PLAYER ROTATION
Usual Starters -- F Tamir Johnson, F Ken Horton, G Tristan Blackwood, G Aaron Hall, G Joe Seymore. Key Subs -- F Marcus Palmer, G Donnie Powell.

GAME REVIEW

CCSU 73, Fairleigh Dickinson 60

Quinnipiac 76, CCSU 73 (OT)

CCSU 100, Sacred Heart 87

GAME PREVIEW

At Sacred Heart, NEC tournament, Thursday, March 6

IN FOCUS
Six games in two seasons. Two games in four days. These two teams know each other pretty well. This is a good matchup.

ROSTER REPORT

--Freshman G Shemik Thompson was lost for the rest of the season with a concussion and facial fracture after taking an elbow from Quinnipiac's James Feldeine.

--Freshman G David Simmons returned from injury but was quickly lost for the rest of the year with a concussion and cut.

--G Tristan Blackwood is the NEC's all-time leading 3-point producer with 326. He had 1,590 career points.

--F Ken Horton leads NEC freshmen with 12.9 points per game and was the first NEC player in almost a decade with five 20-point games. He was also leading the league with 2.1 blocks per game.

--F Marcus Palmer had a career-high 24 points against Sacred Heart. He was averaging 15.5 points and 8.4 rebounds while shooting at a 53.8 percent slip from the field over the last 11 games.

--G Joe Seymore stepped into the starting lineup for Thompson and had 12 points, eight rebounds and seven assists against Sacred Heart.

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