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Forever Toppin
  • Height:
    5-8
  • Year:
    So.
  • Hometown:
    Paterson, NJ
  • High School:
    Sinai Christian Academy
  • Position:
    Guard
  • gp
    28
  • pts/g
    4.6
  • fg %
    27.9
  • 3pt %
    26.3
  • ft %
    59.7
  • reb/g
    2.2
  • a/g
    1.6

Bio

2019-20: Saw action in 28 games making seven starts a sophomore...Averaged 17.1 minutes per game...Totaled 130 points, 76 rebounds, 51 assists and 38 steals...Scored a career-high 18 points against LIU and grabbed a career-high eight rebounds at Merrimack.

2018-19: Saw action in 19 games for the Blue Devils as a rookie...Averaged 6.2 minutes per game, 1.6 points, and 0.7 rebounds...Scored a season-high seven points and played a season-high 12 minutes against LIU Brooklyn...Had a season-high two steals against Wagner.

Before Central: Played for head coach Jio Fontan at Sinai Christain Academy… Helped the team to a state championship.

Recent Games

Date Opponent Result
Feb 15 Bryant L, 62-51
Feb 17 FDU L, 63-55
Feb 21 at Wagner L, 63-56
Feb 29 at Merrimack L, 56-46
Mar 2 LIU W, 71-57
Mar 5 St. Francis Brooklyn W, 75-54
  Total Conference
Games 28 17
Games started 7 1
Minutes 479 308
Minutes per game 17.1 18.1
FG 39-140 29-97
FG Pct 27.9 29.9
3PT 15-57 8-30
3PT Pct 26.3 26.7
FT 37-62 25-45
FT Pct 59.7 55.6
Off rebounds 12 5
Def rebounds 50 34
Total rebounds 62 39
Rebounds per game 2.2 2.3
Personal fouls 65 39
Disqualifications 2 2
Assists 44 30
Turnovers 69 39
Assist to turnover ratio 0.6 0.8
Steals 34 26
Blocks 7 6
Points 130 91
Points per game 4.6 5.4
Points per 40 min 10.9 11.8

Game Log - Shooting

Date Opponent Score gs min fg pct 3pt pct ft pct pts
Nov 5 at Buffalo L, 61-56 1 15 0-5 0.0 0-4 0.0 2-4 50.0 2
Nov 11 at Pittsburgh L, 81-73 1 19 0-2 0.0 0-2 0.0 0-0 - 0
Nov 14 Brown L, 83-73 1 24 2-5 40.0 2-4 50.0 0-0 - 6
Nov 18 at Lehigh L, 70-51 1 18 2-4 50.0 0-1 0.0 3-3 100.0 7
Nov 26 at Duquesne L, 72-33 1 22 0-8 0.0 0-2 0.0 1-2 50.0 1
Dec 1 UAlbany L, 73-63 1 11 3-6 50.0 2-4 50.0 1-2 50.0 9
Dec 5 UMass Lowell L, 56-54 0 12 2-4 50.0 2-4 50.0 0-0 - 6
Dec 8 at New Hampshire L, 70-59 - 22 1-3 33.3 1-3 33.3 0-0 - 3
Dec 15 at Fla. Atlantic L, 72-54 - 9 0-1 0.0 0-1 0.0 2-2 100.0 2
Dec 17 at FGCU L, 94-60 - 12 0-2 0.0 0-1 0.0 3-4 75.0 3
Dec 21 at Hartford W, 61-54 - 7 0-3 0.0 0-1 0.0 0-0 - 0
Jan 2 Robert Morris L, 86-56 0 22 3-7 42.9 0-3 0.0 3-4 75.0 9
Jan 4 Saint Francis U. L, 64-52 0 16 2-7 28.6 1-1 100.0 1-3 33.3 6
Jan 8 at Sacred Heart L, 66-58 - 13 1-3 33.3 0-0 - 1-2 50.0 3
Jan 11 Merrimack L, 65-56 0 10 0-2 0.0 0-1 0.0 0-0 - 0
Jan 13 at LIU L, 63-61 - 17 1-4 25.0 0-0 - 2-6 33.3 4
Jan 18 at Mount St. Mary's L, 72-64 0 9 1-2 50.0 1-1 100.0 0-0 - 3
Jan 20 at FDU L, 66-47 - 12 1-5 20.0 0-1 0.0 0-0 - 2
Jan 25 Wagner W, 66-63 - 19 0-5 0.0 0-2 0.0 0-0 - 0
Jan 27 Sacred Heart L, 54-52 - 14 1-5 20.0 1-2 50.0 2-2 100.0 5
Feb 1 at Robert Morris L, 80-42 - 21 0-7 0.0 0-3 0.0 5-6 83.3 5
Feb 3 at Saint Francis U. L, 72-68 - 25 4-7 57.1 1-2 50.0 2-5 40.0 11
Feb 8 at Bryant L, 59-47 - 13 1-5 20.0 0-1 0.0 0-0 - 2
Feb 15 Bryant L, 62-51 - 24 3-9 33.3 1-2 50.0 2-4 50.0 9
Feb 17 FDU L, 63-55 - - - - - - - - -
Feb 21 at Wagner L, 63-56 - 31 1-5 20.0 1-4 25.0 3-6 50.0 6
Feb 29 at Merrimack L, 56-46 - 24 1-6 16.7 0-2 0.0 0-0 - 2
Mar 2 LIU W, 71-57 1 22 7-10 70.0 2-3 66.7 2-5 40.0 18
Mar 5 St. Francis Brooklyn W, 75-54 0 16 2-8 25.0 0-2 0.0 2-2 100.0 6

