PHILADELPHIA - The La Salle men's basketball team will wrap up its regular season on Sunday at 4:00 PM when it takes on Saint Joseph's at Hagan Arena. The game will count towards the Big 5 standings and will be televised on CBS Sports Network.

La Salle Explorers (14-15; 6-9 A-10; 2-1 Big 5) at Saint Joseph's Hawks (21-8, 11-4 A-10; 1-2 Big 5)
Sunday, March 9, 2014 | 4:00 PM | Hagan Arena

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Game Notes
La Salle | Saint Joseph's 

Last Time Out
The Explorers suffered a heartbreaker on Senior Night on Thursday evening, falling at the last second to George Mason 59-57. Tyrone Garland led the Blue and Gold with 16 points and six rebounds. Tyreek Duren added 13 points and five rebounds. Sam Mills was all over the stat-sheet for the Explorers, collecting 12 points and five rebounds, while adding four steals and three assists.
 
Last Meeting
St. Joes dispatched the Explorers at Tom Gola Arena earlier this season 75-64. Jerrell Wright had a monster game for the Explorers, posting 16 points and 15 rebounds, but it was not enough as all five Hawks starters scored in double-figures. This will be the first matchup between the two teams at Hagan Arena since the 2009-10 season.

Explorers at a Glance
• Sunday's game will count in the Big 5 standings. La Salle is looking to go 3-1 in the City Series for the second straight year. It would mark the best two-year Big 5 record at 6-2 since the 1988-89 and 1989-90 teams went 7-1. Villanova has locked up the Big 5 championship with a 4-0 record.
 
• This will be the first meeting at Hagan Arena since March 6, 2010 and just the second on SJU's campus since 1992. This season will be the first time that both meetings were played on campus and this will be just the third game on either school's campus since La Salle joined the A-10 in 1995-96.
 
• Seniors Taylor Dunn, Tyreek Duren, Tyrone Garland and Sam Mills are the winningest class at La?Salle in the past 22 years with 74 wins.
 
• La Salle's strength of schedule is ranked 28th nationally and is second in the Atlantic 10. It is the lowest strength of schedule in school history (data available back to mid 1990s).
 
• Tyreek Duren has moved into 3rd in the A-10 in three-point shooting at .422 and 8th in three's/game (2.0). Over the past six games, he is 17-for-29 (.586) from behind the arc. He is shooting .493 (36-for-73) in A-10 games.
 
• La Salle is 14-3 when scoring at least 70 points. Two of the losses were in double-overtime to Manhattan and VCU.
 
• Tyreek Duren needs six points to pass Jack Hurd (1988-92, 1,693 points) into 15th place on the all-time list.
 
Scouting the Hawks
Saint Joseph's enters Saturday's matchup with the Explorers coming off a 76-71 loss at George Washington on Wednesday evening. They were winners in their previous six contests, and were victorious in 12 of their previous 14, before the loss. They enter with an overall record of 21-8 and are second in the A-10 with a conference mark of 11-4.
 
Saint Joseph's backcourt is led by Preseason All-Conference Second Team selection Langston Galloway. He ranks fifth in the conference in scoring average (16.6 points/game), while averaging just a shade under that (16.1 points/game) in conference play. He is especially potent from three-point range. Galloway ranks first in the conference this season averaging 3.0 three-point makes per game and ranks second in A-10 play averaging 2.7 makes from beyond the arc.
 
Freshman swingman DeAndre' Bembry joins Galloway as a dynamic presence on the outside. He is 17^th in scoring in conference play, averaging 13.3 points/game in A-10 play. The Explorers will look to limit his impact in this one, as he scored 16 points and swiped three steals in the matchup earlier this season.
 
Preseason All-Conference Second Team selection Ronald Roberts Jr. has been a force all season long for the Hawks. He ranks 13^th in the conference in scoring, averaging 14.6 points/game this season. The senior forward rarely misses when he gets his hands on the rock, ranking 3^rd in the conference in shooting percentage (59.5% FG). He ranks 10^th in the conference in rebounding, collecting 7.2 boards per contest. He also is a defensive presence in the low block, ranking 9^th in the conference in blocks, averaging 1.3 blocks/game.
 
Halil Kanacevic joins Roberts in the frontcourt to form a powerful combo in the low post. He has enjoyed a strong season, averaging just shy of a double-double with 10.4 points/game and 8.1 rebounds/game. He also adds 4.5 assists/game, the 4^th best mark in the conference this season. Kanacevic's play has risen to another level since the conference season has begun. He is averaging 11.7 points/game and ranks 6^th in conference play, averaging 7.9 rebounds/game. The Explorers will look to get Kanacevic in foul trouble early, as he has fouled out in the last two contests.
 
Up Next
The Explorers will look to get hot, as they will travel to Brooklyn for the A-10 Tournament.