Men's Basketball Goes to Hartford on Wednesday Night
The Central Connecticut men's basketball team will play one last non-conference game when it travels to Hartford on Wednesday. The local rivals will meet for the 13th consecutive season and the game will stream HERE.
The Central Connecticut men's basketball team will play one last non-conference game when it travels to Hartford on Wednesday. The local rivals will meet for the 13th consecutive season and the game will stream HERE.
WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 8 | 7:00 PM | CHASE FAMILY ARENA (WEST HARTFORD, CT)
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• Central Connecticut faces Hartford in a non-conference matchup on Wednesday night.
• Following the contest, CCSU will play 3 of its final 5 NEC regular season games at home.
• Next up, CCSU closes out a 4-game road stretch with a ESPN+ game at FDU on Saturday.
• Andre Snoddy is coming off a career-best 20 point game. He leads the Northeaste Conference with 10.5 rpg in NEC play. In conference play, he is averaging a double-double with 10.8 ppg, 10.5 rpg and shooting 48.4% from the field.
• Jay Rodgers has the best assist-turnover ratio (4.8) in NEC play. He has 38 assists against just 8 turnovers in 301 minutes. He has turned the ball over once across the last 6+ games.
• Davonte Sweatman had a personal-high 5 assists at Sacred Heart. Over the last 3 games, he has a 3.3 assist-turnover ratio, while scoring 9.3 ppg on 50% shooting.
• Tre Breland posted 12 points, 7 rebounds, 2 assists and 2 blocks in 27 minutes at SFBK. He set personal-highs for minutes (27), blocks (2) and assists (2) at St. Francis Brooklyn to go with 12 points and 7 rebounds. Since NEC play began, he's posting 7.0 ppg and 4.4 rpg.
• Kellen Amos is scoring 15.4 ppg in conference play, which is the highest mark for a Blue Devil since Tyler Kohl in 2018-19 (18.1 ppg). In NEC games he is also among the league leaders in 3fg per game (4th, 2.3), 3fg% (12th, .391), FG% (14th, .478).
• CCSU has used 2 starting lineups this season, including the same in the past 16 games.
• The 53-48 setback at St. Francis Brooklyn was the fewest combined points (101) since... Jan. 26 when CCSU and Stonehill combined for 100. Prior to that game, the fewest combined points in a game was 94 in a 48-46 loss at FDU on Dec. 4, 2010.
• Week 1 (October 17): How the committee prepares for the season with metrics, data and conference reporting. (Men's Basketball)
• Week 2 (October 24): Selections. (Men's Basketball)
• Week 3 (October 31): Seeding. (Men's Basketball)
• Week 4 (November 7): Bracketing. (Men's Basketball)
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