PHILADELPHIA – The La Salle men's basketball team will look to bounce back from its first loss in over three weeks on Sunday when it visits Rhode Island. The game will be produced by the Ocean State Network and picked up locally on Comcast SportsNet Philadelphia. 

La Salle Explorers (18-7, 8-4 A-10) at Rhode Island Rams (8-17, 3-9 A-10)
Sunday, February 24, 2013 | 2 PM | Ryan Center
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TV: Comcast Sports Net Philadelphia, Ocean State Network
Radio: 990 AM WNTP

Game Notes
La Salle | Rhode Island

Last Time Out
La Salle fell 82-74 to Temple at the Liacouras Center on Thursday night, despite Ramon Galloway's third double-double of the season (18 pts, 10 reb). Tyreek Duren poured in 16 points (5-10 FG, 1-4 3PT, 5-6 FT) and added three assists. Tyrone Garland (14 pts; 7-15 FG) and Sam Mills (11 pts; 5-8 FG, 1-2 3PT) joined the double-digit scoring list for the Blue and Gold.

Scouting the Explorers
La Salle has toppled Rhode Island in each of the past two seasons. Last year, the Blue and Gold defeated the Rams 80-66 at Tom Gola Arena behind a game-high 21 points from Duren.

La Salle has not lost back-to-back games in 25 contests since dropping the last two of the 2011-12 season to Saint Louis (A-10) and Minnesota (NIT). It is the second longest active streak in the A-10 behind Butler (41 games).

Galloway enters the weekend as the A-10's second-leading scorer (17.3 ppg) but the guard has upped his assists/game average to 3.8 by tallying 37 helpers in his last six games (6.2 apg). The Explorers are 6-1 when the senior notches five or more assists.

Scouting the Rams
Rhode Island has won two of its last three after dropping its previous six in conference play. The Rams were downed by Xavier 55-42 on Wednesday night after beating Duquesne and Dayton in its previous two. As a team, the Rams rank fourth in the A-10 in blocked shots/game (4.3) and fifth in three point field goal percentage defense (.326). They also come in seventh in turnover margin (+0.28) and eighth in field goal percentage defense (.424).

Junior guard Xavier Munford is the conference's third leading scorer at 17.3 points/game. He also rates in the top 10 in minutes/game (35.4) and three point field goals/game (2.2). Sophomore point guard Mike Powell leads his squad in assists/game (3.6) and assist/turnover ratio (1.3) while leading the A-10 in minutes/game (36.6). Freshman big man Jordan Hare paces the Rams in blocks/game (1.9), good for third in the conference.

Up Next
The Explorers take the court again on Saturday, March 2 at Tom Gola Arena vs. Duquesne.