Men's Basketball Heads to Le Moyne and Hosts Chicago State This Weekend
The Central Connecticut men's basketball team faces Le Moyne and Chicago State in Northeast Conference action this weekend. CCSU will play at Le Moyne on Friday night before hosting Chicago State on Sunday afternoon. Both games will be streamed on NECFrontRow.
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The Blue Devils and Dolphins will be meeting for the 11th time. Le Moyne leads the series, 7-3, and has won the past four matchups. CCSU and the Cougars are meeting for the first time since Feb. 1, 1997. CSU is 4-3 all-time in the series.
OPENING NOTES
• Central Connecticut travels to Le Moyne for a Friday game before returning home to host Chicago State on Jan. 26 this week.
• Head coach Patrick Sellers is in his 4th season in charge of his alma mater.
• Following the CSU game, Central will play a pair of road games before finishing the regular season with 5 of its last 7 games at home.
WITH A WIN FRIDAY ...
• CCSU would win its 5th straight road game this season.
• Head coach Patrick Sellers would move his record in NEC games above .500 (27-27).
• Central would win its 5th straight NEC road game dating back to Feb. 15, 2024 - a 69-64 OT loss at Le Moyne.
• CCSU would collect its 8th road win of the season. Central is one of just 3 schools (as of Jan. 21) with 7+ road wins.
• Central would have 13 wins before the end of January for the first time since 2010-11 (14)
LOOSE ENDS...
• CCSU is committing 11.8 fouls per game, which ranks 2nd nationally.
• In 12 wins, Central has led for 427:17 while trailing for just 55:50.
• Dating back to 2021-22, CCSU has won 7 straight 1-point games (1/21/22, 67-68 loss at SFU).
• CCSU is shooting 55.5% (356-of-642) from inside the three-point arc in all games.
• When scoring 70+ points under Patrick Sellers, CCSU is 43-13 (.768).
• With 9 non-conference wins, Central set a program-mark for non-league victories and is just the 6th NEC school to win 9 true non-conference games in a season
• CCSU and Fairfield combined for just 3 free throws (CCSU 1-1, FFD 2-2). It was the fewest combined foul shots in a CCSU game since Feb. 14, 2015 at Robert Morris (RMU 2-2).
• 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).
