LU Blackbirds, Dukes square off in First Four game
DAYTON, Ohio — A first-year coach will lead LIU Brooklyn against James Madison in the First Four.
Jack Perri will lead LIU (20-13) against the Dukes (20-14) in a battle of No. 16 seeds on Wednesday at the University of Dayton Arena. The winner gets Big Ten regular-season champion Indiana, the top seed in the East, also in Dayton on Friday.
Perri’s Blackbirds became the first team to win the Northeast Conference tournament three years in a row, thanks to C.J. Garner’s career-high 31 points in a 91-70 win over Mount St. Mary’s.