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Cent. Conn. St. faces Siena, aims to break 8-game slide

Central Connecticut State Blue Devils (0-8) at Siena Saints (1-7)

Loudonville, New York; Monday, 6 p.m. EST

BOTTOM LINE: Cent. Conn. St. is looking to break its eight-game skid with a victory against Siena.

The Saints have gone 1-2 at home. Siena is third in the MAAC at limiting opponent scoring, giving up 63.3 points while holding opponents to 38.4% shooting.

The Blue Devils are 0-5 on the road. Cent. Conn. St. ranks ninth in the NEC with 17.8 defensive rebounds per game led by Lucia Noin averaging 4.1.

Siena is shooting 36.2% from the field this season, 8.6 percentage points lower than the 44.8% Cent. Conn. St. allows to opponents. Cent. Conn. St. averages 48.6 points per game, 14.7 fewer points than the 63.3 Siena gives up.

TOP PERFORMERS: Francesca Schiro is scoring 13.9 points per game and averaging 2.6 rebounds for the Saints. Nicole Melious is averaging 1.3 made 3-pointers.

Kiyah Lewis is averaging 12.8 points and 2.2 steals for the Blue Devils. Noin is averaging 11.3 points, 6.3 rebounds and 1.5 steals.

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The Associated Press created this story using technology provided by Data Skrive and data from Sportradar.

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