Men's Basketball Visits Saint Louis On Sunday On NBCSN

Men's Basketball | February 20, 2015

ST. LOUIS, MO. – The La Salle men's basketball team will travel to Saint Louis for a Sunday matinee against the Billikens at 2:30 PM (Eastern)/1:30 PM (Central). The game will be televised nationally on NBC Sports Network.

La Salle Explorers (15-11, 7-6 A-10) at Saint Louis Billikens (10-16, 2-11 A-10)
Sunday, February 22 | 2:30 PM (ET)/1:30 PM (CT) | Chaifetz Arena

TV: NBC Sports Network (pbp: Steve Schlanger, color: Ben Howland)
Live Video (FREE) | To watch on a phone or tablet, download the NBC Sports Extra App

Live Audio | Radio: WNTP 990 AM
Live Stats | Live Tweets @GoExplorers | Text Alerts

Game Notes
La Salle | Saint Louis

Last Time Out
The La Salle men's basketball team cruised to an 87-72 win over Duquesne on Wednesday night in Tom Gola Arena. La Salle's offense churned out a season-high 87 points, paced by Jordan Price's game-high 19 points. Price and Amar Stukes each had six assists apiece. "When you combine talent with effort you can have a really special player and he [Jordan Price] wants to do that," added Coach Dr. John Giannini. "He can do really special things for this team and for himself because of that attitude that you mentioned."

Explorer Notes
• With a win today, the senior class will become the winningest class at La Salle since the Class of 1993, which won 83 games.

• In his last six games, Jordan Price is averaging 23.7 ppg., 7.2 rpg., 2.5 apg. and 3.2 three's per game.

• Jerrell Wright moved into the top 10 at La Salle in career boards with 797. Steve Zack has 751 and is in 14th.

• La Salle is currently 71 in the RPI and has a 40 strength of schedule. The SOS is third in the A-10. (ESPN.com)

• Jordan Price was named the Atlantic 10 and Philadelphia Big 5 Men's Basketball Player of the Week, it was announced on Monday. Price averaged 28.0 ppg. and 10.5 rpg. in two games for the Explorers. It is his second straight Big 5 Player of the Week award.

• At VCU, Jordan Price recorded the first 34 points, 18 rebound, 5 assist line in Division I this season and just the fourth since 1996-97 (Blake Griffin, Michael Sweetney, Norris Cole). More notes on Price's performance on page 4.

• La Salle is allowing just 62.3 ppg., which is the best since the 1950-51 Explorers allowed 60.9.

• La Salle is 69-4 when leading with five minutes to play since the beginning of the 2011-12 season, including winning 16 of the last 17 games.

Scouting the Billikens
Saint Louis has dropped four in a row and eight of nine to fall to 10-16 and 2-11 in the A-10. Milik Yarbrough leads the team in scoring at 10.5 ppg. and 5.1 rpg. Ash Yacoubou, a transfer from Villanova, adds 9.3 ppg. Five of the Billikens top eight scorers are freshmen.

Up Next
La Salle remains on the road with a trip to Fordham up next on Wednesday at 7 PM.

Print Friendly Version

Players Mentioned

#21 Jordan Price: G; 6' 5"; Redshirt Sophomore

#2 Amar Stukes: G; 6' 2"; Redshirt Freshman

#25 Jerrell Wright: F; 6' 8"; Senior

#0 Steve Zack: C; 6' 11"; Senior

Players Mentioned

#21 Jordan Price
: 6' 5"; Redshirt Sophomore
: G

#2 Amar Stukes
: 6' 2"; Redshirt Freshman
: G

#25 Jerrell Wright
: 6' 8"; Senior
: F

#0 Steve Zack
: 6' 11"; Senior
: C