PHILADELPHIA – The La Salle men's basketball team returns home for the first Big 5 game of the season when it takes on Villanova on Sunday at 1 PM. The game will be broadcast nationally on CBS Sports Network with John Sadak and Mike Gminski on the call. A limited number of tickets remain, call 215-951-1999 or email tickets@lasalle.edu.

Note: The pre-game reception sponsored by the La Salle Alumni Association will be held in the atrium of St. Benilde (formerly the Germantown Hospital) rather than Blue and Gold Commons.
 
Villanova Wildcats (3-2) at La Salle Explorers (2-1)
Sunday, November 25, 2012 | 1 PM | Gola Arena
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Radio: WNTP 990 AM
TV: CBS Sports Network (pbp: John Sadak, color: Mike Gminski)

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Game Notes
La Salle | Villanova
 
Last Time Out
The La Salle men's basketball team raced to a 12-point advantage after six minutes and earned a 64-51 victory at Hartford on Tuesday afternoon at Chase Arena. Junior Tyreek Duren had a team-high 15 points, including 13 in the second half, while redshirt freshman Rohan Brown had a double-double with 10 points and 12 rebounds in a  homecoming to his hometown of Hartford. Sophomore Jerrell Wright also reached double-figures with 14 points, all coming in the first half. He added nine rebounds. Senior Ramon Galloway chipped in with 13 points

All-Time Series
Villanova leads the all-time series 35-26. This will just be the fourth meeting at Gola Arena and eighth on La Salle's campus.
 
Last Meeting
Sophomores Tyreek Duren and Sam Mills each set career-highs as La Salle fell to Big 5 rival Villanova, 76-69, in overtime at the Pavilion. Duren had 24 points and five assists, while Mills scored 19. Senior Earl Pettis added 12 points and nine rebounds. "We really played hard, we defended," head coach Dr. John Giannini said. "We were up against an outstanding opponent on their home court where they rarely lose. It's incredibly difficult and painful not to win that game." Defensively, La Salle forced 20 Villanova turnovers and held VU to 35% shooting from the field. Thirty-four of Nova's 76 points came from the foul line. The Explorers played without junior guard Ramon Galloway, who suffered a concussion in Friday's 79-53 win over Lafayette.

Connections
La Salle's Tyreek Duren and Villanova's Tony Chennault were teammates at Neumann-Goretti, leading the team to a PIAA State Championship in 2010. Chennault lives a few blocks from the La Salle campus.
The website CityOfBasketballLove.com profiled their relationship here.
Villanova assistant Billy Lange played at Rowan University under La Salle head coach Dr. John Giannini from 1990 to 94. Lange was also an assistant at La Salle in 1998-99. 

Scouting the Hawks
Villanova is coming off a 75-57 loss to Columbia on Wednesday. James Bell had 13 points and Ryan Arcidiacono added 11 for the Wildcats. Arcidiacono leads the team at 15.2 ppg. with Bell (11.8), Darrun Hilliard (11.4) and  JayVaughn Pinkson (11.0) all reaching do

Up Next
La Salle makes the short trip to Lawrenceville, N.J. on Thursday to visit Rider at 7 PM.