MOON TOWNSHIP, Pa. -
The LIU Brooklyn men's basketball team looks for its third consecutive win when it travels to Moon Township, Pa. to take on Robert Morris. The game is the second of a three-game road swing for the Blackbirds, who most recently defeated local rival St. Francis Brooklyn, 82-67, on Monday afternoon. Tipoff is set for 7:00 p.m., with all of the action available on NEC Front Row.QUICK HITTERS
•LIU has earned consecutive double-digit victories in Northeast Conference play for the first time since defeating Wagner (94-82) and Mount St. Mary's (91-70) in the semifinals and finals of the 2013 NEC Tournament.
•Sophomore Martin Hermannsson was named NEC Co-Player of the Week after averaging 18.0 points, 9.0 rebounds and 5.0 assists per game in both wins. The award is Hermannsson's third of the season.
•The 6-3 guard registered 19 points, seven rebounds, five assists and five steals without turning the ball over against St. Francis Brooklyn. He is the only player in the nation this season and just the sixth since the 2010-11 campaign to check all those statistical boxes.
•Even better, Hermannsson has done it twice this season alone. He also met or exceeded the 19/7/5/5 marks without a turnover marks in a win over Sacred Heart on January 27 with 22 points, eight rebounds, seven assists, five steals and zero turnovers.
•Juniors Jerome Frink and Joel Hernandez also played large roles in LIU's win over the Terriers.
•Both players tallied 15 points in the contest, with Frink's output accounting for his 20th straight game with 10 or more points.
•Hernandez has averaged 13.0 ppg on 52% shooting over last 10 outings, and he has scored in double figures in 17 contests this year.