Central Connecticut St. defeats Sacred Heart 88-75
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Ken Horton scored 27 points and Robby Ptacek added 25 to lead Central Connecticut State over Sacred Heart 88-75 on Thursday night.
The Blue Devils (10-6, 3-2 Northeast Conference) scored 23 points off 20 turnovers, 46 points in the paint and limited the Pioneers' 3-point shooting in the second half. Sacred Heart (7-9, 2-3) was 8 of 12 from behind the arc in the first half and led 40-34 at the break. Central Connecticut State then held Sacred Heart to just 14.3 percent 3-point shooting (1 of 7) in the second half.
The Blue Devils shot 50.8 percent from the field (32 of 63).
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Chris Baskerville added 13 points and Shemik Thompson 10 for Central Connecticut State.
The Pioneers were led by Shane Gibson, who was 5 of 10 from 3-point range for 27 points. Jerrell Thompson chipped in 15 points for Sacred Heart, which had a three-game winning streak snapped.