Sports guy Michael Randazzo is courtside with a report about college hoops. This week Brooklyn hoops fans experienced heart attack inducing thrills on consecutive nights, as both LIU Brooklyn and St. Francis College had players hit for game-winning three pointers at the buzzer. On Wednesday night at LIU’s Steinberg Wellness Center, Blackbird junior guard Gerrell Martin knocked down the winning basket with less then a second on the clock to beat Lamar by 82-79. The following evening, after a long range three by Lafayette’s Bryce Scott knotted the score at 62, St. Francis senior guard Alex Isailovic returned the favor, hitting the game winner with…
Fall Comes Up Big For St. Francis in 77-65 Win Over NJIT
Sports guy Michael Randazzo moves courtside for this recap of St Francis hoops. A common sports adage is that good offense starts with great defense. If that’s true, then the St. Francis Brooklyn men’s basketball team is on its way to a memorable season. In a dominating performance on Monday at the Pope Center, sophomore forward Amdy Fall blocked five shots and altered the path of countless others as the Terriers, behind a season high 12 blocks, ground out a 77-65 win over an overmatched New Jersey Institute of Technology squad. Thanks to the …
College Basketball’s Best Rivalry Will Play Out At St Francis College
By Michael Randazzo Beginning tomorrow night in Brooklyn Heights, one of college basketball’s best rivalries will be renewed as St. Francis Brooklyn men’s and women’s teams will face their cross-borough rivals from LIU Brooklyn in annual Battle of Brooklyn matchups. The LIU men’s team will walk up the Fulton Mall from their Fort Greene campus to face the Terriers at 7 p.m. on Thursday at the Generoso Pope Center. On Saturday the St. Francis women’s team will likely take the #4 subway to Barclays Center for a noon tip-off against the Blackbirds. Clear trends have defined …