds per game.
• Lanpher is the team's top passer, putting up 3.1 assists to go with 13.2 points per game.
• The Blue Devils are led on the board by Meghan Kenefick, who pulls down 5.6 boards per game in addition to averaging 8.8 points.