The 2016–17 St. Francis Brooklyn Terriers men's basketball team represented St. Francis College during the 2016–17 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Terrier's home games were played at the Generoso Pope Athletic Complex. The team has been a member of the Northeast Conference since 1981. They were coached by Glenn Braica who was in his seventh year at the helm of the Terriers. They finished the season 4–27, 2–16 in NEC play to finish in last place. It was the first time since the 1993–94 season that the Terriers finished ranked 10th in the NEC. It also represents the second consecutive losing season for the Terriers and the first season in Braica's tenure that the Terriers missed the NEC postseason.

Previous season The Terriers finished the 2015–16 season 5–17, 11–7 in NEC play to finish in a three-way tie for second place. They lost in the quarterfinals of the NEC tournament to Mount St. Mary's.

Preseason The Terriers lost five players to graduation; guard Tyreek Jewell, forward Chris Hooper, guard Miles Rockafeler, forward Antonio Jenifer and forward Amdy Fall. All, with the exception of Rockafeler, played significant roles for the Terriers last season. Jewell was the leading scorer, Fall and Jenifer were the leading rebounders and Hooper was a potent force off the bench averaging 11.5 ppg. The Terriers also lost 2 players to transfers; Marlon Alcindor and Jonathan Doss. It was also announced that native Icelander Dagur Kár Jónsson left the team in October to return to Iceland and play professionally.

As of May the Terriers have added four players to their roster; Rasheen Dunn, Gianni Ford, Darelle Porter Jr. and Robert Montgomery Jr. The Terriers also have two players, Jahmel Bodrick and Cori Johnson, which were enrolled at St. Francis College during the 2015–2016 season but were academically ineligible to play, and are now joining the team as Redshirt Freshman. Prior to the beginning of the season, it was announced that Cori Johnson suffered a knee injury that will require season ending surgery.

Dunn, the 6'2" guard helped lead Thomas Jefferson to their first PSAL Class AA championship in 62 years and the program's first state federation title this past season. Dunn averaged 16.0 points, 5.0 rebounds, and 4.0 assists, and was named the Co-MVP after scoring 23 points in the title game at Madison Square Garden. Ford, at 6'1" he averaged 18.8 points, 4.5 rebounds, and 4.1 assists during his senior year at Boys & Girls this past season. He is regarded as one of the top shooters in the New York City and increased his production to 25.0 ppg. during the PSAL playoffs. Porter, at 6'5" he averaged 11.5 points and shot 46.3 percent from the floor this past season at Polk State College. He also grabbed 135 rebounds, shot 83.5 percent from the foul line, and was named a First Team All Suncoast Conference selection. Montgomery, the 6'6" forward produced 13.2 points, 10.0 rebounds, and 1.5 blocks per game at Mount Zion Prep in Baltimore, Maryland this past season. Johnson, the 6'9" center averaged 12.7 points and 10.8 rebounds per game as a senior at South Shore High School in 2014–2015 Bodrick, at 6'6" he averaged 18.0 points and 7.0 rebounds as a senior at Our Savior Lutheran in 2014–2015

Departures Name Number Pos. Height Weight Year Hometown Notes Chris Hooper 15 F 6'6" 240 Senior Bronx, New York Graduated, playing professionally for the Reading Rockets Amdy Fall 32 F 6'7" 225 Senior Manhattan, New York Graduated Tyreek Jewell 0 G 6'1" 185 Senior Bronx, New York Graduated, playing professionally for Satria Muda Pertamina Jakarta Antonio Jenifer 3 F 6'7" 215 Senior Hillcrest Heights, Maryland Graduated Miles Rockafeler 12 G 6'5" 195 Senior Bronx, New York Graduated Jonathan Doss 14 F 6'4" 175 Junior (RS) Chicago, Illinois Transferred to Minnesota State–Moorhead Marlon Alcindor 21 F 6'4" 185 Freshman (RS) East Elmhurst, New York Transferred to New Mexico Military Institute Dagur Kár Jónsson 1 G 6'1" 165 Sophomore Reykjanesbær, Iceland Left the team to play professionally for Grindavik