Game Log - Ball control

Date Opponent Score gs min off def reb ast to stl blk
Nov 5 at Buffalo L, 61-56 1 15 3 2 5 2 3 1 0
Nov 11 at Pittsburgh L, 81-73 1 19 0 0 0 2 3 0 0
Nov 14 Brown L, 83-73 1 24 1 1 2 4 0 2 1
Nov 18 at Lehigh L, 70-51 1 18 0 0 0 0 1 3 0
Nov 26 at Duquesne L, 72-33 1 22 1 4 5 2 4 0 0
Dec 1 UAlbany L, 73-63 1 11 0 0 0 0 4 0 0
Dec 5 UMass Lowell L, 56-54 0 12 1 2 3 1 4 0 0
Dec 8 at New Hampshire L, 70-59 - 22 0 3 3 3 3 2 0
Dec 15 at Fla. Atlantic L, 72-54 - 9 1 1 2 0 2 0 0
Dec 17 at FGCU L, 94-60 - 12 0 3 3 0 4 0 0
Dec 21 at Hartford W, 61-54 - 7 0 0 0 0 2 0 0
Jan 2 Robert Morris L, 86-56 0 22 0 2 2 3 5 3 0
Jan 4 Saint Francis U. L, 64-52 0 16 2 1 3 2 0 1 1
Jan 8 at Sacred Heart L, 66-58 - 13 0 2 2 4 3 0 1
Jan 11 Merrimack L, 65-56 0 10 0 1 1 0 0 0 0
Jan 13 at LIU L, 63-61 - 17 0 1 1 4 0 3 0
Jan 18 at Mount St. Mary's L, 72-64 0 9 0 1 1 0 2 1 1
Jan 20 at FDU L, 66-47 - 12 0 1 1 0 3 1 0
Jan 25 Wagner W, 66-63 - 19 0 2 2 0 5 4 1
Jan 27 Sacred Heart L, 54-52 - 14 1 2 3 2 2 0 0
Feb 1 at Robert Morris L, 80-42 - 21 0 0 0 2 2 1 0
Feb 3 at Saint Francis U. L, 72-68 - 25 1 4 5 3 1 2 0
Feb 8 at Bryant L, 59-47 - 13 0 1 1 3 0 0 0
Feb 15 Bryant L, 62-51 - 24 0 0 0 0 5 2 1
Feb 17 FDU L, 63-55 - - - - - - - - -
Feb 21 at Wagner L, 63-56 - 31 0 6 6 1 0 3 0
Feb 29 at Merrimack L, 56-46 - 24 1 7 8 4 4 2 0
Mar 2 LIU W, 71-57 1 22 0 2 2 2 2 2 1
Mar 5 St. Francis Brooklyn W, 75-54 0 16 0 1 1 0 5 1 0

