February 23, 2024
Blue Devils Welcome Sacred Heart to the Detrick Gym Saturday Afternoon
The Central Connecticut women's basketball team welcomes The Sacred Heart Pioneers to the Detrick Gym on Saturday for their second NEC matchup this season.
The Central Connecticut women's basketball team welcomes The Sacred Heart Pioneers to the Detrick Gym on Saturday for their second NEC matchup this season. The Cheer Team Seniors will be honored at halftime. The Game will be streamed live on NEC Front Row.
The Blue Devils and Pioneers are meeting for the second time this season. SHU won the first battle between the two teams in Fairfield. Belle Lanpher was 5-for-9 from the floor and added 11 points. Alonna Sellers contributed 10 points and 11 rebounds in the loss at Fairfield back on February 9th.
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OPENING NOTES
- Central Connecticut (7-18, 5-7 NEC) welcomes #1 Sacred Heart (17-9, 11-1 NEC) to the Detrick Gym for a Northeast Conference matchup on Saturday at 1:00 PM.
- The Blue Devils went back and forth with The Pioneers but ultimately fell 58-to-53 at The Pitt Center.
- Head coach Way Veney is in her first season at the helm of the Blue Devils.
- Centrals' next game will be played on Thursday, February 29th at 7:00 PM at LIU. Stonehill.
WITH A CCSU WIN...
- The Blue Devils would improve to 6-7 in the NEC and 5-2 at home in conference play. They currently stand in 5th behind Merrimack (8-5), with four games left.
- Would beat SHU for the second year in a row at home.
- Central Connecticut would clinch a playoff berth in the Northeast Conference Tournament.
NOTABLES
- The Blue Devils had four players score in double figures in Thursday night's win over Wagner. Amaya Williams and Samora Watson led the Blue Devils with 15 points. Watson also tallied eight rebounds and three assists. Williams was 5-of-7 from the floor, 1-for-2 from three-point range, and was a perfect 4-for-4 from the stripe.
- Samora Watson leads the Blue Devils with 17.4 points per game and 5.8 rebounds.
- Alonna Sellers notched her seventh game in double figures in Thursday night's game. She has settled into a starting role for the Blue Devils and has yet to reach her full potential. With 13 points, three blocks, and three steals in Thursday night's victory, she is poised to have an impact in the game for the Blue Devils on Saturday. Sellers ranks second in field goal percentage in a conference play, shooting .506 from the floor (40-79).
- CCSU ranks second in opponent field goal percentage in conference play. The team ranks fifth (24.33) in defensive rebounding but eighth (9.92) in offensive rebounding in NEC play.
- Central will take on the conference-leading scorer Ny'Cear Pryor and the top-scoring team in the conference (71.7 in NEC play).