Incoming transfers Name Number Pos. Height Weight Year Hometown Previous School Darelle Porter Jr. 23 SG 6'5" 185 Junior Pittsburgh, PA Junior college transfer from Polk State College

Class of 2016 signees

Roster

Schedule and results

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Season statistics +Individual Player Statistics (As of March 1, 2017) MinutesScoringTotal FGs3-point FGsFree-ThrowsReboundsPlayerGPGSTotAvgPtsAvgFGFGAPct3FG3FAPctFTFTAPctOffDefTotAvgATOBlkStlSanabria, Glenn 30 30 998 33.3 371 12.4 120 363 .331 68 205 .332 63 87 .724 24 39 63 2.1 74 43 6 37Hopkinson, Yunus 31 31 899 29.0 348 11.2 108 370 .292 65 232 .280 67 92 .728 19 60 79 2.5 67 68 1 31Dunn, Rasheem 30 11 897 29.9 394 13.1 129 333 .387 24 109 .220 112 162 .691 44 109 153 5.1 49 52 3 43 Ólafsson, Gunnar 27 25 602 22.3 119 4.4 45 116 .388 16 59 .271 13 30 .433 46 91 137 5.1 17 25 4 19Williams, Keon 31 21 673 21.7 108 3.5 37 131 .282 10 55 .182 24 40 .600 39 95 134 4.3 17 21 8 23Montgomery, Robert 30 14 560 18.7 155 5.2 59 138 .428 2 6 .333 35 60 .583 51 86 137 4.6 14 53 32 11Porter, Darelle 26 0 265 10.2 74 2.8 27 85 .318 8 33 .242 12 19 .632 21 37 58 2.2 8 15 10 15Bodrick, Jahmel 31 7 454 14.6 121 3.9 49 129 .380 1 9 .111 22 38 .579 29 50 79 2.5 7 37 4 8Nurse, Joshua 30 14 290 9.7 54 1.8 18 38 .474 0 0 0 18 41 .439 27 37 64 2.1 12 25 16 8Ford, Gianni 26 0 376 14.5 124 4.8 41 126 .325 21 69 .304 21 29 .724 8 18 26 1.0 11 17 2 9 Lasic, Jagos 25 2 226 9.0 52 2.1 17 41 .415 6 14 .429 12 16 0.750 9 24 33 1.3 11 13 3 3 Harris, Sam 12 0 11 0.9 1 0.1 0 1 .000 0 1 .000 1 2 .500 1 1 2 0.2 0 0 0 1 Team 72 42 114 10Total 31 6251 1921 62.0 650 1870 .347 221 792 .279 400 616 .649 390 689 1079 34.8 287 379 89 208Opponents 31 6251 2284 73.7 795 1677 .474 161 458 .352 533 783 .681 338 955 1293 41.7 377 433 106 166

Legend  GP  Games played  GS  Games started Avg  Average per game  FG Field-goals made FGA Field-goal attempts  Off  Offensive rebounds Def Defensive rebounds  A Assists  TO Turnovers Blk  Blocks  Stl  Steals High  Team high

Awards and honors Rasheem Dunn NEC men's basketball Rookie of the Week award (December 12, 2016 – December 18, 2016). Dunn posted team-highs with 13 points and four assists at Albany on December 17, 2016. NEC men's basketball Rookie of the Week award (December 26, 2016 – January 1, 2017). Dunn averaged 21.5 points, 6.5 rebounds and 3.5 assists on the week as he helped lead the Terriers to two victories. NEC men's basketball Rookie of the Week award (January 23, 2017 – January 29, 2017). Dunn averaged 15.5 points, 7.5 rebounds, 5.0 assists, 3.0 steals and committed just one turnover 77 minutes of play against Fairleigh Dickinson and Wagner. Selected to the 2016–17 NEC men's basketball All-Rookie team

See also 2016–17 St. Francis Brooklyn Terriers women's basketball team

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