Men's Basketball | January 29, 2016

DAYTON, Ohio – The La Salle men's basketball team continues its road swing as it heads to Dayton on Saturday. Tip is scheduled for 2 p.m. with a national broadcast on NBC Sports Network.

La Salle coaches will wear sneakers with their suits for both games this week in support of cancer awareness. In addition, the coaches will wear gold laces in support of pediatric cancer. Read more. 

La Salle Explorers (5-13, 1-6 A-10) at Dayton Flyers (17-3, 7-1 A-10)
Saturday, January 30 | 2 PM | Dayton, Ohio

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Game Notes
La Salle | Dayton

Last Time vs. Dayton
 La Salle took down a ranked opponent for the third time in the past four years as the Explorers captured a 61-57 victory over #25 Dayton on Saturday at Tom Gola Arena. Redshirt junior Jordan Price had 17 points, including the 1,000th of his collegiate career, and sophomore Amar Stukes added 13. Price did more than just score, as he added eight rebounds and six assists. He played all but two minutes and passed 1,000 for his career with a three-pointer late in the second half. 

Last Time Out
Duquesne broke the game open in the second half to hand La Salle an 87-60 loss on Tuesday night. Junior Jordan Price had 21 points and eight rebounds to pace the Explorers. Sophomore Johnnie Shuler had 13 points and junior Cleon Roberts added 11, while sophomore Tony Washington had 12 rebounds, his third straight double-figure rebounding game.

Scouting the Explorers
•Rohan Brown, who missed seven games with a knee injury, returned to action on January 24 versus Saint Joseph's. He played 19 minutes against the Hawks and now gives La Salle eight scholarship players while Yevgen Sakhniuk is still out.
 
• Jordan Price is currently 20th in the nation in scoring at 20.8 points per game. He leads the Big 5 and is second in the Atlantic 10.
 
• Johnnie Shuler is ranked fourth nationally in minutes per game (37.8) and leads in the A-10.  La Salle has three players in the top seven in minutes per game in the A-10 (Shuler, Roberts, Price). 

• Playing with seven scholarship players and trying to avoid foul trouble, the Explorers have slowed the pace offensively. La Salle had 57 possessions vs. Dayton, 60 vs. Richmond and 56 vs. Rhode Island and Temple, 62 vs. Saint Joseph's and 73 vs. Duquesne. The slowest team in the nation is Denver, which averages 63 possessions. The Explorers were averaging 70 possessions coming into the Dayton game and have averaged 60.7 possessions/game since.
  
Scouting the Flyers
• Dayton has won 32 of its last 33 games at UD Arena, including 18 straight in A-10 action.

• The Flyers are off to a 17-3 start which their best start through 20 games in the Archie Miller era. Dayton is averaging 75.8 points per game and shooting .412 from three-point range.

• Charles Cooke is the reigning A-10 Player of the Week after leading the Flyers to back-to-back road wins. Cooke has scored in double figures in 10 straight games and leads UD with eight games of 20 or more.

• The Flyers have won 10 of their last 11 games with the sole blemish coming at La Salle in early January, 61-57.

Up Next
La Salle returns home as it welcomes VCU to Tom Gola Arena on Wednesday with tip scheduled for 7 p.m.