Men's Basketball Faces Northeastern in New Brunswick on Saturday
The Central Connecticut men's basketball team heads to Moncton, New Brunswick, Canada to face Northeastern in the Atlantic Slam Showdown on Saturday. The 7:00 p.m. tipoff will be shown live on ESPN+.
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The Blue Devils and Huskies are meeting for the second straight season. Northeastern leads the all-time series, 11-2.
OPENING NOTES
• Central Connecticut heads north of the border to face Northeastern in the Atlantic Slam in Moncton, New Brunswick, Canada. The game was originally scheduled to be in Boston.
• Head coach Patrick Sellers is in his 4th season in charge of his alma mater.
• The Blue Devils will play their fourth game on the road in the young season, travelling to Sacred Heart on Nov. 21. The matchup is a meeting between former CCSU assistant coaches as Sellers and Anthony Latina coached together at Central from 1999-2003.
WITH A WIN TODAY ...
• Central would end a four-game slide in the series against Northeastern.
• The Blue Devils would go to 3-1 for the first time since the 2010-11 campaign.
• CCSU would win a neutral site game for the first time since Nov. 18, 2018, (89-75, vs. Florida A&M, Montego Bay, Jamaica).
LOOSE ENDS...
• The Blue Devils have led for 99:32 in the first three games, while trailing for just 10:25.
• Central is committing just 7.0 turnovers per game, which ranks 5th nationally.
• CCSU's +7.7 turnover margin through three games ranks 30th nationally. Central had just 3 turnovers against Vermont St. Johnson - its fewest since Jan. 27 vs. Wagner (5).
• CCSU is committing 14.3 fouls per game thus far, which ranks 51st in the country. Central ranked 10th nationally in 2023-24 committing just 13.6 fouls per game.
• With 20 wins last season, CCSU surpassed its win total from the previous 2 seasons combined. In the 10 previous seasons since its last winning season (2010-11, 19-12) until Patrick Sellers was head coach, CCSU was just 86-207 (.294).
• Dating back to the 2021-22 season, CCSU has won 6 straight 1-point games. Its last one-point loss came on Jan. 21, 2022 in a 67-68 loss at SFU. Two came vs. Wagner in 2023-24.
NOTABLES
• Northeast Conference Preseason Coaches Poll (1st place votes):
1T. CCSU (5)
1T. Wagner (4)
3. FDU
4. Le Moyne
5. LIU
6. Chicago St.
7. Mercyhurst
8T. Saint Francis U.
8T. Stonehill
• The Preseason All-NEC Team: Malachi Davis (LIU), Jo'el Emanuel (FDU), Darrick Jones Jr. (Le Moyne), JORDAN JONES (CCSU), Jeff Planutis (Mercyhurst).
