BROOKLYN, N.Y. and HACKENSACK, N.J. - FDU men's basketball (14-11, 7-3 NEC) hits the road Thursday for the final regular season game of the campaign against LIU (7 p.m., NEC Front Row) before welcoming-in Central Connecticut on Saturday for a 5 p.m. bout on ESPN+.
Sitting in second place in the nine-team Northeast Conference behind Stonehill, the Knights face a critical weekend with just one home game remaining after taking-on the Blue Devils. Following Saturday's game,
Tobin Anderson's Knights face their longest road trip of the league slate, a three-game swing taking FDU to Sacred Heart, Wagner and out to Loretto, Pa. against Saint Francis U. FDU's regular season finale comes at home on February 25 when the Burgundy and Blue face St. Francis Brooklyn.
Despite Saturday's late loss to Wagner, several Knights hit milestones of their own as graduate student guard
Demetre Roberts eclipsed the 2,000-point threshold and junior
Joe Munden Jr. tallied double-digit scoring for the sixth-straight game as the Harlem, N.Y. product averages nearly 14 points a night in NEC play. FDU continues to lead the league in scoring, averaging 78.9 points per game in conference play with a margin of 4.5, the largest of any team in the nine-team NEC.
Winning the season openers in the series against LIU and Central Connecticut, FDU looks to log sweep numbers two and three on the season, respectively after previously taking the series against Merrimack last month.
Following the weekend's pair of games, the Knights - who sit just a game out of first place - head to Fairfield, Conn. for a Thursday evening tilt with Sacred Heart on Feb. 16 at 7 p.m. live on NEC Front Row.
The 2022-23 men's basketball season is presented by
Bogota Savings Bank.