Jones and Cent. Conn. St. host Rhode Island

Central Connecticut State Blue Devils (6-3) at Rhode Island Rams (9-1)

Kingston, Rhode Island; Sunday, 1 p.m. EST

BOTTOM LINE: Cent. Conn. St. visits Rhode Island after Jordan Jones scored 20 points in Cent. Conn. St.'s 69-56 victory over the Holy Cross Crusaders.

The Rams have gone 7-0 at home. Rhode Island leads the A-10 with 17.4 fast break points.

The Blue Devils have gone 3-2 away from home. Cent. Conn. St. is fourth in the NEC scoring 32.7 points per game in the paint led by Abdul Momoh averaging 6.8.

Rhode Island makes 48.1% of its shots from the field this season, which is 4.6 percentage points higher than Cent. Conn. St. has allowed to its opponents (43.5%). Cent. Conn. St. has shot at a 46.3% clip from the field this season, 7.4 percentage points higher than the 38.9% shooting opponents of Rhode Island have averaged.

TOP PERFORMERS: David Green is shooting 46.8% from beyond the arc with 2.2 made 3-pointers per game for the Rams, while averaging 16.5 points and 6.7 rebounds.

Jones is scoring 12.9 points per game and averaging 3.8 rebounds for the Blue Devils.

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