Men's Basketball Takes on Sacred Heart on Saturday
The Central Connecticut men's basketball team heads to Sacred Heart for its final regular season road contest on Saturday. The game will tip off at 2:00 p.m.
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CCSU and Sacred Heart meet for the second time this season. Central ended a 15-game slide in the series on Feb. 8, and leads the all-time series, 38-35.
OPENING NOTES
• Central Connecticut travels to Sacred Heart for its final regular season road game.
• The Blue Devils have clinched a postseason home game for the first time since 2010-11.
• 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 hosts LIU (Feb. 29) and Stonehill (March 2) to close the regular season.
WITH A WIN TODAY ...
• Central would sweep the season series with Sacred Heart for the first time since 2013-14.
• The Blue Devils would win their NEC-best 9th road game overall and move to 6-2 on the road in conference play. CCSU last won 9 road games in a season in 2006-07 (9-4).
• CCSU would end a 9-game losing streak at the Pitt Center (March 1, 2014; 91-90 ot).
• Central would win 17+ games for the first time since 2010-11 (19-12).
LOOSE ENDS...
• CCSU ranks 14th 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 5 straight one-point games. Last loss: Jan. 21, 2022 • 67-68 at SFU
• CCSU played 1 of 3 OT games on Thursday last week. The last time the NEC had three overtime games on the same day was Jan. 17, 2013
• CCSU leads the NEC with 73 dunks as a team. Kellen Amos (21) and Allan Jeanne-Rose (20)pace the Blue Devils.
• Since committing a season-low 5 turnovers against Wagner, CCSU has a -17 turnover margin in the past 6 games. CCSU had a season-high 19 vs. FDU on Feb. 10.
NOTABLES
• Since beginning conference play, Central has been making shots at a .446 clip, which is the 2nd best mark in the NEC (SHU, .472)
• In NEC play only, Jayden Brown ranks 4th with a .581 field goal pct. Allan Jeanne-Rose shoots .476 (10th), while Abdul Momoh doesn't qualify for the leaderboard, he shoots at a .688 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 has missed 1 shot in his last 5 games.
• The Blue Devils have been the NEC's best road team in 2023-24 with 8 wins overall and a 5-2 mark in league play in away games.
• CCSU had a 6-game road win streak snapped with a loss at Merrimack. It was the longest streak in the country at the time.
• Central has won 8 road games for the first time since 2006-07 (9).
• CCSU is one of just 29 schools nationally with 8 road wins.
• As of Feb. 20, Central is the league leader in conversion rate at the rim, converting 59.7 percent of attempts at the rim.
• CCSU also leads the NEC in points-per-possesion at the rim at 1.230.
• Abdul Momoh (6th, 65.4) and Jayden Brown (8th, 65.1) both rank among the Top 10 in FG Pct. at the Rim (min. 50 att.) in the NEC.
