St. Francis Brooklyn Men’s Basketball 180 Remsen Street | Brooklyn, NY | 11201 Game Notes | 718-489-5432 | MBB Contact: Rob DeVita ([email protected]) 2020-21 SCHEDULE THE MATCHUP Date Opponent Time 12/8 Bryant* L, 82-101 12/9 Bryant* W, 93-91 VS. 12/15 Central Connecticut* W, 91-86 12/16 Central Connecticut* L, 59-78 12/23 Saint Peter’s L, 64-70 St. Francis Brooklyn Mount St. Mary's 2020-21 Record: (2-3, 2-2 NEC) 2020-21 Record: (2-3, 1-0 NEC) 1/7 Mount St. Mary’s* 4:00 PM 2019-20 Record: (13-18, 7-11 NEC) 2019-20 Record: (11-21, 7-11 NEC) 1/8 Mount St. Mary’s* 4:00 PM Head Coach: Glenn Braica Head Coach: Dan Engelstad 1/21 LIU* 7:00 PM 1/30 LIU*^ 4:00 PM SERIES INFORMATION 2/4 Wagner* 7:00 PM Game No. 6 - Thursday, January 7, 2021 | 4 PM 2/5 Wagner* 7:00 PM Game No. 7 - Friday, January 8, 2021 | 4 PM 2/11 Saint Francis (PA)* 7:00 PM Daniel Lynch '38 Gymnasium at the Pope Physical Education Center 2/12 Saint Francis (PA)* 4:00 PM Brooklyn Heights, NY 2/16 Fairleigh Dickinson* 7:00 PM 2/17 Fairleigh Dickinson* 7:00 PM TALE OF THE TAPE 2/20 Sacred Heart* 4:00 PM SFBK STAT MSM 2/21 Sacred Heart* 2:00 PM 77.8 Points Per Game 61.4 2/25 Merrimack* 4:00 PM 85.2 Opp. Points Per Game 64.8 2/26 Merrimack* 4:00 PM .426 Field Goal Pct. .432 3/6 NEC Tournament TBD .475 Opp. Field Goal Pct. .451 3/9 NEC Tournament TBD 6.4 3-Pt. FGs Per Game 6.8 .308 3-Pt. FG Pct. .312 Key: .453 Opp. 3-Pt. FG Pct. .302 Home | Away .677 Free-Throw Pct. .703 39.8 Rebounds Per Game 31.6 *NEC Game 38.0 Opp. Rebounds Per Game 30.8 ^46th Annual Battle of Brooklyn 15.2 Assists Per Game 10.6 2020-21 NEC PRESEASON POLL & HONORS 14.2 Turnovers Per Game 13.0 8.2 Steals Per Game 4.6 NEC Preseason Poll Preseason All-NEC Team 3.8 Blocks Per Game 3.8 1. Fairleigh Dickinson (6) *Damian Chong Qui - Mount St. Mary's 2. LIU (4) *Ty Flowers - LIU ALL-TIME SERIES 3. (tie) Bryant *Chauncey Hawkins - St. Francis Brooklyn The Terriers are back in action for the first time in the 2021 calendar year on Thurs- Mount St. Mary's *Jahlil Jenkins - FDU day, January 7, at 7 p.m., when they open up a back-to-back two-game series with 5. St. Francis Brooklyn Elyjah Williams - FDU conference foe Mount St. Mary’s. St. Francis has a (34-39) all-time record against 6. Saint Francis (PA) Mount St. Mary’s. The Terriers are (2-3) in their last five meetings with the Mountain- 7. Merrimack *Denotes unanimous selection eers, which includes a 70-67 win in their last matchup on February 8, 2020, inside 8. Wagner the Daniel Lynch ’38 Gymnasium. St. Francis was paced by Larry Moreno who gave 9. Central Connecticut the Terriers a jolt off the bench with a career-high 19 points on 7-of-9 shooting from 10. Sacred Heart the field and 5-of-6 shooting from three. Unique McLean scored a game-high 21 points and added four rebounds and four assists in the win. The Terriers are (9-12) against Mount St. Mary’s under Coach Braica. 1 NEWS & NOTES QUICK FACTS KEY RETURNERS Location..........................................................................................Brooklyn Heights, NY Chauncey Hawkins - 11.8 ppg | 4.8 apg | 3.6 rpg | 2.0 spg (2020-21 stats) Founded.....................................................................................................................1859 • Named to 2020-21 Preseason All-NEC Team Enrollment...............................................................................................................2,700 • Selected to 2019-20 All-NEC Third Team Nickname............................................................................................................Terriers • Selected to 2019-20 NABC Honors Court Colors............................................................................................................Red & Royal • Was one of 11 student-athletes in the nation and just the second Terrier in program history selected to the Division I-AAA Athletics Directors Association Scholar-Athlete Team Facility.......Daniel Lynch ‘38 Gymnasium at the Pope Physical Education Center (1,200) • In 2019-20, he ranked eighth in the NEC in scoring, eighth in assists per game, seventh in Affiliation.................................................................................................NCAA Division I free-throw percentage (81.7%), tied for fourth in steals per game, and was tied for the 10th- Conference....................................................................................Northeast Conference best assist-to-turnover ratio (1.4) in the conference President......................................................................................Miguel Martinez-Saenz Director of Athletics.....................................................................................Irma Garcia Unique McLean - 10.4 ppg | 6.4 rpg | 1.8 apg | 1.0 spg (2020-21 stats) Athletic Department Website................................................................SFCAthletics.com • In 2019-20, he ranked 20th in the NEC in scoring, sixth in rebounding, tied for 13th in blocks Athletic Department Twitter.....................................................................