LIU soars, St. Francis crumbles in NEC basketball tournament
Blackbirds Top Sacred Heart, SFC Drought Continues with Stunning Defeat
March 3, 2016 By John Torenli, Sports Editor Brooklyn Daily Eagle
Joel Hernandez scored 22 points as LIU-Brooklyn kept its NCAA Tournament hopes alive with an 84-73 quarterfinal victory at third-seeded Sacred Heart Wednesday night in Fairfield, Conn. Photo courtesy of LIU-Brooklyn Athletics
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One Downtown Brooklyn men’s college hoops squad folded at a most inopportune moment Wednesday night in the Northeast Conference quarterfinals.
The other soared into the NEC semifinals with a chance to add to its rich tournament history.