COLLEGE
Men’s Basketball
UMAINE vs. CENTRAL CONNECTICUT STATE
Time, site: Wednesday, 7 p.m., Cross Insurance Center, Bangor
Records: UMaine 2-4, CCSU 1-3
Series record; last meeting: UMaine leads 10-2, UMaine 81-74 on 11/29/15
Key players: UMaine — 6-2 G Wes Myers (13.8 ppg, 5.0 rpg, 2.7 apg), 6-6 G Ilker Er (9.7 ppg, 3.7 rpg), 6-7 F Andrew Fleming (9.2 ppg, 5.0 rpg), 6-7 F Marko Pirovic (8.7 ppg, 5.8 rpg); CCSU — 6-3 G Austin Nehls (13.8 ppg), 6-3 G Khalen Cumberlander (11.3 ppg, 3.8 rpg), 6-7 F Mustafa Jones (9.8 ppg, 4.0 rpg), 6-7 F Tidell Pierre (8.0 ppg, 6.5 rpg);
Outlook: UMaine returns to the Division I wars after a 96-45 win over Division III UMaine-Presque Isle in its regular-season home opener last Saturday. UMaine remains without two of its three captains, with G Aaron Calixte sidelined for at least a month with a fracture in his foot and G-F Garet Beal’s future uncertain as the result of a preseason ankle injury. UMaine heads back on the road this weekend to face a second straight foe nicknamed the Blue Devils, this time against No. 4 Duke at 5:30 p.m. Saturday at Cameron Indoor Stadium in Durham, North Carolina. CCSU has new leadership this year, with 15-year NBA veteran and former UConn first-team All-American Donyell Marshall the new head coach after Howie Dickenman’s retirement after last season. Marshall has brought in a six-player freshman class that includes his son Donyell Jr. The Blue Devils were picked to finish last in the 10-school Northeast Conference. CCSU already is 1-1 against America East competition with a season-opening 75-60 victory over Hartford on Nov. 11 and a 72-70 loss at Binghamton five nights later. The Blue Devils’ other losses have been to Seton Hall (82-58) and Penn (87-65).