Men's Basketball Travels to Saint Joseph's on Friday
The Central Connecticut men's basketball team heads to Saint Joseph's on Friday night for a 7:00 p.m. tipoff on ESPN+.
CCSU GAME NOTES | HOME GAME PROGRAM LINKS | SAINT JOSEPH'S GAME NOTES
LIVE STATS | WATCH | AUDIO | TICKETS
The Blue Devils and Hawks are meeting for just the second time. SJU won the first meeting, 83-66, on Dec. 22, 2022.
OPENING NOTES
• Central Connecticut travels to Philadelphia to matchup against Saint Joseph's on Friday night at Hagan Arena.
• Head coach Patrick Sellers is in his 4th season in charge of his alma mater.
• The Blue Devils host their home-opener against Vermont St.-Johnson on Nov. 1.
WITH A WIN TODAY ...
• Central would improve its record to .500 on the season.
• CCSU would move its record to .500 in the all-time series with Saint Joseph's.
• The Blue Devils would win their first road game of the season.
LOOSE ENDS...
• The Blue Devils led for 30:47 in the opener at Providence, while trailing for just 5:05.
• Central held a +9 turnover margin and a +11 points off turnover margin at Providence.
• CCSU ranked 10th nationally in 2023-24 committing just 13.6 fouls per game.
• 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).
• With 13 NEC wins in 2023-24, Central had its most league wins since going 16-2 in 2006-07.
• 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.
• CCSU posted two of the three largest margins of victory in program-history last season with wins over Saint Elizabeth (99-38, 2nd, 12/30/23) and Framingham St. (99-42, 3rd, 11/13/23)
• Central blocked 150 blocked shots as a team in 2023-24, the 4th highest single-season mark in program history and made 208 three-pointers as a team - the 8th best single-season total in program history.
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).
• Central Connecticut will face Northeastern on Nov. 16 at the Avenir Centre in Moncton, New Brunswick, in the Atlantic Slam Showdown.
• The game was originally scheduled for Nov. 17 in Boston.
• Atlantic Slam, the City of Moncton, On Ice Entertainment, and the Big South Conference modified the MTE to a single regular-season game.
