WEST LONG BRANCH, N.J. (AP) - Kyle Vinales scored 24 points and Adonis Burbage added 21 to help Central Connecticut State blow out Monmouth (N.J.) 78-58 Thursday night in a Northeast Conference matchup.
Joe Efese added nine rebounds and seven blocks for Central Connecticut State (9-11, 5-4).
Ahead 24-21 with 8:27 remaining in the first half, Central Connecticut State closed out the period on a 24-11 run. Burbage made three of the seven 3-pointers for the Blue Devils in the first half and Vinales had 16 points as Central Connecticut State led at halftime 48-32.
Monmouth (8-14, 3-6) would get as close as 51-40 behind Andrew Nicholas' jumper with 15:51 left to play, but Malcolm McMillan answered on the next possession with a 3-pointer to go up 54-40 with 15:30 remaining.
Monmouth shot just 35.7 percent (10 of 28) in the second half.
Marcus Ware led the Hawks with 16 points and six rebounds.
| Scoreboard | |||
| Final | 1 | 2 | T |
| Central Connecticut State (9-11) « | 48 | 30 | 78 |
| Monmouth (8-14) | 32 | 26 | 58 |
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| Central Connecticut State Blue Devils | |||||||
| STARTERS | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| A. Burbage, F | 40 | 8-17 | 0-0 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 21 |
| J. Efese, F | 22 | 3-5 | 0-0 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 6 |
| M. Hunter, G | 40 | 6-12 | 0-3 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 14 |
| K. Vinales, G | 40 | 10-21 | 1-1 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 24 |
| M. McMillan, G | 38 | 4-6 | 0-0 | 7 | 6 | 3 | 10 |
| BENCH | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| T. Allen | 17 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 3 |
| A. Hurd | 2 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| B. Peel | 1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 32-62 | 1-4 | 38 | 20 | 14 | 78 | |
| 51.6% | 25% | ||||||
| Monmouth Hawks | |||||||
| STARTERS | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| M. Ware, F | 25 | 7-10 | 2-9 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 16 |
| T. O'Garro, F | 18 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| S. Spinella, G | 28 | 4-9 | 1-2 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 11 |
| D. Nesmith, G | 27 | 2-8 | 3-3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 7 |
| J. Steele, G | 25 | 3-7 | 0-0 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 7 |
| BENCH | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| A. Nicholas | 25 | 4-11 | 0-0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 9 |
| M. DiLeo | 17 | 0-4 | 0-1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| E. Waite | 16 | 2-5 | 2-2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 6 |
| J. Palm | 15 | 0-2 | 2-2 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 2 |
| G. Cox | 4 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 22-58 | 10-19 | 36 | 14 | 8 | 58 | |
| 37.9% | 52.6% | ||||||
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