March 9, 2008

Atlantic City, NJ - The La Salle Explorers (14-16, 8-8) will begin Atlantic 10 Championship play when they face Duquesne (17-12/7-9) on Wednesday night at 6:30 PM at Boardwalk Hall.

The two teams have already split the two-game season series with Duquesne besting the Explorers, 101-84, on February 9th at La Salle's Tom Gola Arena.  The Explorers returned the favor by upending Duquesne on the home court, 75-72, on February 24th.

The Explorers, who wrapped up the regular season with an 85-66 loss to Temple on Saturday afternoon, earned the seventh seed in the tournament while the Dukes finished with a convincing 85-58 win over Saint Louis to get the 10th seed.  The winner will face Temple at 6:30 PM on Thursday in the quarterfinals.

The Explorers and Dukes have never played each other in the Atlantic 10 post-season.  La Salle is 6-10 all-time in A-10 Championship play.

The Explorers will rely on super senior Darnell Harris, who became the A-10's top three-point shooter with 335 career three-point field goals, and one of the conference's top freshmen in Jerrell Williams who had 10 rebounds in each of the last two games including his seventh double-double in a loss to Massachusetts.

Opening round games can only be viewed by subscription on GoExplorers.com and CSTV All-Access (see link).

Radio broadcast information will be announced shortly.  Audio of all games will be accessible free of charge on GoExplorers.com and RedZoneMedia.com.  Follow the live stats with GameTracker here.

Ticket information (individual game tickets can not be purchased through La Salle ticket office)

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