NEW BRITAIN, Conn. -- The Fairleigh Dickinson women's basketball team fell at Central Connecticut, 76-56, and had its five-game winning streak snapped in the process. 

The three-point line proved to be the difference as Central Connecticut (4-18, 4-7 NEC) went 11-of-23 from behind the arc, and Fairleigh Dickinson (14-8, 6-4 NEC) went 1-of-14. 

The Blue Devils also outrebounded the Knights 47-29 on the night. 

Central Connecticut took a 15-14 lead in the final seconds of a back-and-forth first quarter on a Kiana Petterson jumper with three seconds left. The Blue Devils would not relinquish it for the rest of the night. 

The Patterson jumper was part of a 12-2 run by the Blue Devils that lasted 6:03, spanning the first to the second quarters and led to a 23-14 Central Connecticut lead. 

Central Connecticut stretched the lead to 21 in the early third quarter with a 10-0 run--six points from a pair of Andi Lydon 3-pointers--that spanned 1:59 to make it 44-23. 

The lead got to 47-25 with 7:52 left in the third before the Knights went on a 9-0 run of their own. Peniel M'Bikata started it with the Knights' lone three of the night and capped it with a layup. The sequence lasted 3:40 and cut the margin to 13, 47-34. 

Fairleigh Dickinson would get as close as 12 the rest of the way. That came at 54-42 when Lauren Francillon hit a baseline jumper 12 seconds into the fourth. Central Connecticut answered with an 8-0 stretch to extend the lead to 20. 

The Blue Devil lead would stay between 18 and 22 for the remaining eight minutes. 

Lydon finished with a game-high 21 points--3-of-5 from three--to lead Central Connecticut. Patterson and Sydney Hines finished with 19 points apiece and combined to hit six triples. 

Francillon scored 14 points to lead the Knights and grabbed eight rebounds. Amina Markovic notched her second double-double of the year with 11 points and 10 rebounds in 19 minutes before fouling out. M'Bikata also had 11, and Madelynn Comly was also in double figures at 10. 

Central Connecticut finished at 46-percent from the floor and held Fairleigh Dickinson to 37-percent. 

Up next for the Knights are a pair of home contests. First up is Mount St. Mary's on Saturday at 2 p.m. inside the Rothman Center.