Dec. 10, 2010
La Salle Explorers at Lafayette Leopards
Saturday, Dec. 11, 2010 | 1:00 PM
Kirby Sports Center | Easton, PA
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La Salle Explorers (3-4)
Conference: Atlantic 10
The Explorers head up the Northeast Extension on Saturday as they take on Patriot League foe Lafayette in Easton at 1:00 PM.
The Explorers won the last two of three, including closing out the three-game homestand with an 86-73 victory over Tulsa. Five different players scored in double figures and every player who saw time scored at least two points in the high-scoring affair. Ashley Gale (Glenside, PA/Cheltenham) led all players with 19 points while registering her first career double-double with a game-high 10 rebounds. Michea Bryant (Cheltenham, MD/Bishop McNamara) had a breakout game with 16 points with a perfect 3-for-3 effort from beyond the three-point line.
Gale is scoring a season clip of 14.9 points per game and Nadia Duncan (Mt. Vernon, NY/Mt. Vernon) is chipping in 10.3 with 6.1 boards per game. Alexis Scott (Somerset, NJ/Monmouth), who has missed the last two games with an injury, was scoring 11.0 per game. Rookie Jess Koci (Philadelphia, PA/Archbishop Ryan) leads the squad with 8.9 rebounds per game while chipping in 8.4 points per game.
Lafayette Leopards (4-5)
Conference: Patriot League
The Lafayette Leopards come into Saturday's contest boasting back-to-back wins, including a last-second comeback win at Manhattan. The team led the Jaspers for eight-tenths of a second in the contest, but it was good enough for the 53-50 win. Lauren Jackson capped off a 16-point comeback win with the game-winning three-pointer. Danielle Fiacco came off the bench to play a career-high 31 minutes while registering a double-double (12 pts., 13 reb.) and blocking six shots.
LaKeisha Wright leads the Leopards with 12.0 points per game, while the rest of the Leopard offense is balanced with five players scoring between 5.4 and 8.3 points per contest. Fiacco is adding a team-best 7.3 rebounds per game and is the team's shot blocking specialist with a blistering 24 blocks in nine games.
The Series:
The Explorers own an 8-1 all-time record over Lafayette. The two squads last met on the hardwood on Dec. 16, 2008, when the Explorers took a 61-57 decision at Tom Gola Arena.
