Women's Basketball Falls To Manhattan in Season Opener

The Central Connecticut Women’s basketball team fell short (52-35) on the road in their season opener Monday night at Manhattan College.

November 6, 2023

The Central Connecticut Women's basketball team fell short (52-35) on the road in their season opener Monday night at Manhattan College.

GAME INFORMATION

FINAL SCORE: Manhattan 52, CCSU 35

RECORDS: CCSU 0-1-0, (0-0-0) NEC; Manhattan 1-0-0, (0-0-0 NEC)

LOCATION: Draddy Gymnasium | Riverdale, NY

KEY MOMENTS

The Blue Devils played solid early defense and were a few shots away from a nice run. A charge taken by Belle Lanpher forced a Manhattan timeout midway through the first quarter
Lanpher gave the Blue Devils their first lead, 6-4, at the 5:46 mark, and then after the charge to force a Manhattan timeout, knocked down a three-pointer for the Blue Devils' largest lead, 9-4
The Blue Devils forced five turnovers in the opening period and held the Jaspers to nine points on 5-13 shooting
Samora Watson got hot in the second quarter and scored eight points with three straight baskets that gave Central a 17-13 lead 4:25 into the quarter.
"The Jaspers went to a larger lineup during the second quarter that resulted in an 11-1 run that was fueled by three blocked shots, to build a 24-18 halftime advantage.
CCSU scored the opening points of the third quarter, to close within four, 24-20, before Manhattan went on a 8-2 run to take its largest lead of the game, 32-22.
Back-to-back buckets from Meghan Kenefick with two minutes remaining in the third quarter cut the Jasper lead to 32-26.
Manhattan took a thirteen-point lead early in the fourth quarter after a three-pointer from Jayla James and two two-point buckets from Jade Blagrove.
Belle Lanpher picked up two fouls late in the game leaving the Blue Devils without their leading scorer with 1:54 left in the fourth quarter trailing 46-35.

NUMBERS TO KNOW

19 - The Blue Devils wreaked havoc on the defensive end and scored 12 points off 19 Jasper turnovers.

NOTES

Samora Watson led the way with 15 points and Lanpher added 14 to account for 83% of the Blue Devils scoring.
The game marks the head coaching debut of Way Veney, the Blue Devils' head coach
The Blue Devils shot 21.0% from the field with Watson and Lanpher the only CCSU players to score in the first half.
CCSU dished out 8 assists on 14 baskets made. They also out-rebounded the Jaspers on the offensive end 17-16.

UP NEXT...

The Blue Devils travel to Syracuse on Nov 10 (Fri) and will tip off at 7:00 PM EST.