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BROOKLYN, N.Y. - The LIU Brooklyn women's basketball team continues to look for its first Northeast Conference victory of the year, and will do so at home Monday night, playing in the Steinberg Wellness Center for the first time in over a month. The Blackbirds will host Central Connecticut State, Monday, January 13 at 7 p.m.
The Blackbirds are finally coming to home to roost in Brooklyn, after a month-long road swing. December and early January had match-ups in Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Arizona, and Maryland. Saturday's game at the Barclays Center marked the last one of that trip.
The LIU Brooklyn women's basketball team dropped its third straight Northeast Conference game Saturday afternoon in the Barclays Center, as the St. Francis Brooklyn Terriers beat the Blackbirds, 69-48. St. Francis, ranked No.25 in CollegeInsiders.com Mid Major Poll, improved to 11-3 overall, 3-0 in the NEC, while LIU drops to 2-12 overall, 0-3 in the NEC.
Senior Cleandra Roberts led all players in scoring in the game, as she hit a career-high with 27 points, along with six rebounds. But she was the only Blackbird with serious production, as LIU shot 31 percent from the field in the loss.
ALL-TIME SERIES
• LIU leads the all-time series, 15-11, but the Blue Devils have the most recent win in the books, as CCSU beat the Blackbirds last season.
• The loss included an LIU rally that fell shorts, as the Blackbirds came within six points of Central Connecticut State with just over two minutes to play, but the Blue Devils held on to take the win, 63-54.
Krystal Wells led LIU with 15 points, while
Cleandra Roberts had 12 points and seven rebounds.
Letava Whippy added eight points, five rebounds and three steals in the loss.
• LIU and CCSU also met just once in 2011-12 with the Blackbirds earning a 57-43 victory at the Wellness Center. Under Beryl Piper, the Blue Devils are 3-7 all-time against the Blackbirds.
SCOUTING THE BLUE DEVILS
• This is the first trip to LIU for the Blue Devils since the 2011-12 season. CCSU is currently 7-6 overall, and 1-2 in the NEC, after earning a win over Wagner Saturday, 80-71.
• The Blue Devils pulled down a season-high 58 rebounds on Saturday at Wagner.
• Before Staten Island, the Blue Devils lost a shoot-out to Saint Francis U, 106-97 in overtime. It was the third-highest scoring game in NEC history, and was the second highest point total for a CCSU team. And the 203 combined points were the most in any CCSU women's basketball game.
• The Blue Devils are averaging 78.7 points per game in NEC play, almost 15 points higher than their non-conference average of 66.8 points per game.
• Senior Jessica Babe ranks ninth in the NEC in scoring (13.2 ppg), first in assists per game (5.0), second in steals per game (2.33) and 12th in rebounds per game (6.3).