Two to go for NCAA-starved Terriers after SFC beats LIU
SFC Brooklyn Holds off LIU, 79-70, in NEC Tournament Opener
The 972 Downtown basketball fanatics that stuffed themselves into the Pope Center on Wednesday night sounded more like 50,000, according to St. Francis Brooklyn head coach Glenn Braica.
“We’ve played in some great atmospheres this year, but nothing like this. This was crazy,” Braica intimated after his top-seeded Terriers moved within two wins of the Remsen Street school’s first-ever NCAA Tournament berth with a gritty 79-70 victory over neighborhood rival LIU-Brooklyn in the opening round of the NEC Tournament.
“I’ve been in the Carrier Dome (Syracuse’s 49,262-seat arena), but I’m telling you these little gyms are worse,” added Braica, who guided the Terriers to their first NEC Tournament victory in nine tries dating to 2003, when he was an assistant under then-head coach and current SFC assistant Ron Ganulin.