NCAA 2025-2026

February 21, 2026

CHICAGO STATE Logo CHICAGO STATE United States
70 - 51
CENTRAL CONNECTICUT STATE Logo CENTRAL CONNECTICUT STATE United States

Match Summary

CHICAGO STATE defeated CENTRAL CONNECTICUT STATE 70-51 on February 21, 2026 in the NCAA 2025-2026. CHICAGO STATE won by a 19-point margin. Darin Smith, Jr. led all scorers with 19 points. CHICAGO STATE shot 41.9% from the field while CENTRAL CONNECTICUT STATE managed 30.9%. CHICAGO STATE collected 32 rebounds and CENTRAL CONNECTICUT STATE grabbed 32. This game was played as part of the NCAA 2025-2026 season in United States.

Points Leader

Darin Smith, Jr. basketball player - F

Darin Smith, Jr. F

6'7" - 2.01m

Efficiency Leader

C.j. Ray basketball player - SF

C.j. Ray SF

6'6" - 1.98m

70

CHICAGO STATE

# Player Min Pts FG 2FG 3FG FT RDef ROff Ast Stl TOv Blk BlkR PF PFR Eff
23 * C.j. Ray 33:00 15 7/12 6/10 1/2 0/0 6 3 1 1 0 0 0 3 0 21
4 * Marcus Tankersley 32:00 14 3/9 2/7 1/2 7/8 2 2 7 1 0 0 0 2 0 19
9 * Malek Robinson 11:00 4 2/5 2/3 0/2 0/0 0 0 0 4 1 0 0 1 0 4
10 * Corey Sands 11:00 0 0/3 0/0 0/3 0/0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 -1
22 * Dailliss Cox 09:00 2 1/2 1/2 0/0 0/0 4 0 1 1 1 0 0 2 0 6
21 Braelon Bush 29:00 5 2/7 1/3 1/4 0/0 3 0 6 0 0 0 0 3 0 9
3 Doyel Cockrill Iii 29:00 14 4/14 0/1 4/13 2/2 2 0 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 11
8 Stephen Byard 25:00 14 6/6 5/5 1/1 1/2 3 1 0 0 2 0 0 3 0 15
15 Joseph Owens 07:00 2 1/1 1/1 0/0 0/0 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 5
5 Chauncey Gibson 07:00 0 0/2 0/1 0/1 0/0 0 1 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
6 Daniel Zatsepin 07:00 0 0/1 0/1 0/0 0/0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 2
Totals 200:00 70 26/62 18/34 8/28 10/12 24 8 21 10 5 1 0 18 0 91
51

CENTRAL CONNECTICUT STATE

# Player Min Pts FG 2FG 3FG FT RDef ROff Ast Stl TOv Blk BlkR PF PFR Eff
5 * Darin Smith, Jr. 37:00 19 6/18 4/12 2/6 5/6 3 3 2 1 1 0 0 1 0 14
1 * Jay Rodgers 33:00 7 3/5 2/3 1/2 0/0 3 0 3 0 2 0 0 0 0 9
24 * James Jones 32:00 8 2/5 2/2 0/3 4/4 3 1 0 1 2 0 0 1 0 8
34 * Max Frazier 26:00 7 3/8 3/8 0/0 1/2 6 2 2 0 0 2 0 5 0 13
6 * Melo Sanchez 12:00 3 1/5 0/0 1/5 0/0 1 1 0 0 4 0 0 2 0 -3
3 Roddy Jones 17:00 3 1/7 0/1 1/6 0/0 0 1 1 0 2 0 0 2 0 -3
0 Elijah Parker 14:00 0 0/2 0/1 0/1 0/0 2 1 2 1 2 0 0 1 0 2
13 Ashton Reynolds 13:00 2 0/2 0/1 0/1 2/2 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 3
11 Jayden Mott 11:00 2 1/3 1/3 0/0 0/0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 3
22 Daniel James Etousa 04:00 0 0/0 0/0 0/0 0/1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2 Nico Ashley 01:00 0 0/0 0/0 0/0 0/0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Totals 200:00 51 17/55 12/31 5/24 12/15 20 12 11 3 13 3 0 13 0 46

* Players marked with * are starters.