Men's Basketball Travels to Army West Point on Wednesday
The Central Connecticut men's basketball team will return to action at Army West Point on Wednesday afternoon. The game is slated for a 4 p.m. tipoff and will be streamed on ESPN+.
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The teams are meeting for the second straight season and 13th time overall. The Blkack Knights lead the all-time series, 8-4.
OPENING NOTES
• Central Connecticut returns to action with a game at Army West Point, following a week-long break since their previous game before Thanksgiving.
• Head coach Patrick Sellers is in his third season at the helm of his alma mater and has improved the team's win total over the previous season in each campaign.
• Central and the Black Knights are meeting for the 2nd straight season and 13th time overall.
• CCSU will return home on Dec. 2 against Holy Cross before playing 3 straight road games at Boston College, Maine and UMass Lowell.
WITH A CCSU WIN ...
• Central would collect its first road win of the season.
• The Blue Devils would collect its first win over Army since Nov. 19, 2011.
• CCSU would end a 5-game road losing skid (Feb. 11, 2023 at FDU, 77-73).
• Central would collect its first win over a D1 opponent this season.
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NOTABLES
• The team's leading scorer in 2022-23, Kellen Amos has rounded out his game this season and is leading CCSU with 4.0 assists per game, while posting a 2.5 assist-turnover ratio.
• He had a career-high 7 dimes against 1 turnover at UMass.
• This season, Amos has matched or surpassed his previous career-high of 4 assists in a game.
• Jayden Brown has started all 5 games this season, after not starting a game during the 2022-23 campaign.
• Brown ranks among the Top-10 in the NEC in field goal pct. (3rd, .613), blocked shots (5th, 1.2) and free throw pct. (10th, .737).
• The 6-foot-8 junior has scored at least 9 points in every game, including a season-high 15 points at UMass, when he was a career-best 6-of-7 at the free thrown line.
• Defensively, Brown has been impactful with 2+ blocked shots in 3 games, including back-to-back games vs. Framingham St. and Manhattan.
• CCSU posted noteworthy totals in the Nov. 13 win over Framingham St.
- 2nd largest margin of victory (57) in program history
- Lowest FG Pct. allowed (.234) since Jan. 6, 2012 (.234 vs. SFBK)
- 50+ rebounds (53) for the first time since Dec. 31, 2016
- Forced 20+ turnovers (20) for the first time since Jan. 4, 2020
- 6 players scored 10+ points for the first time since Dec. 16, 2020
- 20+ assists (20) for the first time since Dec. 22, 2022
- Fewest points allowed (42) since Jan. 22, 2023 (42 at LIU)
• Allan Jeanne-Rose has started the season shooting 67.3% from the field (33-of-49) and 4-of-8 (.500) from 3-point range.
• Jeanne-Rose is 2nd the Northeast Conference in scoring (15.8 ppg) and in field goal pct. through 5 games, while adding 2.8 rpg and 1.8 apg.
• He has 20+ points in 2 games, including a 25-point effort against Manhattan when he shot 11-of-15 from the field.