Men's Basketball Tips at UMass on Wednesday
Central Connecticut plays the first of four straight road games with a trip to UMass on Wednesday night. The game will tipoff at 7:00 p.m. and be carried on NESN+.
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The Blue Devils and Minutemen will be meeting for the 17th time. UMass has won the last four meetings and leads the series, 9-7.
OPENING NOTES
• Central Connecticut begins a four-game road swing with a trip to UMass on Wednesday.
• Head coach Patrick Sellers is in his 4th season in charge of his alma mater.
• CCSU will play three more games on the road, traveling to Holy Cross (Dec. 7), URI (Dec. 15) and Fairfield (Dec. 18) before hosting two non-conference home games on Dec. 21 and 29 prior to beginning league action on Jan. 3.
WITH A WIN TODAY ...
• Central would snap a four-game skid against the Minutemen.
• The Blue Devils would win their third straight game.
• CCSU would post its 2nd win of the year against an Atlantic 10 school (Saint Joseph's, Nov. 8)
• Central would collect its 2nd road win of the campaign.
LOOSE ENDS...
• Central is committing an NEC-low 10.4 turnovers per game. In 3 wins, CCSU is committing just 9.0 turnovers per game, while averaging 12.3 turnovers per game in 3 setbacks.
• CCSU had 3 turnovers against Vermont St. Johnson - its fewest since Jan. 27 vs. Wagner (5).
• CCSU is committing 11.4 fouls per game thus far, which ranks 1st in the country. Central ranked 10th nationally in 2023-24 committing just 13.6 fouls per game.
• In their 4 wins, the Blue Devils have held the lead for 135:19 while trailing for just 17:27.
• Central's 31 assists vs. VTSU-Johnson is the 13th-highest single-game total this season and its 18 3-pointers vs. VSUJ is tied for the 16th-highest single game total.
• With 20 wins last season, CCSU surpassed its win total from the previous 2 seasons combined. In the 10 previous seasons since its last winning season (2010-11, 19-12) until Patrick Sellers was head coach, CCSU was just 86-207 (.294).
• Dating back to the 2021-22 season, CCSU has won 6 straight 1-point games. Its last one-point loss came on Jan. 21, 2022 in a 67-68 loss at SFU. Two came vs. Wagner in 2023-24.
NOTABLES
• Northeast Conference Preseason Coaches Poll (1st place votes):
1T. CCSU (5)
1T. Wagner (4)
3. FDU
4. Le Moyne
5. LIU
6. Chicago St.
7. Mercyhurst
8T. Saint Francis U.
8T. Stonehill
• The Preseason All-NEC Team: Malachi Davis (LIU), Jo'el Emanuel (FDU), Darrick Jones Jr. (Le Moyne), JORDAN JONES (CCSU), Jeff Planutis (Mercyhurst).
