Women's Basketball Set to Face the Pioneers on Saturday
The Central Connecticut women’s basketball team will head to Fairfield, CT to face the Sacred Heart Pioneers at the William H. Pitt Center on Saturday afternoon. Tipoff is set for 2:00 pm and the game will be broadcasted on ESPN+.
The Central Connecticut women's basketball team will head to Fairfield, CT to face the Sacred Heart Pioneers at the William H. Pitt Center on Saturday afternoon. Tipoff is set for 2:00 pm and the game will be broadcasted on ESPN+. This will be the second time this season that the Blue Devils and the Pioneers will go head-to-head. CCSU defeated SHU for the first time since 2018 on February 4th, 79-64. CCSU will be looking to improve their Division I series record against SHU to 21-39.
CCSU Game Notes | Watch | LiveStats
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Belle Lanpher led CCSU against Merrimack with 21 points. Dejah Jenkins scored 14 and Meghan Kenefick tallied 10.
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Lanpher has now scored in double figures in 13 out of her 21 games played this season and nine out of her last 12.
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The Blue Devils shot 50 percent from the field, 26-52, for the game, including 8-17 from behind the arc.
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Both teams recorded 11 assists and nine steals.
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Lara Rohkohl finished with a game-high 11 rebounds, as well as three blocked shots and six points
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Rohkohl is second in the NEC with 7.8 rebounds per game and first in blocks at 1.4 per game.
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Kenefick is also ranked in the top 10 in rebounding at seventh (6.4 per game). She is third in the NEC in mins. per game (34.6).
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Lanpher is ranked in two statistical categories: seventh in scoring (13.2 pts. per game) and eighth in assists (2.5 per game).
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Forever Toppin is ranked second in steals (2.3 per game).
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Toppin has played in 114 total games in her career at CCSU with 73 starts.
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Lanpher is 50-62 at the free throw line this season. She is 145-180 for her career, 80.6 percent, which ranks her third in program history.
