NEW BRITAIN, Conn. (AP) - Kyle Vinales scored 24 of his 28 points in the second half as Central Connecticut State won its first game of the season, defeating Brown 86-71 Thursday night to give coach Howie Dickenman his 250th career victory at his alma mater.
The Blue Devils (1-2), who lost to Fairfield 64-63 and to Saint Peter's 64-61, shot 62 percent from the field (31 of 50), with Vinales hitting 7 of 8 in the second half, including 4 of 5 3-pointers.
Trailing 18-16, Central Connecticut State dominated the rest of the first half to lead 45-30 at the break.
The Bears (1-1) got within four, at 67-63, on Tucker Halpern's 3-pointer, but Vinales scored all of the Blue Devils' points in a 10-3 spurt to pull away.
Matt Hunter added 17 points and six assists and Terrell Allen had 14 points for Central Connecticut State.
Matt Sullivan led Brown with 18 points.
| Scoreboard | |||
| Final | 1 | 2 | T |
| Brown (1-1) | 30 | 41 | 71 |
| Central Connecticut State (1-2) « | 45 | 41 | 86 |
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| Brown Bears | |||||||
| STARTERS | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| C. Kuakumensah, F | 23 | 3-8 | 3-3 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 9 |
| R. Maia, C | 24 | 6-8 | 2-3 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 14 |
| S. McGonagill, G | 40 | 3-9 | 2-2 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 11 |
| M. Sullivan, G | 35 | 6-12 | 4-5 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 18 |
| L. Yiljep, G | 20 | 0-2 | 0-0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 |
| BENCH | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| T. Halpern | 21 | 5-12 | 0-0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 15 |
| T. Ponticelli | 20 | 2-2 | 0-0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 |
| J. Sharkey | 11 | 0-3 | 0-0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| J. Schmidt | 6 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 25-56 | 11-13 | 25 | 16 | 13 | 71 | |
| 44.6% | 84.6% | ||||||
| Central Connecticut State Blue Devils | |||||||
| STARTERS | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| A. Burbage, F | 26 | 4-6 | 0-0 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 11 |
| J. Efese, F | 23 | 3-4 | 0-0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 6 |
| K. Vinales, G | 40 | 9-13 | 6-6 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 28 |
| M. McMillan, G | 37 | 1-2 | 2-2 | 6 | 7 | 0 | 4 |
| M. Hunter, G | 34 | 7-15 | 2-2 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 17 |
| BENCH | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| T. Allen | 22 | 5-7 | 1-1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 14 |
| B. Peel | 17 | 2-3 | 2-2 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 6 |
| E. Raleigh | 1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 31-50 | 13-13 | 25 | 18 | 12 | 86 | |
| 62% | 100% | ||||||
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