Men's Basketball Heads to Holy Cross on Saturday
Central Connecticut continues its four-game road swing with afternoon trip to Holy Cross on Saturday. The game will tipoff at 2:00 p.m. and be carried on ESPN+.
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The Blue Devils and Crusaders will be meeting for the sixth time overall. CCSU won last season's meeting, but Holy Cross leads the all-time series, 3-2.
OPENING NOTES
• Central Connecticut is in the midst of playing four straight road games and plays at Holy Cross on Saturday.
• Head coach Patrick Sellers is in his 4th season in charge of his alma mater.
• CCSU will play two more games on the road, traveling to URI (Dec. 15) and Fairfield (Dec. 18) before hosting two home games on Dec. 21 and 29 prior to beginning league action on Jan. 3.
WITH A WIN TODAY ...
• Central would win its second straight against Holy Cross and even the all-time series.
• The Blue Devils would win their fourth straight game overall.
• CCSU would have 6 wins its its first 9 games for the first time since 2001-02 (7-2).
• Central would collect its 3rd road win of the campaign.
LOOSE ENDS...
• Central is committing an NEC-low 10.6 turnovers per game. In 5 wins, CCSU is committing just 9.6 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 12.4 fouls per game thus far, which ranks 4th in the country. Central ranked 10th nationally in 2023-24 committing just 13.6 fouls per game.
• In their 5 wins, the Blue Devils have held the lead for 166:20 while trailing for just 21:07.
• 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).
