2009-10 Women's Basketball News
CCSU seniors Emily Rose and P.J. Wade have had successful careers on the court for the Blue Devils' women's basketball team. Both natives of the state of Virginia, Rose and Wade have been roommates since their sophomore year at Central Connecticut. What the pair also has in common is achieving tremendous success in the classroom during their four years in New Britain.
Central Connecticut outscored Long Island 34-27 in the second half, but it was not enough to overcome a 13 point halftime deficit as the Blue Devils fell to the Blackbirds in the Northeast Conference semifinals in Loretto, PA this afternoon. Junior Leanne Crockett and sophomore Alexzandria Dowdy led CCSU with 16 and 15 points, respectively. Central finishes the season with an overall record of 12-18 after falling in the NEC semifinals for the second straight season.
The Central Connecticut State University women's basketball team advanced to the Northeast Conference Semifinals for the second straight season with a 63-51 quarterfinal victory over Sacred Heart Saturday night in Loretto, PA. Junior Justina Udenze scored 17 points and a career high 18 rebounds, while junior Leanne Crockett recorded 17 points and 13 boards in the victory. Junior Kerrianne Dugan scored her 1,000th career point during first half action. The Blue Devils will now take on second seed Long Island Sunday at 4:00 p.m.
In this week's episode of In the Paint, Central Connecticut State University head women's basketball coach Beryl Piper sits #$%^down to discuss last weekend's games against Long Island and St. Francis (NY). She also touches on junior Kerrianne Dugan's quest for 1,000 points and takes a look at the Northeast Conference Tournament quarterfinal game against Sacred Heart. Central Connecticut is now 11-17 on the season and finished 8-10 in NEC action to clinch the sixth seed in the tournament. CCSU takes on the Pioneers for the third time this season at 8:00 p.m. on Saturday March 6. The quarterfinals and Sunday's semifinals will take place at St. Francis (PA) in Loretto, PA.
Junior Justina Udenze led Central Connecticut State University with 18 points and added seven rebounds as the Blue Devils defeated St. Francis (NY) by a score of 64-59 on the road Saturday afternoon. CCSU finishes regular season play with an overall record of 11-17 and will be the sixth seed in next weekend's Northeast Conference Tournament with a league mark of 8-10.
Junior Leanne Crockett scored 22 points, connecting on a career-best six three-pointers, but Central Connecticut State #$%^University (10-17, 7-10 NEC) fell to Long Island (19-9, 13-4 NEC) by a score of 73-61 at home Thursday night. Crockett also #$%^finished with 12 rebounds to tally her team-leading eighth double-double of the season. Her six three-pointers tie her for the #$%^third best three-point performance in a single-game for a CCSU player.
Juniors Kerrianne Dugan and Leanne Crockett both recorded double-doubles as Central Connecticut State University (10-16, 7-9 NEC) defeated Wagner (9-18, 6-10 NEC) by a score of 60-45 on the road Saturday. Dugan led the Blue Devils with 16 points and added 10 rebounds, while Crockett scored 15 points on four three-pointers, grabbed 10 boards and picked up five steals.
The Blue Devils outscored the Mountaineers 15-4 over the first 10:32 of the second half, but it was not enough for the victory as Central Connecticut State University (9-16, 6-9) fell to Mount St. Mary's (9-16, 5-10) by a score of 55-45 on the road Saturday. Junior Justina Udenze led CCSU with 12 points, while adding nine rebounds and a season-best six blocks. The junior moved into second place in Central Connecticut annals for career blocks with 84 her in three seasons. She passed former Blue Devils Donna Fiedorowicz who totaled 79 during her career in New Britain.
The Central Connecticut State University women's basketball team fell to 9-15 on the season and 6-8 in Northeast Conference play, dropping a 64-45 home decision to St. Francis (PA) Saturday afternoon. Junior Kerrianne Dugan led the Blue Devils with 12 points and seven rebounds, while senior P.J. Wade added 11 points in her 114th career game for Central Connecticut. Wade has played in every game of her four year career at CCSU and today broke the school record for game played in a career, passing Gabriella Guegbelet who played 113 from 2003-2007.
Central Connecticut State University outshot Robert Morris by a mark of 41.2 percent to 31.5 percent from the field, but the Colonials recorded 26 offensive rebounds and turned the Blue Devils over 24 times as CCSU (9-14, 6-7 NEC) fell to RMU (17-17, 12-1 NEC) by a score of 63-53 at home Thursday night. Junior Justina Udenze led Central with 17 points and 10 rebounds, recording her fourth double-double of the season in the defeat.
Juniors Kerrianne Dugan and Justina Udenze scored a combined 41 points and went 15-22 from the free throw line as Central Connecticut State University defeated Bryant (10-13, 7-5 NEC) by a score of 73-59 at home on Saturday afternoon. Dugan led the Blue Devils with a season high 23 points and hit 7-11 from the charity stripe, while Udenze added 18 points on 8-11 free throw shooting. CCSU improves to 9-13 on the season and 6-6 in Northeast Conference action.
Four Blue Devils finished in double figures, but Central Connecticut State University dropped an 80-71 decision on the road against Bryant on Thursday. Senior P.J. Wade led the way with 15 points, while juniors Kerrianne Dugan and Justina Udenze as well as sophomore Alexzandria Dowdy each chipped in 13 points in the defeat. Central falls to 8-13 on the season and 5-6 in Northeast Conference play, while Bryant improves to 10-12 overall and 7-4 in conference action.
Junior Leanne Crockett led CCSU with a career best 26 points and junior Kerrianne Dugan recorded the first Blue Devil double-double from points and assists since 1994 as Central Connecticut State University (8-12, 5-5) defeated Fairleigh Dickinson (6-15, 2-8) by a score of 79-61 at home Saturday afternoon. Crockett didn't miss a shot from the field, going 9-9 from the floor and 4-4 from beyond the arc. Dugan was only one rebound shy of the first ever triple-double in CCSU's Division I history. The junior forward netted 19 points, dealt out a career high 11 assists and grabbed a game best nine rebounds.
Junior Kerrianne Dugan scored 17 points, including 11 out of the last 16 Blue Devil points, but Central Connecticut State University dropped a 52-44 decision at home to Monmouth on Thursday. Dugan added five rebounds and three assists in the defeat as CCSU falls to 7-12 overall and 4-5 in Northeast Conference play. Monmouth improves to 10-10 on the season and 5-4 in the NEC.
A three-pointer by senior Emily Rose gave Central Connecticut State University a 73-70 lead with 1:17 to play in overtime and the Blue Devils went on to defeat Quinnipiac 78-70 on the road Saturday. It marked the first win by Central over the Bobcats in the last 19 meetings. Rose, who wears number 22, celebrated her 22nd birthday with a season high 12 points, including five in the overtime period alone.
Four Blue Devils scored in double figures for the first time this season as Central Connecticut State University (6-11, 3-4) snapped Sacred Heart's (13-5, 6-1) 27 game win streak against Northeast Conference opponents with a 67-64 victory on the road. Junior Leanne Crockett led Central with season highs of 20 points and four three-pointers as CCSU broke a 17 game losing streak against the Pioneers. Alexzandria Dowdy tallied 14 points, seven assists and three steals, while juniors Kerrianne Dugan and Justina Udenze chipped in with 11 and 10 points, respectively.
