# 1952–53 St. Francis Terriers men's basketball team

The 1952–1953 St. Francis Terriers men's basketball team represented St. Francis College during the 1952–53 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The team was coached by Daniel Lynch, who was in his fifth year at the helm of the St. Francis Terriers. The team was a member of the Metropolitan New York Conference and played their home games at the Bulter Street Gymnasium in their Cobble Hill, Brooklyn campus and at the II Corps Artillery Armory in Park Slope, Brooklyn.
The Terriers, while not nationally ranked during the season, received votes from Associated Press balloting.

## Schedule

| Date time, TV | Opponent | Result | Record | Site city, state |
| Exhibition |||||
| November 22, 1952* | Alumni | W 71–56 | 1–0 | Butler Campus Gymnasium Brooklyn, NY |
| Regular Season |||||
| November 26, 1952* | Fort Monmouth | W 78–48 | 1–0 | Butler Campus Gymnasium Brooklyn, NY |
| November 26, 1952* | Equitable Life | W 69–52 | 2–0 | Butler Campus Gymnasium Brooklyn, NY |
| December 3, 1952* | Seton Hall | L 61–77 | 2–1 | II Corps Artillery Armory (2,000) Brooklyn, NY |
| December 5, 1952* | Pace | W 68–53 | 3–1 | II Corps Artillery Armory Brooklyn, NY |
| December 10, 1952 | at Fordham | L 51–69 | 3–2 (0–1) | Rose Hill Gymnasium (1,000) Bronx, NY |
| December 13, 1952* | at Iona | L 75–79 | 3–3 | Westchester County Center (3,000) White Plains, NY |
| December 17, 1952* | Memphis State College | W 76–71 | 4–3 | II Corps Artillery Armory Brooklyn, NY |
| December 20, 1952* | at Adelphi | W 85–64 | 5–3 | Garden City, NY |
| December 30, 1952* | at Siena | W 57–55 | 6–3 | Albany, NY |
| January 2, 1952* | Amherst | W 68–36 | 7–3 | II Corps Artillery Armory Brooklyn, NY |
| January 7, 1952 | St. John's | L 54–68 | 7–4 (0–2) | II Corps Artillery Armory Brooklyn, NY |
| January 10, 1952* | at LeMoyne | W 67–56 | 8–4 | (2,000) Syracuse, NY |
| January 13, 1952* | at Canisius | W 72–65 | 9–4 | Memorial Auditorium Buffalo, NY |
| January 28, 1952* | Fairfield | W 74–63 | 10–4 | II Corps Artillery Armory Brooklyn, NY |
| January 31, 1952* | at Loyola (Baltimore) | W 79–66 | 11–4 | Baltimore, MD |
| February 5, 1953* | Siena | W 69–66 | 12–4 | II Corps Artillery Armory (2,500) Brooklyn, NY |
| February 6, 1953* | at New Britain State Teachers College | W 72–62 | 13–4 | New Britain, CT |
| February 11, 1953* | Saint Francis (PA) | W 81–73 | 14–4 | II Corps Artillery Armory Brooklyn, NY |
| February 14, 1953 | Queens | W 67–53 | 15–4 | II Corps Artillery Armory Brooklyn, NY |
| February 18, 1953 | Manhattan | L 60–62 | 15–5 (0–3) | II Corps Artillery Armory Brooklyn, NY |
| February 21, 1953* | Boston College | W 71–62 | 16–5 | II Corps Artillery Armory (1,500) Brooklyn, NY |
| February 25, 1953 | at CCNY | W 69–66 | 17–5 (1–3) | New York, NY |
| February 26, 1953* | at Villanova | L 79–81 | 17–6 | Palestra Philadelphia, PA |
| February 28, 1953* | at Saint Peter's | L 78–91 | 17–7 | Jersey City Armory Jersey City, NJ |
| March 2, 1953* | Baldwin Wallace | W 77–65 | 18–7 | II Corps Artillery Armory Brooklyn, NY |
| March 7, 1953 | Brooklyn College | W 66–49 | 19–7 (2–3) | II Corps Artillery Armory Brooklyn, NY |
| *Non-conference game. $^#$Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Eastern Time. |||||

## Awards

* Vernon Stokes
       All-Metropolitan Selection by the Metropolitan Basketball Writers Association