NEC Releases 2020-21 Women's Basketball Preseason Poll
Central picked 10th in NEC Preseason Poll.
The Central Connecticut women's basketball team was chosen 10th in the 2020-21 Northeast Conference Preseason Coaches' Poll. The announcement was made on Wednesday during the NEC virtual media day on NEC Frontrow and ESPN3. The preseason All-NEC Team was also selected.
CCSU Segment - NEC Virtual Media Day (Video)
The Blue Devils are coming off a 4-25 season (3-15 NEC), but won their final two games of the season by double digits. CCSU returns three starters from last season. Ashley Berube leads the way after averaging 12.1 PPG and 6.9 REB. Seniors Emma McCamus and Ashley Forker also return to the starting lineup.
Mount St. Mary's was unanimously picked by the coaches as the preseason favorite. The Mount finished in second place last year during the regular season behind Robert Morris.
2020-21 NEC Women's Basketball Preseason Poll
1. Mount St. Mary's (unanimous)
2. Sacred Heart
3. Saint Francis U
4. Fairleigh Dickinson
5. LIU
6. Wagner
7. Merrimack
8. Bryant
9. St. Francis Brooklyn
10. Central Connecticut
2020-21 Preseason All-NEC Women's Basketball Team
*Nevena Dimitrijevic, St. Francis Brooklyn, So, G, Kragujevac, Serbia/Druga Kragujevaca Gimnazija
Adrianne Hagood, Sacred Heart, Sr, G, 5-8, Washington, D.C./Elizabeth Seton
Michaela Harrison, Mount St. Mary's, Jr, G, 5-7, Cleveland, OH/Lake Ridge Academy
Emilija Krista Grava, Wagner, Jr, F, 6-0, Ligatne, Latvia/Liepajas Papirisk SSS
*Brandy Thomas, LIU, Jr, G, 5-10, Baldwin, NY/Christ the King
* Unanimous selection