Game Log - BC extended

Date Opponent Score gs pf dq a/to
Nov 5 at Buffalo L, 61-56 1 1 - 0.7
Nov 11 at Pittsburgh L, 81-73 1 3 - 0.7
Nov 14 Brown L, 83-73 1 4 0 -
Nov 18 at Lehigh L, 70-51 1 4 - 0.0
Nov 26 at Duquesne L, 72-33 1 2 - 0.5
Dec 1 UAlbany L, 73-63 1 5 0 0.0
Dec 5 UMass Lowell L, 56-54 0 1 0 0.3
Dec 8 at New Hampshire L, 70-59 - 0 - 1.0
Dec 15 at Fla. Atlantic L, 72-54 - 2 - 0.0
Dec 17 at FGCU L, 94-60 - 3 - 0.0
Dec 21 at Hartford W, 61-54 - 1 - 0.0
Jan 2 Robert Morris L, 86-56 0 3 0 0.6
Jan 4 Saint Francis U. L, 64-52 0 2 0 -
Jan 8 at Sacred Heart L, 66-58 - 3 - 1.3
Jan 11 Merrimack L, 65-56 0 1 0 -
Jan 13 at LIU L, 63-61 - 0 - -
Jan 18 at Mount St. Mary's L, 72-64 0 1 0 0.0
Jan 20 at FDU L, 66-47 - 5 1 0.0
Jan 25 Wagner W, 66-63 - 1 - 0.0
Jan 27 Sacred Heart L, 54-52 - 3 - 1.0
Feb 1 at Robert Morris L, 80-42 - 1 - 1.0
Feb 3 at Saint Francis U. L, 72-68 - 4 - 3.0
Feb 8 at Bryant L, 59-47 - 5 1 -
Feb 15 Bryant L, 62-51 - 1 - 0.0
Feb 17 FDU L, 63-55 - - - -
Feb 21 at Wagner L, 63-56 - 2 - -
Feb 29 at Merrimack L, 56-46 - 3 - 1.0
Mar 2 LIU W, 71-57 1 2 0 1.0
Mar 5 St. Francis Brooklyn W, 75-54 0 2 0 0.0

Career Stats - Shooting per game

  gp min/g fg/g 3pt/g ft/g ppg
2018-19 19 6.2 0.6-1.4 0.2-0.3 0.3-0.9 1.6
2019-20 28 17.1 1.4-5.0 0.5-2.0 1.3-2.2 4.6
2020-21 18 27.7 4.1-11.2 1.7-5.3 2.3-3.7 12.1
2021-22 24 29.0 2.9-9.3 0.7-3.0 1.4-2.2 7.8
2022-23 27 28.7 2.8-8.7 0.7-2.6 2.0-3.3 8.3
Total 116 22.1 2.3-7.1 0.7-2.6 1.5-2.5 6.8

Career Stats - Shooting totals

  gp gs min fg pct 3pt pct ft pct pts
2018-19 19 0 117 11-26 42.3 3-6 50.0 5-17 29.4 30
2019-20 28 7 479 39-140 27.9 15-57 26.3 37-62 59.7 130
2020-21 18 18 499 73-201 36.3 30-96 31.3 41-66 62.1 217
2021-22 24 24 695 69-224 30.8 16-72 22.2 34-54 63.0 188
2022-23 27 26 775 75-236 31.8 19-70 27.1 54-88 61.4 223
Total 116 75 2565 267-827 32.3 83-301 27.6 171-287 59.6 788

