8 Games In & CCSU is 3-5 Part 2

Following CCSU's first four games of the season they had three straight road games before they finally came to New Britain for their home opener of the season.

To continue their seven game road trip they started off December with two road games in New York against fellow Northeast Conference teams at St. Francis (NY) and Long Island University.

At SFNY the Blue Devils were able to come away with the win 63-50 and started off their in-conference season in a good way. The Blue Devils were led by David Simmons who posted a double double with 11 points and 14 rebounds against the Terriers of St. Francis (NY). Also, co-captains Shemik Thompson (17) and Joe Seymore (10) had great games for the Blue Devils as both scored in double digits.

Freshman Joe Efese had a good game coming off of the bench as he added 12 points. A sour point for the Blue Devils this game was starting forward Robby Ptacek who shot 1-13 from the field and only had five points.

Following the win at SFNY the Blue Devils headed to LIU to look for their second consecutive NEC win. However, Jaytornah Wisseh and the Blackbirds of LIU spoiled the Blue Devils chances at going 2-0 in conference on the season. Wisseh added 20 points and eight assists for the Blackbirds in 69-65 defeat of the Blue Devils.

Leading the Blue Devils were David Simmons and Joe Seymore who both added 15 points each. In his second straight poor shooting performance of the season Ptacek added eight points on 3-15 shooting from the field.

Following the two games in conference CCSU headed to the University of New Hampshire to take on the Wildcats. UNH defeated CCSU 67-55 to hand the Blue Devils their second straight loss.

Shemik Thompson led the Blue Devils with 20 points and Joe Seymore added 10 points with no else scoring in double digits in this game.

Alvin Abreu of UNH added 25 points for the Wildcats while Tyrone Conley (16) and Radar Onguetou (12) both added double figures also with six rebounds a piece.

The game at UNH ended the Blue Devils seven game road trip as they now began to get ready for their first home game of the season as the Albany Great Danes paid a visit to Detrick Gymnasium.

The Blue Devils came into the game 2-5 and were looking to bring a win to the home crowd and that is what they did. In a game that went back and forth the entire game the Blue Devils were able to earn the win in overtime 70-68.

David Simmons had a career game with 11 points and 16 rebounds while Vince Rosario added 17 points on 6-12 shooting from the field and 5-10 shooting behind the 3-point arc.

The usual suspects Shemik Thompson and Robby Ptacek both didn't have great shooting days but combined shot 12-12 from the free point line and both finished in double digits scoring with Thompson scoring 16 and Ptacek adding 12.

The win at home against Albany has brought CCSU's season to a 3-5 start and a 1-1 start in the NEC. The Blue Devils have 21 more regular season games this year and 16 of them are in the NEC. The Blue Devils will be looking to make a run at the NEC crown and hopefully earn a chance to play in the NCAA Tournament come March.

Up next for the Blue Devils is a trip to Northwestern followed by a home game against UMBC to end 2009.