Some notes on LIU-Brooklyn, Kentucky’s opponent tonight at 7:00 at Rupp Arena.
The Blackbirds appear to be a different team than the one that has been to the NCAA Tournament the past two years.
- The Blackbirds are 0-3 with losses to Morehead State, Lafayette and Maryland
- Lost to Morehead 77-74 at Barclays Center same night UK beat Maryland
- Lost 98-94 in overtime at Lafayette
- UK beat Lafayette 101-49 at Rupp
- Lost 91-74 at Maryland last Friday
- Opponents are shooting 51.8 percent
- Opponents are shooting 49 percent from three
- Jason Brickman has 26 assists in three games
- Jamal Olasewere is averaging 22.3 points per game
- Julian Boyd is averaging 18 points per game
- Olaswere is averaging 7.3 rebounds, Boyd 7.0.
- Jack Perri is in his first season as the LIU-Brooklyn head coach
- Perri was an LIU-Brooklyn assistant for seven seasons
- Team has six players from Texas on the roster, including three from San Antonio
- Blackbirds have just two New York players on roster
- LIU-Brooklyn is in the Northeast Conference
- The Blackbirds went 25-9 last year
- Team lost to Michigan State in the NCAA Tournament West Region second round
- Head coach Jim Ferry left to become the head coach at Duquense
- LIU was the second-highest scoring team in the nation last year
- Blackbirds averaged 81.4 points per game
