The Central Connecticut men's basketball team returns to action in Detrick Gym to wrap up non-conference play with a game against Johnson & Wales on Sunday. The game will tipoff at 1:00 p.m. and be streamed on NECFrontRow.
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The Blue Devils and Wildcats are meeting for the first time.
OPENING NOTES
• Central Connecticut closes out non-conference play with a home game against D-III foe Johnson & Wales on Sunday.
• Head coach Patrick Sellers is in his 4th season in charge of his alma mater.
• CCSU opens NEC play at Saint Francis U on Friday, Jan. 3, before going to Mercyhurst (Jan. 5)
WITH A WIN TODAY ...
• CCSU would have 9 non-conference wins, tying the NEC record with 5 schools.
• Central would become the 12th NEC school to post 5+ non-conference home wins.
• The Blue Devils would win their 11th straight regular season home game overall.
• CCSU would have a 9-4 mark through 13 games, its best start since 2001-02 (9-4).
LOOSE ENDS...
• With 8 wins, Central has set a program-mark for non-conference wins since joining the NEC
• CCSU and Fairfield combined to shoot just 3 free throws (CCSU 1-1, FFD 2-2). First game nationally with 1 or fewer made foul shots since Nov. 18, 2018 (Holy Cross, Siena 0-3). It was the fewest combined foul shots in a CCSU game since a matchup at Robert Morris that had 2 (RMU 2-2) on Feb. 14, 2015.
• CCSU is committing 12.5 fouls per game thus far, which ranks 5th in the country.
• In their 8 wins, the Blue Devils have held the lead for 247:27 while trailing for just 43:42.
• Dating back to the 2021-22 season, CCSU has won 7 straight 1-point games. Its last one-point loss came on Jan. 21, 2022 in a 67-68 loss at SFU.
• CCSU is shooting 55.1% (242-of-439) from inside the three-point arc.
• When scoring 70+ points under Patrick Sellers, CCSU is 40-13 (.698) in 4 seasons.
• With 20 wins last season, CCSU surpassed its win total from the previous 2 seasons combined. In the 10 seasons since its last previous winning season (2010-11, 19-12) until Patrick Sellers was head coach, CCSU was just 86-207 (.294).
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).
