The Central Connecticut women's basketball team will play in the NEC Quarterfinals on Monday, March 6th. The Blue Devils are set to face the Fairleigh Dickinson Knights at Stratis Arena in Hackensack, NJ. Tipoff is set for 7:00 pm. This will be the third time this season that the Blue Devils and the Knights will go head-to-head. CCSU will be looking to end a four game losing streak against FDU and snag their first victory against the NEC foe since December of 2020. CCSU will be looking to improve their Division I series record againstthe Knights to 27-25
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• Three Blue Devils scored in double figures against LIU on 3/2 including
Belle Lanpher who led the team with 17 points, going 11-11 from the free throw line.
• Lanpher has now scored in double figures in 15 out of her 23 games played this season and 11 out of her last 14.
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Lara Rohkohl led CCSU on the boards with 13 total rebounds, eight offensive.
• CCSU shot 63.6% (7-11) in the first quarter, their best single-quarter shooting percentage of the season.
• Lanpher recorded a double-double against SHU, leading all players with 17 points and 11 rebounds (a new career high).
• CCSU outscored its the Pioneers in the first quarter, shooting over 40 percent from the field
• Rohkohl blocked three shots, to go along with four rebounds and four points
• 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 Jenkins with 11.
• Rohkohl also tallied eight blocks, the most blocks in a single game out of any NEC player this season.
• Jenkins led Central in scoring against FDU on 2/11 with 10 points and 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.
• Rohkohl is second in the NEC with 7.8 rebounds per game and first in blocks at 1.5 per game.
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Meghan Kenefick is also ranked in the top 10 in rebounding at seventh (6.2 per game). She is third in the NEC in mins. per game (34.5).
• Lanpher is ranked in three statistical categories: seventh in scoring (13.5 pts. per game), first in free throw percentage (.846), and 10th in assists (2.5 per game).
• Toppin is ranked second in steals (2.3 per game).
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Forever Toppin has played in 115 total games in her career at CCSU with 74 starts.
• Lanpher is 66-78 at the free throw line this season. She is 161-196 for her career, 82.1 percent, which ranks her third in program history.