Men's Basketball Faces FDU on Saturday
The Central Connecticut men's basketball team picks up Northeast Conference play this week with a road game at FDU. The game will be streamed on NECFrontRow and available on YES Network.
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The Blue Devils and Knights will be meeting for the 57th time. FDU leads the series 30-26 all-time.
OPENING NOTES
• Central Connecticut heads back to the road for its only game in the upcoming weekend. CCSU will play at FDU on Saturday afternoon.
• Head coach Patrick Sellers is in his 4th season in charge of his alma mater.
• CCSU will play at Le Moyne on Jan. 24 before hosting Chicago State on Jan. 26.
WITH A WIN SATURDAY ...
• CCSU would avoid its first 3-game skid since losing 5 straight over the 2022-23 and 2023-24 seasons. The Blue Devils last lost 3 straight NEC games Jan. 7-20, 2023.
• Head coach Patrick Sellers and his first group of recruits (Brown, Momoh, Ostrowsky, Sweatman) would collect their 50th victory at CCSU.
• Central would win its 5th straight road game overall and in NEC play.
• CCSU would collect its 7th road win of the season.
LOOSE ENDS...
• CCSU is committing 11.8 fouls per game, which ranks 2nd nationally.
• In 11 wins, Central has led for 349:03 while trailing for just 55:27.
• Dating back to 2021-22, CCSU has won 7 straight 1-point games (1/21/22, 67-68 loss at SFU).
• CCSU is shooting 55.2% (310-of-545) from inside the three-point arc in all games.
• When scoring 70+ points under Patrick Sellers, CCSU is 42-13 (.764).
• With 9 non-conference wins, Central set a program-mark for non-league victories and is just the 6th NEC school to win 9 true non-conference games in a season
• CCSU and Fairfield combined for just 3 free throws (CCSU 1-1, FFD 2-2). It was the fewest combined foul shots in a CCSU game since Feb. 14, 2015 at Robert Morris (RMU 2-2).
• With 20 wins last season, CCSU surpassed its win total from the previous 2 seasons combined. In the 10 seasons since its last previous winning season (2010-11, 19-12) until Patrick Sellers was head coach, CCSU was just 86-207 (.294).
• 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).
