Men's Basketball Host Saint Elizabeth for Youth Sports Day on Saturday
The Central Connecticut men's basketball team plays its final non-conference game of the season at home against Saint Elizabeth on Saturday. The 1:00 p.m. game will be streamed on NECFrontRow.
The game is Youth Sports Day and all youth fans wearing their youth team jerseys will be admitted free.
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The Blue Devils and Eagles are meeting for the first time.
OPENING NOTES
• Central Connecticut closes the non-conference slate at home against Saint Elizabeth.
• CCSU is coming off a win at Fordham last week, which earned Jordan Jones NEC Player of the Week, while Kellen Amos and Allan Jeanne-Rose were both named Prime Performers.
• 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.
• The Blue Devils jump into Northeast Conference play when they open the 16-game slate at Stonehill on Jan. 4 before going to Saint Francis U. on Jan. 13.
WITH A CCSU WIN ...
• Central would win its 6th non-conference game, its most since the 2018-19 season (6).
• CCSU would win back-to-back games 2x before Jan. 1 for the first time since 2017-18, when it had a 5-game and a 3-game win streak in non-conference play.
• The Blue Devils would close non-conference play on a win streak for the first time since 2017-18 when they won at Maine (Dec. 20) and at UMass Lowell (Dec. 23).
NOTABLES
• Since Nov. 29 (7 gms) Jordan Jones is averaging 17.0 ppg, 4.3 rpg, 2.7 apg and 2.3 spg. He's shooting 50% overall and 43.5% on 3-pointers.
• He had a career-high 22 points vs. Northeastern, while scoring 18 points in the 2nd half at Fordham to earn NEC Player of the Week (12/26).
• On the year, he leads the Blue Devils with 24 steals and ranks among the NEC leaders in steals (6th), FG pct (10th, .483), assists (11th, 2.5), and scoring (11th, 12.2).
• In 2022-23, he ranked 3rd nationally in the D-2 ranks in steals (2.59) and 6th in assists (6.5) at Coker (SC) University.
• Tre Breland has been a reliable 6th man for the Blue Devils, posting 8.4 ppg and 3.7 rpg in 22.5 minutes, while scoring 10+ in 7 games.
• Breland leads the NEC in 3-point accuracy at .547 (18-of-33).
• He has a 3-pointer in 9 straight games including 2 games with 3+.
• Kellen Amos leads Central with 3.3 assists per game, a 1.6 assist-turnover ratio and 4.5 rebounds while scoring 11.2 points.
• Amos had his first career double-double with 12 points and 10 rebounds against Holy Cross, to go with 6 assists.
• He had a career-high 7 dimes against 1 turnover at UMass and has matched or surpassed his previous career-high of 3 assists five times.
• Allan Jeanne-Rose is shooting 58.8% from the field, ranking 2nd in the NEC. He leads the Blue Devils and is 4th in the Northeast Conference in scoring (14.8 ppg), while adding 4.1 rpg and 1.8 apg.
• Jeanne-Rose had his first career double-double with 19 points and 12 rebounds at Boston College.
• He has scored 20+ points three times, including a 25-point effort against Manhattan when he shot 11-of-15 from the field.
