PHILADELPHIA – The La Salle women's basketball squad returns to action on Sunday, visiting fellow Lasallian school Manhattan at 2 p.m. and continuing on to Fairfield for a tilt on Monday at 7 p.m.

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Scouting the Explorers

La Salle played a tight game at Rutgers last Sunday before falling in a 59-57 heartbreaker on a Scarlet Knight bucket at the buzzer. Rookie Micahya Owens shined in just her second collegiate game, pouring in a game-high 21 points including four made three-pointers. Leeza Burdgess recorded a double-double of 10 points and 11 rebounds, and Alicia Cropper chipped in 11 points. The Explorers forced the Scarlet Knights into 24 turnovers.

Owens leads the team after two games, averaging 14.5 points per game along with 3.5 rpg and 1.5 apg. Cropper has hit 12.0 ppg and 4.0 rpg through two games, and Khristin Lee has added 9.5 ppg and 5.5 rpg. Lee is is also currently eighth in the Atlantic 10 with 4.0 assists per game.

Defensively, Siobhan Beslow has been strong and is averaging an Atlantic 10 third-ranking 10.0 rebounds per game and leading the league with 5.5 offensive rebounds per game. Lee has been a defensive spark, leading the Atlantic 10 with 4.0 steals per game.

La Salle Explorers (0-2) at Manhattan Jaspers (1-2)
Sunday, November 24 | 2 PM | Draddy Gymnasium

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All-Time Series
The Explorers and Jaspers are renewing their series after a 21-year hiatus; they have not met on the court since La Salle left the MAAC after the 1991-92 season. La Salle won the final three meetings, sweeping the Jaspers in 1991-92 with two regular season wins and a 67-55 MAAC Tournament win on March 7, 1992.

Sister Schools
La Salle and Manhattan, though not familiar on the court in the past 20 years, share a long institutional history. Both are Lasallian Catholic institutions, tracing their history back to the same Saint John Baptiste de La Salle, the patron saint of teachers.

Scouting the Jaspers
Manhattan opened its season with a 73-63 win over Fairleigh Dickinson, but has dropped its last two. The Jaspers fell 63-43 to Towson last Saturday and followed up with a 66-52 setback at Army. Sunday's game marks the home opener for the squad, which opened with three straight road games.

Senior guard Monica Roeder, a Preseason All-MAAC Second Team selection, is leading the squad through three games, averaging 17.0 ppg after a 27-point output at Army. The 1,000-point career scorer was a Second Team selection a year ago. Nicole Isaacs is the one other Jasper in double figures, scoring 10.3 per contest. Roeder is also leading the squad on the glass with 7.0 boards per game, while rookie Kayla Grimme is pulling down 6.0 per game.

As a team, Manhattan is currently shooting 37.1 percent from the field and 31.9 percent from long range, but only 59.5 percent at the free throw line. The Jaspers are limiting opponents to 36.9 percent and a paltry 23.3 percent from three-point range.

Manhattan was selected to finish 10th in the MAAC this season after an 8-23 overall (4-14 MAAC) record last season.

La Salle Explorers (0-2) at Fairfield Stags (2-2)
Monday, November 25 | 7 PM | Alumni Gymnasium

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Last Time Out vs. Stags
The Explorers and Stags are meeting for the third straight season, with La Salle taking the 60-50 win at Alumni Gym last season behind four players in double figures. Graduated senior Shanel Harrison led with 16, while a pair of players scored 13 each and graduated senior Ebonee Jones added 12. Fairfield's Katie Cizynski added 16 points on 8-for-12 shooting.

Scouting the Stags
Fairfield opened the 2013-14 campaign with a pair of wins at the Islander Tournament in Corpus Christi, Texas, dropping UAB and host Texas A&M-Corpus Christi. The Stags returned to the East Coast and fell in their next two contests, losing 74-59 at St. Bonaventure and dropping a 73-67 decision against Lehigh in the home opener on Thursday.

The Stags face a tough nonconference schedule this season, heading to Gonzaga after the Thanksgiving holiday and hosting Oklahoma at Webster Bank Arena on Dec. 18.

Cizynski, a Preseason All-MAAC First Team pick, is leading the Stags in scoring with 14.0 points per game through four contests on 47.8 percent shooting. She is also the squad's rebounding leader with 7.3 boards per contest. Alexys Vazquez is chipping in 12.3 ppg and 3.3 rpg. Senior Brittany Obi-Tabot, a Preseason All-MAAC Second Team selection, is adding 9.0 pg and a team-second-best 5.3 rpg while leading the squad with six blocked shots.

Another Stag to keep an eye on is Felicia DaCruz, who has dished out 7.2 assists per game to lead the MAAC.

The Stags are shooting 40.8 percent as a team and 37.5 percent from long range, while opponents have shot 43.3 percent and 41.9 percent, respectively, on them.

Next Up

The Explorers return home for a contest against Central Connecticut State on Sat., Nov. 30, at 1 p.m.