Career Stats - Shooting per 40 min

  gp min min/g fg/40 3pt/40 pct ft/40 pts/40
2018-19 19 117 6.2 3.8-8.9 1.0-2.1 50.0 1.7-5.8 10.3
2019-20 28 479 17.1 3.3-11.7 1.3-4.8 26.3 3.1-5.2 10.9
2020-21 18 499 27.7 5.9-16.1 2.4-7.7 31.3 3.3-5.3 17.4
2021-22 24 695 29.0 4.0-12.9 0.9-4.1 22.2 2.0-3.1 10.8
2022-23 27 775 28.7 3.9-12.2 1.0-3.6 27.1 2.8-4.5 11.5
Total 116 2565 22.1 4.2-12.9 1.3-4.7 27.6 2.7-4.5 12.3

Career Stats - Ball control per game

  gp off/g def/g reb/g ast/g to/g stl/g blk/g
2018-19 19 0.1 0.7 0.7 0.4 1.1 0.2 0.0
2019-20 28 0.4 1.8 2.2 1.6 2.5 1.2 0.3
2020-21 18 0.6 2.4 2.9 2.5 4.4 1.4 0.3
2021-22 24 1.0 2.6 3.7 3.3 4.0 1.9 0.5
2022-23 27 0.3 2.7 2.9 2.3 3.3 2.3 0.5
Total 116 0.5 2.1 2.6 2.1 3.1 1.5 0.3

Career Stats - Ball control totals

  gp gs off def reb ast to stl blk
2018-19 19 0 1 13 14 7 21 4 0
2019-20 28 7 12 50 62 44 69 34 7
2020-21 18 18 10 43 53 45 79 25 5
2021-22 24 24 25 63 88 79 97 46 11
2022-23 27 26 7 72 79 63 90 63 13
Total 116 75 55 241 296 238 356 172 36

Career Stats - Ball control per 40 min

  gp off/40 def/40 reb/40 ast/40 to/40 stl/40 blk/40
2018-19 19 0.3 4.4 4.8 2.4 7.2 1.4 0.0
2019-20 28 1.0 4.2 5.2 3.7 5.8 2.8 0.6
2020-21 18 0.8 3.4 4.2 3.6 6.3 2.0 0.4
2021-22 24 1.4 3.6 5.1 4.5 5.6 2.6 0.6
2022-23 27 0.4 3.7 4.1 3.3 4.6 3.3 0.7
Total 116 0.9 3.8 4.6 3.7 5.6 2.7 0.6

Splits Stats - Shooting per game

  gp min/g fg/g 3pt/g ft/g ppg
Event            
Total 28 17.1 1.4-5.0 0.5-2.0 1.3-2.2 4.6
Conference 17 18.1 1.7-5.7 0.5-1.8 1.5-2.6 5.4
Exhibition - - 0.0-0.0 0.0-0.0 0.0-0.0 -
Location            
Home 11 17.3 2.3-6.2 1.0-2.5 1.2-2.0 6.7
Away 17 17.0 0.8-4.2 0.2-1.7 1.4-2.4 3.3
Neutral - - 0.0-0.0 0.0-0.0 0.0-0.0 -
Result            
Wins 4 16.0 2.2-6.5 0.5-2.0 1.0-1.8 6.0
Losses 24 17.3 1.2-4.8 0.5-2.0 1.4-2.3 4.4
Month            
November 5 19.6 0.8-4.8 0.4-2.6 1.2-1.8 3.2
December 6 12.2 1.0-3.2 0.8-2.3 1.0-1.3 3.8
January 9 14.7 1.1-4.4 0.3-1.2 1.0-1.9 3.6
February 6 23.0 1.7-6.5 0.5-2.3 2.0-3.5 5.8
March 2 19.0 4.5-9.0 1.0-2.5 2.0-3.5 12.0

