Men's Basketball | January 8, 2016
PHILADELPHIA – The La Salle men's basketball returns home to welcome No. 25 Dayton to Tom Gola Arena on Saturday with tip slated for 2 p.m.
No. 25 Dayton Flyers (12-2, 2-0 A-10) at La Salle Explorers (4-8, 0-2 A-10)Saturday, January 9 | 2 PM | Tom Gola ArenaTV: Time Warner Cable (Ohio)
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DaytonPre-Game InformationThe La Salle Alumni Association will be sponsoring a pre-game reception beginning at 12:30 PM in the Hall of Athletes area of the Hayman Center. Cost is $25 for adults and children under 12 are free.
ParkingWith students still on semester break, parking is available in the main lot next to the Hayman Center.
Last Time OutLa Salle received 21 points and nine rebounds from junior
Jordan Price but Fordham found a way to capture the win down the stretch in a 66-61 Ram victory at Rose Hill Gymnasium. Junior
Cleon Roberts added 15 while sophomore
Tony Washington had his second straight double-double with 10 points and 10 rebounds. Freshman
Karl Harris played with great energy, scoring a career-high eight points and added six assists in 24 minutes.
Last Meeting With DaytonLa Salle capped the 2014-15 regular season with a 55-53 win over Dayton on Senior Day at Tom Gola Arena on March 7, 2015. Seniors
Jerrell Wright and
Steve Zack both had solid performances in their final games at Gola Arena with Wright recording a double-double (11 points, 10 rebounds) while Zach had six points and a season-high 14 rebounds.
Jordan Price finished with a game-high 21 points in the win.
Scouting the Explorers•
Jordan Price is currently 12th in the nation in scoring at 22.7 points per game. He is second in the Atlantic 10 behind Jack Gibbs of Davidson (23.8).
• Price needs only 21 points to reach 1,000 for his collegiate career. He scored 145 points at Auburn and has 840 as an Explorer.
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Johnnie Shuler leads the A-10 and is sixth nationally in minutes per game (37.6). La Salle has three players in the top nine in minutes per game in the A-10 (Shuler, Roberts, Price)
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Tony Washington is second in the A-10 and 39
th nationally in blocks per game (2.1).
• Price's 22.7 ppg. is the highest scoring average by an Explorer since Donnie Carr averaged 23.9 in 1996-97.
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Rohan Brown (knee injury) and
Yevgen Sakhniuk (sickness) have not appeared in a game since December 22 versus Miami. La Salle has played with seven scholarship players so far in conference play.
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Tony Washington has recorded back-to-back double-doubles to open up conference play, averaging 10.5 ppg. and 10.0 rpg. in that span.
La Salle-Dayton ConnectionsDayton assistant coach Kevin Kuwik began his coaching career at Christian Brothers University in Memphis Tennessee. Christian Brothers University along with La Salle are two of the six Lasallian Colleges and Universities in the United States.
Tony Washington and Dayton sophomore Darrell Davis are both natives of Detroit.
Dayton junior Charles Cooke is a native of Trenton, N.J.
Scouting the Flyers?• #25 Dayton (12-2, 2-0 A-10) comes to Gola Arena as one of four teams to start off conference play with two straight wins grabbing victories over Duquesne and Massachusetts. The Flyers have reached back-to-back NCAA Tournaments and return three starters from last year's team.
• Six players average at least 7.0 ppg. with Charles Cooke leading the way with 15.4 ppg. Kendall Pollard adds 11.5 ppg. and Schoochie Smith chips in with 10.6 ppg. and 4.5 apg.
• Dayton have started 11-2 for the second straight season.
• Scoochie Smith has ten assists and zero turnovers through two A-10 games.
• Dayton is out-rebounding its opponents by 7.4 per contest in its 11 wins on the season. They are -8.5 in losses. The Flyers are 9-0 this season when out-rebounding teams.
Up NextLa Salle begins a two game road trip as it heads to Richmond on Wednesday for a 7 p.m. tip which will be broadcast locally on CSN Philadelphia.
