THE MATCHUP:
St. Francis Brooklyn vs. Hampton
2019 CIT First Round
Thursday, March 21, at 7 p.m.
Hampton, VA
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The Terriers (17-15, 9-9 NEC) go head-to-head with Hampton in the first round of the CIT on Thursday, March 21, at 7 p.m. The first round meeting takes place in the Convocation Center in Hampton, VA. St. Francis Brooklyn is set to make its first-ever appearance in the CIT Postseason Tournament. It is St. Francis Brooklyn's first appearance in a national postseason tournament since it earned an automatic berth to the 2015 National Invitation Tournament (NIT). In the 2015 NIT, the Terriers traveled to Richmond and fell to the Spiders, 84-74, in the first round.
BACK TO THE POSTSEASON:
St. Francis Brooklyn has secured its second national postseason tournament berth under head coach
Glenn Braica who guided the Terriers to the 2015 National Invitation Tournament (NIT). The 2015 NIT marked the Terriers' first national postseason appearance since they qualified for the event back in 1963. St. Francis Brooklyn has made the NIT four times in its history and has recorded a 3-5 record in eight games. The Terriers last earned a national postseason win in the 1956 NIT quarterfinals when they defeated Niagara, 74-72.
COACH JOHN MCLENDON CLASSIC GAME:
The fourth Annual Coach John McLendon Classic will be played in the first round of the 2019 CollegeInsider.com Postseason Tournament between St. Francis Brooklyn and Hampton. The game pays tribute to Coach McLendon and the legacy of some of the great pioneers of the game, including Clarence "Big House" Gaines and Ben Jobe. The winner receives a trophy and advances on to the next round of the CIT. Last season Austin Peay won the 2018 Coach McLendon Classic and Grambling transfer Averyl Ugba was named the Most Valuable Player.
ALL-TIME SERIES:
St. Francis Brooklyn and Hampton are set to meet for the first time in history. Since the 1949-50 season, the Terriers are 4-1 against current Big South members. St. Francis Brooklyn is 1-0 vs. Presbyterian, 1-0 against Radford, 1-0 vs. Campbell, and 1-1 against Winthrop. The Terriers defeated Presbyterian, 90-86, earlier this season on November 28, in Clinton, SC. St. Francis Brooklyn was paced
Chauncey Hawkins, who came off the bench to score a career-high 27 points. The Terriers and Pirates have played three common opponents this season in Richmond, Saint Peter's, and Presbyterian. Hampton went a combined 1-2 against the three teams, while the Terriers went 2-1.
JORDAN & SANABRIA EARN ALL-NEC HONORS:
Jalen Jordan and
Glenn Sanabria earned All-NEC Honors as announced by the league office on Tuesday, March 5. Jordan was tabbed the All-NEC Second Team, while Sanabria was selected to the All-NEC Third Team. The Second Team selection for Jordan marks the second year in a row that the guard has received NEC postseason honors. Last season, as a freshman he was named to the NEC All-Rookie Team. The Third Team honor for Sanabria is the first All-League selection for the graduate guard. It is the first time since the 2015-16 season that the Terriers have had multiple players earn All-Conference recognition. Following the 2015-16 season, St. Francis Brooklyn had the trio of Yunus Hopkinson, Chris Hooper, and Tyreek Jewell named to the Third Team.
SCOUTING THE PIRATES:
Hampton (15-16, 9-7 Big South) wrapped up its first regular season as a member of the Big South and knocked off Longwood, 77-71, in the first round of the conference tournament on March 5. The Pirates were defeated by Campbell, 86-77, in the second round of the Big South tournament on March 7. Hampton is led by Jermaine Marrow who is tied for fourth in the NCAA in scoring with 25.3 points per game. Marrow was named to the All-Big South First Team and finished the regular season with eight 30-plus point performances and dropped a career-high 40 against High Point. Kalin Fisher is second on the team in scoring and is averaging 16.0 points per game for the Pirates. As a team, Hampton is averaging 81.7 points per game, which is good for 21
st in the NCAA. This marks the first time in the NCAA Division I era that Hampton will host postseason game.
LAST TIME OUT:
St. Francis Brooklyn was defeated by Robert Morris, 69-65, in overtime in the quarterfinals of the 2019 Northeast Conference (NEC) Tournament. A game that came right down to the final buzzer in overtime saw the Terriers and Colonials leave it all out on the court over the course of 45 minutes. Robert Morris ultimately came out on top after erasing a 15-point halftime deficit. The Terriers were paced by Sanabria who scored a team-high 15 points, dished out five assists, swiped four steals, and pulled down three rebounds in 41 minutes of play. He shot 5-of-12 from the field and 2-of-5 from three. His four steals tied a career high.
