Long Island

Official Name: 
Long Island University
Nickname: 
Blackbirds
Mailing Address: 

One University Plaza
Brooklyn, NY 11201

Website: 
www.liuathletics.com
Telephone: 
(718) 488-1420
Fax: 
(718) 488-3302
Enrollment: 
9,500
Arena: 

Schwartz Athletic Center
Capacity: 1,700
Year Opened: 1963

School Colors: 
Blue and White
Conference: 

Northeast (since 1982)
Former Member of Metropolitan Collegiate (1966-69)

Final NCAA Division II Top 10 Rankings: 

(1) 1968

NCAA Division I Tournament Appearances: 

(3) 1981, 1984, and 1997
0-3 record (.000)

NCAA Division II Tournament Appearances: 

(3) 1965, 1966, and 1967
6-3 record (.667)

NIT Appearances: 

(10) 1938, 1939, 1940, 1941, 1942, 1947, 1950, 1968, 1982, and 1998
7-8 record (.467)
Finished 1st in 1939 and 1941

All-Time Winningest Coach: 

Clair Bee (18 years from 1932-43 and 1946-51, 359-80 record, .818)

All-Time Scoring Leader: 

Jamal Olasewere (1,871 points from 2010-13)

All-Time Rebounding Leader: 

Carey Scurry (1,013 from 1983-85, played freshman season for a small college)

Single-Game Individual Scoring Record: 

Charles Jones (53 points as senior vs. Medgar Evers on 11/26/97)

All-American Selections: 

(4) G Jules Bender (1937), G Oscar Schechtman (1941), F Irv Torgoff (1939), C Sherman White (1950)

NCAA Consensus First-Team All-Americans: 

(2) Jules Bender (1937), Irving Torgoff (1939)

NCAA Consensus Second-Team All-Americans: 

(2) Oscar Schechtman (1941), Sherman White (1950)

Additional School Information on this Page:

Individual Single-Game Scoring Record Box Score
Coaching Chronolgy

Individual Single-Game Scoring Record Box Score:

Sherman White (63 vs. John Marshall)
February 28, 1950 (junior/22 ppg)

1

2

Total

Long Island

59

60

119

John Marshall

39

43

82

Long Island

Name

FG

FT

PTS

Smith

8

0

16

Marrero

0

0

0

White

27

9

63

Alpert

1

1

3

Scherer

5

2

12

Murtha

3

0

6

Feurtado

8

0

16

Hasbrouck

0

0

0

Gard

0

0

0

D'Agostino

1

1

3

Van Winkle

0

0

0

Keller

0

0

0

Totals

53

13

119

Percentages

John Marshall

Name

FG

FT

PTS

McConnell

9

1

19

LaSala

4

0

8

Surhoff

6

3

15

Neushuler

4

2

10

Thomson

4

2

10

Morrison

10

0

20

Totals

37

8

82

Percentages
Coaching Chronology:

Coach

Seasons

Years

Record

W-L %

Best Season(s)

Record

Herbert Raubenheimer

2

1929-30

24-22-2

.522

1930

14-10

Arthur Carroll

1

1931

15-3

.833

1931

15-3

Clair Bee

18

1932-43, 1946-51

359-80

.818

1936

25-0

George Wolfe

2

1944-45

26-8

.765

1944

12-3

William T. "Buck" Lai

4

1958-61

44-39

.530

1958

12-6

Roy Rubin

11

1962-72

174-94

.649

1968

22-2

Ron Smalls

3

1973-75

39-36

.520

each year

13-12

Paul Lizzo

20

1976-95

254-308

.451

1983

20-9

Ray Haskins

3

1996-98

51-39

.567

1997

21-9

Ray Martin

4

1999-2002

30-61

.330

2001

12-16

Ron Brown

1

2002

5-13

.278

2002

5-13

Jim Ferry

9

2003-11

125-140

.472

2011

27-6