Splits Stats - Shooting totals

  gp gs min fg pct 3pt pct ft pct pts
Event                    
Total 28 7 479 39-140 27.9 15-57 26.3 37-62 59.7 130
Conference 17 1 308 29-97 29.9 8-30 26.7 25-45 55.6 91
Exhibition - - - 0-0 - 0-0 - 0-0 - 0
Location                    
Home 11 3 190 25-68 36.8 11-28 39.3 13-22 59.1 74
Away 17 4 289 14-72 19.4 4-29 13.8 24-40 60.0 56
Neutral - - - 0-0 - 0-0 - 0-0 - 0
Result                    
Wins 4 1 64 9-26 34.6 2-8 25.0 4-7 57.1 24
Losses 24 6 415 30-114 26.3 13-49 26.5 33-55 60.0 106
Month                    
November 5 5 98 4-24 16.7 2-13 15.4 6-9 66.7 16
December 6 1 73 6-19 31.6 5-14 35.7 6-8 75.0 23
January 9 0 132 10-40 25.0 3-11 27.3 9-17 52.9 32
February 6 - 138 10-39 25.6 3-14 21.4 12-21 57.1 35
March 2 1 38 9-18 50.0 2-5 40.0 4-7 57.1 24

Splits Stats - Shooting per 40 min

  gp min min/g fg/40 3pt/40 pct ft/40 pts/40
Event                
Total 28 479 17.1 3.3-11.7 1.3-4.8 26.3 3.1-5.2 10.9
Conference 17 308 18.1 3.8-12.6 1.0-3.9 26.7 3.2-5.8 11.8
Exhibition - - - 0.0-0.0 0.0-0.0 - 0.0-0.0 -
Location                
Home 11 190 17.3 5.3-14.3 2.3-5.9 39.3 2.7-4.6 15.6
Away 17 289 17.0 1.9-10.0 0.6-4.0 13.8 3.3-5.5 7.8
Neutral - - - 0.0-0.0 0.0-0.0 - 0.0-0.0 -
Result                
Wins 4 64 16.0 5.6-16.2 1.2-5.0 25.0 2.5-4.4 15.0
Losses 24 415 17.3 2.9-11.0 1.3-4.7 26.5 3.2-5.3 10.2
Month                
November 5 98 19.6 1.6-9.8 0.8-5.3 15.4 2.4-3.7 6.5
December 6 73 12.2 3.3-10.4 2.7-7.7 35.7 3.3-4.4 12.6
January 9 132 14.7 3.0-12.1 0.9-3.3 27.3 2.7-5.2 9.7
February 6 138 23.0 2.9-11.3 0.9-4.1 21.4 3.5-6.1 10.1
March 2 38 19.0 9.5-18.9 2.1-5.3 40.0 4.2-7.4 25.3

Splits Stats - Ball control per game

  gp off/g def/g reb/g ast/g to/g stl/g blk/g
Event                
Total 28 0.4 1.8 2.2 1.6 2.5 1.2 0.3
Conference 17 0.3 2.0 2.3 1.8 2.3 1.5 0.4
Exhibition - - - - - - - -
Location                
Home 11 0.5 1.3 1.7 1.3 2.9 1.4 0.5
Away 17 0.4 2.1 2.5 1.8 2.2 1.1 0.1
Neutral - - - - - - - -
Result                
Wins 4 0.0 1.3 1.3 0.5 3.5 1.8 0.5
Losses 24 0.5 1.9 2.4 1.8 2.3 1.1 0.2
Month                
November 5 1.0 1.4 2.4 2.0 2.2 1.2 0.2
December 6 0.3 1.5 1.8 0.7 3.2 0.3 0.0
January 9 0.3 1.4 1.8 1.7 2.2 1.4 0.4
February 6 0.3 3.0 3.3 2.2 2.0 1.7 0.2
March 2 0.0 1.5 1.5 1.0 3.5 1.5 0.5

