La Salle Explorers at Central Connecticut State Blue Devils
Date: Thursday, December 22
Time: 7:00 PM
Location: Detrick Gym
Radio: WNTP 990 AM
 
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PHILADELPHIA – The La Salle men's basketball team will visit Central Connecticut State on Thursday at 7 PM in a non-conference matchup.  
 
Scouting the Explorers (7-4)

The Explorers struggled shooting from three-point range on Monday and suffered a 70-66 loss at Delaware. Senior Devon White had 15 points while classmate Earl Pettis added 12 for La Salle.

Junior Ramon Galloway leads the team in scoring at 15.0 ppg. and would rank in the top 15 in the Atlantic 10 if he had played enough games to qualify. Pettis adds 14.5 ppg., while sophomores Sam Mills (12.5 ppg.) and Tyreek Duren (12.3 ppg.) also score in double-figures for head coach Dr. John Giannini. Mills leads the Atlantic 10 in assist/turnover ratio (3.0).

Duren was recently named a nominee for the Bob Cousy Collegiate Point Guard Award. He ranks seventh in the A-10 in assists (4.2 apg.)

Thursday's game is a homecoming for freshman Rohan Brown, who grew up in Hartford.
 
Scouting the Blue Devils (5-5)
Central Connecticut State is led by three players who all average over 19 points per game. Ken Horton averages 22.5 ppg., which is third nationally, followed by Kyle Vinales (20.6) and Robby Ptacek (19.1). All three rank in the top 35 nationally in scoring.
 
The Blue Devils have dropped three straight since beating Sacred Heart, 82-80, in overtime on Dec. 3. CCSU is 4-0
at home. Last time out, Central Connecticut lost to Northwestern, 70-64.
 
The series
La Salle leads the all-time series 5-1 and is 3-0 all-time at Central Connecticut. CCSU is the site of one of La Salle's most entertaining wins in the Giannini era, a 107-106 four-OT victory on December 18, 2005. Steven Smith had 41 points and 10 rebounds for La Salle.
 
Next up
The Explorers will be back at Gola Arena for the next four games, beginning on Thursday, December 29 versus Boston University. Tip-off is set for 7 PM. Fans can buy one ticket and get one free for the BU, Hartford (December 31), Xavier (January 4), and Massachusetts (January 8) games.