TRAVELING TERRIERS:
The Terriers are 6-11 in 17 road games this season and won three-straight road contests (Nov. 18-28) before falling at NJIT on December 8. With the six wins on the road, the Terriers have surpassed their 2017-18 total. The six road victories are tied for the most for the Terriers since the 2015-16 season when they also posted six wins away from the Pope Physical Education Center. The Terriers are tied with Saint Francis (PA) for the third-most road wins in the league this season.
DEFENDING THE ARC:
The Terriers have been one of the toughest teams in the nation to shoot the three-ball against. Opponents are shooting just 31.7 percent from deep, which is the 46th-lowest mark in the NCAA. Through conference play, the Terriers held opponents to only 32.0 percent shooting from behind the arc which is the lowest mark in the league.
NEC RANKINGS:
The Terriers have allowed the third-fewest points per game (70.0 ppg), are tied for the fourth-best scoring margin (+1.1) in the NEC this season. St. Francis Brooklyn is the second-toughest team in the conference to shoot against, opposing teams are just shooting 42.9 percent from the field against the Terriers. Opposing teams are shooting only 31.7 percent from behind the arc which is the lowest mark in the conference. St. Francis Brooklyn is the fifth-best rebounding team (36.3 rpg). The Terriers are the third-best defensive rebounding team in the conference averaging 25.7 per game. As a team, the Terriers are blocking 4.0 shots per game and have swatted away 126 shots. They are third in the league in both blocks and blocks per game. St. Francis Brooklyn is second in the league in threes per game (8.1) and have the second-most makes from deep (251).
Jalen Jordan is tied for eighth in the NEC in scoring (15.1 ppg), Sanabria (12.5 ppg) is tied for 17th, and Hawkins (11.3 ppg) ranks 26th. Jordan is shooting 41.9 percent from three, which is the third-best mark in the league. He has knocked down 88 threes and is averaging 2.8 makes from behind the arc per game. The guard ranks second in the league in made threes per game and second in total three-pointers.
Deniz Celen and
Rosel Hurley cracked the top 10 in field goal percentage. Celen is seventh with a 51.4 field goal percentage while Hurley ranks 10th in the league at 49.6 percent.
NON-CONFERENCE NOTABLES:
The eight non-conference wins were the most for the Terriers since they posted nine during the 2013-14 season. The Terriers went 5-0 at home during non-conference play. St. Francis Brooklyn recorded the most non-conference wins in the NEC, the most home wins (five), were tied for the most road wins (three), had the most wins by 10 or more points (five), and were the only team over .500. The Terriers were on a three-game winning streak from November 24 to December 3. It was the longest winning streak for the Terriers since they won four-straight (Feb. 18-27) to close out the 2015-16 season.
GS1K:
Graduate guard
Glenn Sanabria scored his 1,000th career point in a win over Niagara on November 24. Sanabria became the 32nd player to join the Terriers' 1,000-point club and the first since Brent Jones did so on February 5, 2015, against Central Connecticut. He currently is in 12th place on the Terriers' all-time scoring list with 1,342 points after he surpassed Vernon Stokes who had 1,336 points. Sanabria is now chasing Gerard Trapp who is in 11th place with 1,434 points.
TERRIERS COACHING RECORDS:
St. Francis Brooklyn men's basketball head coach
Glenn Braica passed Rody Cooney for third place on the program's all-time wins list for victories by a head coach. Braica has compiled 132 wins over his nine seasons on Remsen Street. Braica is just one of four Terriers' head coaches to win over 100 games in their career.
NEC COACHING VETERANS:
Head coach
Glenn Braica and Robert Morris' head coach Andrew Toole are the two longest-tenured head coaches in the NEC as they both took over their respective programs before the 2010-11 season. Toole is the active leader for wins at an NEC institution with 167, Braica is right behind Toole in second with 132. LIU Brooklyn's Derek Kellogg has the most career wins of any coach in the NEC with 189 (nine years at UMass, two years at LIU Brooklyn).
TERRIERS INK QUARTLEBAUM:
On November 16, St. Francis Brooklyn men's basketball announced the signing of Trey Quartlebaum. Quartlebaum is a 6-foot-1, 170-pound guard from Lawrence, KS and attends Lawrence High School. He is originally from Dobbs Ferry, NY and plays AAU ball for KC Run GMC. The guard averaged 13.0 points per game during his junior year at Lawrence and was a Kansas 6A All-State Honorable Mention.
