Overview: UAlbany brings a 6-3 Division I home opener record into tonight's game against Central Connecticut State.

The Blue Devils have lost to Boston College (80-65) and to Colgate (58-57) on a buzzer-beater.

Central Connecticut has won three Northeast Conference titles over the past ten years, the most recent coming in 2007. The Blue Devils have won the most games in conference play over the last decade (124), 18 ahead of Monmouth.

Central Connecticut has won 17 games in a row, when scoring 80 points or more, dating back to the 2005-06 season.

We have a sister paper in New Britain, the New Britain Herald, and I was doing a little reading on Central. They keep saying them team is tough, but not good at the foul line.

Records: UAlbany 1-2. Central Connecticut State 0-2

The Series: The Blue Devils leads the series 19-7. The Great Danes snapped a 10-game losing streak with last season's 63-60 overtime win.

Player to Watch: Ken Horton, sophomore Central Connecticut. The 6-foot-6 forward is averaging 19.5 points per game through two contests and is only the third Blue Devils player to score more than 18 points per game in his first two games of the season since the 1992-93 season. Horton scored 18 points and grabbed 10 rebounds for his fourth career double-double in Monday's loss to Colgate.

X-Factor: Brian Connelly, senior UAlbany. I keep waiting for this one of only three seniors to step it up. Connelly is averaging only 4.7 points per game, after averaging 10.1 points per game last year. He will have a tough matchup with either Horton or senior Marcus Palmer, but if he has a big game UAlbany will win.

Injury Note: On the UAlbany side, freshman Anthony Raffa (concussion) and junior Will Harris (knee) are both questionable for tonight's game.

Central Connecticut sophomore Shemik Thompson (groin), who is averaging 12.0 points per game, also might miss the game.

Prediction: UAlbany 76, Central Connecticut 66