Following the postponement of Friday's contest between the Dons and Arizona State. Undefeated USF will travel to Seaside, Calif., to the campus of Cal State Monterey Bay to take on visiting LIU Brooklyn in a battle of unbeaten teams.  Sunday's game will no longer feature a stream via TheW.tv but fans can tune into Pat Olson and Jim Brovelli as they call the action courtside on 1550-AM The GAME the official home of USF Dons Basketball.

GAME INFORMATION
Date/Time: Nov. 18, 2018 – 5:00 p.m.
Opponent: LIU Brooklyn Blackbirds (3-0, 0-0 Northeast Conference)
Site: Seaside, Calif. (The Kelp Bed – Cal State Monterey Bay)
Streaming: None
TV: None
Radio:  1550-AM The GAME
TALENT: Pat Olson (play-by-play) and Jim Brovelli (analyst)
Live Stats: USFDons.com
Game Notes: USF vs. LIU Brooklyn
 
USF AT A GLANCE

• The Dons game against Arizona State on Saturday was postponed due to the extremely poor air quality in the Bay Area. No makeup date has been announced.
• Sunday's game against LIU Brooklyn, the first in a four-game tournament for the Basketball Hall of Fame Belfast Classic, has been moved to Seaside, Calif., due to the air quality in the Bay Area.     
• The Dons are 3-0 with three-straight lopsided victories.  The Dons have average margin of victory is +37.0 for the year.  USF has set a program record with three-straight wins over 34 points or more.
• Jordan Ratinho had a career night against Sonoma State on Monday, he tied his career-high with 20 points, going 5-for-9 from 3-point range.  The five 3-point field goals are a personal best. 
• The Dons are seventh in the nation in scoring defense, holding opponents to 48.7 points per game. USF is 10th in margin of victory at +37.0.
• In 120 minutes of game play this season, the Dons have led for all but 3:46 seconds this season, or 116 minutes and 14 seconds.
• Senior Frankie Ferrari is currently first in the nation in assist to turnover ratio with a 20:1 ratio.  Frankie's 20 assists this season is 13th in the nation. 
• The Dons are 11th in the nation in total assists with 59.0 on the year.  The Dons have tallied at least 18 a game in every contest this season.

THE SERIES
Sunday's contest will be the third time in program history the Dons have faced the Blackbirds.  All-time LIU Brooklyn owns a 2-0 advantage in the series that dates back to Dec. 26, 1949 when the Dons took on the Blackbirds in Madison Square Garden.  In that contest, the Dons lost Hall of Fame center Joe McNamee went down with a broken wrist.
 
ABOUT THE BLACKBIRDS
The 2017-18 defending Northeast Conference champion LIU Brooklyn men's basketball team was picked to finish third in the NEC in 2018-19, according to the league's coaches' poll. Senior guard/forward Raiquan Clark was named to the Preseason All-NEC Team. The Blackbirds are 3-0 with wins over College of New Rochelle (107-76), Brown (83-81) and Fairfield (89-87).  Leading the team in scoring is Clark who is averaging 23.0 points per game, he is one of five Blackbirds averaging 10 or more a game.
 
LAST GAME AGAINST LIU BROOKLYN
The last time these two teams faced, LIU Brooklyn made the return trip to the West Coast on Jan. 26, 1951.  That night, the Blackbirds came away with a 58-52 win over the Dons who led by first year head coach and Hall of Famer, Phil Woolpert.  The Dons finished that season 9-17.

UP NEXT
The Dons will return to War Memorial at the Sobrato Center on Wednesday evening when they host Ivy League foe Harvard at 7:00 p.m.  Wednesday's game against Harvard will be streamed live on TheW.tv and as always, the Dons will have a radio broadcast on 1550-AM The GAME, home of USF Dons Basketball.