February 17, 2023
Women's Basketball Set to Play Stonehill on Saturday Afternoon
Central Connecticut will head to Easton, MA on Saturday afternoon to face the Stonehill Skyhawks at Merkert Gymnasium. Tipoff is set for 2:00 pm.
Central Connecticut will head to Easton, MA on Saturday afternoon to face the Stonehill Skyhawks at Merkert Gymnasium. Tipoff is set for 2:00 pm. This will be the second time this season that the Blue Devils and the Skyhawks will go head-to-head. CCSU fell to Stonehill earlier this year on January 2nd, 2023. The Blue Devils lost 73-66. CCSU will be looking to improve their Division I series record against the Seahawks to 1-1.
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- Lara Rohkohl achieved her third double-double of the season against Wagner on 2/16 with 11 points and 17 rebounds (seven offensive). Two other Blue Devils scored in double figures against the Seahawks, including Forever Toppin with 16 points and Dejah Jenkins with 11.
- Rohkohl also tallied eight blocks, the most blocks in a single game out of any NEC player this season.
- Central had 16 offensive rebounds, securing 14 second-chance points.
- Jenkins led Central in scoring against FDU on 2/11 with 10 points and Meghan Kenefick led the Blue Devils on the boards with seven rebounds
- CCSU scored 20 points in Q2 vs FDU and now have 20 or more points in 15 quarters this season.
- CCSU had 10 players collect at least three rebounds against UHart on 2/8, for a season-best 50 total rebounds. The Blue Devils also had 10 players score at least two points
- Lanpher has scored in double figures in 11 out of her 19 games played this season and seven out of her last ten.
- CCSU had two players score 20+ points in their win over SHU for the first time since January 31st, 2015 (TeJahne Malone (22) and Kayla Miller (20)). Belle Lanpher scored 28 and Forever Toppin finished with 25.
- Belle Lanpher led the Blue Devils against SFBK on 2/2 with a career-high of 30 points.
- Rohkohl is second in the NEC with 7.5 rebounds per game and first in blocks at 1.4 per game.
- Meghan Kenefick is also ranked in the top 10 in rebounding at sixth (6.6 per game). She is second in the NEC in mins. per game (34.7).
- Lanpher is ranked in three statistical categories: seventh in scoring (12.7 pts. per game), tenth in 3FGM per game (1.4), and eighth in assists (2.6 per game).
- Toppin is ranked second in steals (2.3 per game).
- Forever Toppin has played in 113 total games in her career at CCSU with 73 starts.
- Lanpher is 44-54 at the free throw line this season. She is 139-172 for her career, 80.8 percent, which ranks her third in program history.