@SFBKTerriers per game (0.8), tied for third in offensive rebounds per game (2.7), and ninth in defensive Athletic Department Instagram................................................................@SFBKTerriers rebounds per game (5.3) Men’s Basketball Twitter..................................................................................@sfbkmbb • Totaled a team-best six double-doubles, which were tied for the sixth-most in the NEC Men’s Basketball Instagram.............................................................................@sfbkmbb • His six double-doubles were tied for the 25th-most by a guard throughout the nation • During conference play, he averaged 11.7 points and 9.3 rebounds per game Athletic Department Phone......................................................................(718) 489-5490 Rob Higgins - 14.8 ppg | 2.6 apg | 2.4 rpg | 2.2 spg (2020-21 stats) BASKETBALL HISTORY • Selected to the 2019-20 NEC All-Rookie Team Founded...........................................1896 (Oldest Collegiate Basketball Program in NYC) • Named the men’s basketball team’s Rookie of the Year Year of First Game................................................................................................1901-02 • Led all NEC rookies in points per game, both overall and in conference play All-Time Record.....................................................................................1242–1303 (.488) • Scored in double figures 20 times, which were the second-most on the team All-Time NEC Record..................................................................................307-334 (.479) All-Time NEC Tournament Record...................................................................12-31 (.280) Yaradyah Evans - 3.7 ppg | 3.3 rpg | 3 games (2020-21 stats) NIT Years (Record)/Last................................................................................4 (3-5)/2015 • Ranked third of the team in rebounding and recorded the third-most total rebounds (150) CIT Years (Record)/Last..................................................................................1 (0-1)/2019 • Scored a season-high 17 points and pulled down a season-best 13 rebounds in a win over Medgar Evers 20-Win Seasons/Last........................................................................................9/2014-15 • Shot 70.4 percent from the free-throw line COACHING STAFF Stevan Krtinic - 1.4 ppg | 0.8 apg (2020-21 stats) Head Coach..................................................................................................Glenn Braica • Scored in double-digits seven times and poured in a season-high 14 points twice in 2019-20 Alma Mater.........................................................................................Queens College ‘89 • Ranked fifth on the team in scoring Overall Record.................................................................................147-173 (11th Season) • Shot 71.4 percent from the free-throw line Best time to reach Coach..........................................................................Contact DeVita Associate Head Coach...............................................Clive Bentick (Canisius College ‘01) Larry Moreno - 4.2 ppg | 1.8 rpg | 1.4 apg (2020-21 stats) Assistant Coach................................................Ron Ganulin (Long Island University ‘68) • Named NEC Rookie of the Week on February 10, 2020 Director of Basketball Operations..........Aleksandar Isailovic (St. Francis Brooklyn ‘14) • Came off the bench to score a season-high 19 points in a 70-67 win against Mount St. Mary’s on February 8 Special Assistant to the Head Coach......................Jonathan Blount (Queens College ‘16) • Became a viral social media sensation for his trick shots that he posts to his personal Instagram page (@lcf_larry) 2019-20 TEAM Letterwinners Returning/Lost....................................................................................8/5 Trey Quartlebaum - 2.0 ppg | 5 games (2019-20 stats) 2019-20 Overall....................................................................13-18 (H: 9-5; A: 4-13; N: 0-0) • Scored a season-high 20 points in a win over Medgar Evers on November 21, 2019 2019-20 NEC........................................................................................7-11 (H: 4-5; A: 3-6) • Made his collegiate debut at Fordham on November 5, 2019 2019-20 NEC Finish........................................................................................9th