Men's Basketball Travels to LIU on Sunday Night
The Central Connecticut men's basketball team goes to Brooklyn to face LIU on Sunday night at the Steinberg Wellness Center for a Northeast Conference meeting.
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The Blue Devils and Sharks are meeting for the first time this season. LIU leads the all-time series, 30-23, but CCSU has won the past three matchups.
OPENING NOTES
• Central Connecticut travels to LIU on Sunday looking to rebound from its first Northeast Conference setback of the season.
• 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 will play at FDU (Jan. 25) before returning home to host Wagner (Jan. 27).
WITH A CCSU WIN ...
• Central would win its NEC-leading 6th road game of the season.
• CCSU would be 2 games above .500 through 18 games for the first time since 2010-11 (11-7).
• CCSU would have a 3-game road win streak in NEC play for the first time since Jan. 20-Feb. 5, 2011.
• The Blue Devils would win their 5th straight road game overall - their longest streak since Jan. 13-Feb. 15, 2007 (6).
• Central would match its season win total from 2022-23 with 11 regular season games to play.
NOTABLES
• Allan Jeanne-Rose is shooting 57.4% from the field - 2nd in the NEC (42nd nationally) - while scoring 15.9 ppg, and adding 5.0 rpg.
• Jeanne-Rose is scoring a league-high 19.3 ppg in NEC play, while shooting .509 from the field.
• He scored 22+ points in the first 3 NEC contests to earn Player of the Week on Jan. 17 after posting 24.0 ppg and 7.0 rpg in two wins.
• A 6-7 forward, Jeanne-Rose had his first career double-double with 19 points and 12 rebounds at Boston College.
• He has scored 20+ points 6 times, including a 25-point effort against Manhattan when he shot 11-of-15 from the field.
• The Blue Devils' win over Merrimack ended the Warriors' 14-game unbeaten streak in Northeast Conference play.
• Central was the first NEC team to defeat MC since FDU back on Jan. 28, 2023 (78-71).
• Since 1997-98, 39 teams have started NEC play 3-0 or better, including CCSU this season.
• Of the 37 teams that began 3-0 before this season, only 8 went on to win the regular season title. Similarly, just 8 teams went on to capture the NEC Tournament crown.
• Central began the 1999-00 season by going 12-0 enroute to winning the league title and going 15-3 in conference play.
• CCSU started 5-0 in 2011-12 before finishing tied for 5th.
