STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. — Staten Island basketball has never seen anything quite like this.

“Liam Murphy is going to Purdue University and Staten Island should be excited,” said Charlie DeBiase Jr. , Advance/SILive.com senior sports writer, on “ The West Brighton Boilermaker ,” a documentary that chronicles one of the most significant basketball journeys to emerge from New York’s forgotten borough.

And excited they should be — this isn’t just another Division I signing; it’s a significant moment for Staten Island hoops.

Carmine Angioli , Advance/SILive.com pub hub editor, puts Murphy’s achievement into historical perspective:

“What I think is significant about Liam is that this is about as far up the Division 1 food chain as anybody from Staten Island has ever landed.”

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