Men's Basketball Road Trips to Le Moyne on Thursday
The Central Connecticut men's basketball team begins a three-game road swing with a contest at Le Moyne on Thursday night. The Blue Devils have won a league-best seven road games on the season and have a three-game win streak overall.
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CCSU and Le Moyne are meeting for the second time this season and as Division I foes. Le Moyne won the first meeting, 75-73, on Jan. 19, 2024.
OPENING NOTES
• Central Connecticut begins a three-game road swing with Thursday's game at Le Moyne. The teams met on Jan. 19, with the Dolphins winning in the final seconds at CCSU.
• 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 has a bye on Saturday and will be off for a week. The Blue Devils will play at Wagner (Feb. 22) and at Sacred Heart (Feb. 24) before closing with two home games.
WITH A WIN TODAY ...
• The Blue Devils would improve to 8-2 in their last 10 NEC games.
• Central would win its NEC-best 8th road game overall of the season and move to 5-1 on the road in conference play.
• CCSU would improve to 10-2 in NEC for its best league start since 2006-07 (14-1).
• Central would win 16+ games for the first time since 2010-11 (19-12).
LOOSE ENDS...
• CCSU ranks 13th nationally, committing just 14.0 fouls per game.
• Central has surpassed its previous season's win total in 3 straight season under head coach Patrick Sellers. In 10 seasons from the program's last winning season (2010-11, 19-12) until Sellers was named head coach, CCSU was just 86-207 (.294).
• Dating back to the 2021-22 season, Central Connecticut has won 4 straight one-point games. Last loss: Jan. 21, 2022•67-68 at SFU
• The Blue Devils have won 4 straight overtime games dating back to Feb. 5, 2022.
• CCSU leads the NEC with 70 dunks as a team. Kellen Amos (20) and Allan Jeanne-Rose (20)pace the Blue Devils. Central had 6 dunks in a pair of victories last week.
• Since committing a season-low 5 turnovers against Wagner, Central has a -12 turnover margin in the past 4 games. CCSU had a season-high 19 turnovers vs. FDU.
NOTABLES
• Since beginning conference play, Central has been making shots at a .461 clip, which is tied for the best mark in the league.
• In NEC play only, Jayden Brown ranks 2nd with a .617 field goal pct. Allan Jeanne-Rose shoots .500 (7th), while Abdul Momoh doesn't qualify for the leaderboard, he shoots at a .667 clip.
• Momoh has not missed more than 1 shot in a game since going 1-for-4 at Saint Francis U on Jan. 13. He is shooting 1.000 in his last 3 games.
• Jayden Brown has scored 10+ points in 3 straight games and over the past 4 games he is posting 10.0 ppg and shooting 63% from the field.
• Brown is posting career-best numbers at 8.0 ppg, 4.3 rpg, .551 fg% and 27 assists and 36 blocked shots.
• Against SFU on Feb. 1, Brown had 9p (4-5fg), and career-highs of 9r and 4 blocked shots.
