LIU-Brooklyn basketball looks to bounce back at Barclays
Take on Niagara Following Loss to Previously Winless Dartmouth
LIU Brooklyn’s long-awaited homecoming turned into a house party gone wrong Sunday afternoon as head coach Jack Perri’s unit looked like the gang that couldn’t shoot straight in a humbling 82-68 loss to previously winless Dartmouth before a crowd of 1,052 Blackbird boosters at the Steinberg Wellness Center.
The Blackbirds (7-5), who hadn’t stepped foot on their true home floor since a season-opening victory over John Jay College in Downtown Brooklyn on Nov. 11, must have had to re-adjust their shooting sights after spending five full weeks traveling around the nation, with a couple of pit stops at Barclays, where they downed visiting Loyola, Maryland and stunned St. John’s.
The Big Green (1-9) had suffered double-digit losses in all but two of their previous contests before toppling LIU for the second straight year.