Splits Stats - Ball control totals

  gp gs off def reb ast to stl blk
Event                  
Total 28 7 12 50 62 44 69 34 7
Conference 17 1 5 34 39 30 39 26 6
Exhibition - - - - - - - - -
Location                  
Home 11 3 5 14 19 14 32 15 5
Away 17 4 7 36 43 30 37 19 2
Neutral - - - - - - - - -
Result                  
Wins 4 1 0 5 5 2 14 7 2
Losses 24 6 12 45 57 42 55 27 5
Month                  
November 5 5 5 7 12 10 11 6 1
December 6 1 2 9 11 4 19 2 0
January 9 0 3 13 16 15 20 13 4
February 6 - 2 18 20 13 12 10 1
March 2 1 0 3 3 2 7 3 1

Splits Stats - Ball control per 40 min

  gp off/40 def/40 reb/40 ast/40 to/40 stl/40 blk/40
Event                
Total 28 1.0 4.2 5.2 3.7 5.8 2.8 0.6
Conference 17 0.6 4.4 5.1 3.9 5.1 3.4 0.8
Exhibition - - - - - - - -
Location                
Home 11 1.1 2.9 4.0 2.9 6.7 3.2 1.1
Away 17 1.0 5.0 6.0 4.2 5.1 2.6 0.3
Neutral - - - - - - - -
Result                
Wins 4 0.0 3.1 3.1 1.3 8.8 4.4 1.3
Losses 24 1.2 4.3 5.5 4.0 5.3 2.6 0.5
Month                
November 5 2.0 2.9 4.9 4.1 4.5 2.4 0.4
December 6 1.1 4.9 6.0 2.2 10.4 1.1 0.0
January 9 0.9 3.9 4.8 4.5 6.1 3.9 1.2
February 6 0.6 5.2 5.8 3.8 3.5 2.9 0.3
March 2 0.0 3.2 3.2 2.1 7.4 3.2 1.1

News Mentions

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Women's Basketball Hosts St. Francis Brooklyn For Senior Night Thursday

Central will honor its three seniors prior to tip-off Thursday night.

March 3, 2020

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Toppin Nets Career High, Central Tops LIU 71-57

Forever Toppin led the Blue Devils with a career-high 18 points.

March 2, 2020

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Blue Devils Outlasted by Warriors 56-46 Saturday

Central hosts LIU on Monday night.

February 29, 2020

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Women's Basketball Falls at Wagner, 63-56, on Friday

Women's basketball plays on the road at Merrimack on Feb. 29.

February 21, 2020

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Blue Devils Slowed by Bryant, 62-51

Ashley Forker led CCSU with 13 points.

February 15, 2020

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Central Meets with Bryant on Saturday in Smithfield

CCSU closes a three-game road series at Bryant.

February 5, 2020

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Blue Devils Edged by Saint Francis U, 72-68

Central travels to Bryant on Saturday, Feb. 8.

February 3, 2020

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Pioneers Slip Past Central 54-52 Monday

The Blue Devils face Robert Morris on Saturday at 4 p.m.

January 27, 2020

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Women's Basketball Holds Off Wagner Saturday, 66-63

The Blue Devils host Sacred Heart on Monday night at 7:00 p.m.

January 25, 2020

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Blue Devils Stopped by Knights 66-47

Ashley Berube scored 23 points for Central.

January 20, 2020

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Women's Basketball Edged by Sharks, 63-61

The team faces Mount St. Mary's on Saturday at 1 p.m.

January 13, 2020

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Fourth Quarter Push Sends Saint Francis Past Central, 64-52

Tiffany Slicklein scored nine points and grabbed eight rebounds.

January 4, 2020

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Central Drops Conference Opener Against RMU Thursday Night

CCSU hosts Saint Francis U on Saturday at 1 p.m.

January 2, 2020

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Berube Posts Double-Double, Central Shortened by UMass Lowell 56-54

Central travels to New Hampshire on Sunday.

December 5, 2019