Men's Basketball Hosts Quinnipiac on Saturday
The Central Connecticut men's basketball team returns to Detrick Gym for a pair of games to round out non-conference play, starting with Saturday's tilt against Quinnipiac. The game will tipoff at 1:00 p.m. and be streamed on NECFrontRow.
The CCSU Alumni Association will be collecting items for its annual holiday toy drive. Fan can bring an item to donate and drop into collection bins as they enter the game.
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The Blue Devils and Bobcats will be meeting for the 72nd time overall. CCSU leads the all-time series, 47-25.
OPENING NOTES
• Central Connecticut returns home for a pair of contests before opening NEC action.
• Head coach Patrick Sellers is in his 4th season in charge of his alma mater.
• CCSU will host Johnson & Wales on Dec. 29 before opening NEC play at SFU on Jan. 3.
WITH A WIN TODAY ...
• CCSU would end a 3-game slide against Quinnipiac dating back to Feb. 25, 2013.
• Central would collect its 4th straight home win to open the season.
• The Blue Devils would win their 10th straight regular season home game overall.
• CCSU would have a 8-4 mark through 12 games, its best start since 2001-02 (8-4).
LOOSE ENDS...
• With its win on Wednesday, CCSU has matched its mark for most non-conference wins since joining the Northeast Conference.
• CCSU and Fairfield combined to shoot just 3 free throws (CCSU 1-1, FFD 2-2). It was the fewest combined foul shots since Central and Robert Morris had 2 (RMU 2-2) on Feb. 14, 2015.
• Dating back to the 2021-22 season, CCSU has won 7 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.
• Central is committing an NEC-low 10.9 turnovers per game.
• CCSU had 3 turnovers against Vermont St. Johnson - its fewest since Jan. 27 vs. Wagner (5).
• CCSU is committing 12.3 fouls per game thus far, which ranks 3rd in the country. Central ranked 10th nationally in 2023-24 committing just 13.6 fouls per game.
• In their 7 wins, the Blue Devils have held the lead for 218:41 while trailing for just 34:30.
• In 5 games vs. Providence, Saint Joseph's, UMass Lowell, UMass and URI the Blue Devils have an even scoring margin (339-339) and are 3-2 in those games.
• CCSU leads the NEC with 1.222 PPP near the rim and has a 60% (85-of-131) shooting efficiency.
• 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).
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).
