Terriers Thriving Under Thurston
Second-year coach has St. Francis ladies hoops atop NEC
The St. Francis Brooklyn women’s basketball team is sailing in uncharted waters this year. And sailing ahead of the competition for a change.
A perennial Northeast Conference cellar-dweller in seasons past, the Terriers (7-2) currently boast the best record in the league, remain unbeaten at home and will carry a season-high three-game winning streak into Saturday’s game against visiting Lafayette College at Remsen Street’s Pope Center.
Second-year coach and former Terriers assistant John Thurston has been the architect of this stunning turnaround, though he’s quick to point out that his players, especially a junior class that endured a brutal 4-25 campaign in 2011-12, are most responsible for the change in course for this previously struggling program.