Fairleigh Dickinson 76, at Central Connecticut 66

NEW BRITAIN, Conn. (Interstat) — Eric Parnell scored a game-high 29 points and Fairleigh Dickinson used a decisive second-half surge to upset Central Connecticut 76-66 in a Northeast Conference men’s basketball game Friday night at William H. Detrick Gymnasium. The Knights, who entered as significant underdogs according to predictive metrics, improved to 7-13 overall. The Blue Devils, projected to win with near 90% certainty, fell to 10-8. The most critical sequence of the contest unfolded early in the second half. Trailing 34-29 at halftime, Central Connecticut’s Darin Smith opened the period with a pull-up jumper and, after a Melo Sanchez… Read more...