Men's Basketball | December 14, 2016
PHILADELPHIA - La Salle men's basketball returns to Tom Gola Arena for the first time in two weeks as it hosts Florida Gulf Coast in its final home game of 2016. The game is designated as Family Day at Gola Arena, with activities for kids of all ages beginning at 12:30 p.m. A special ticket package is also available to fans - 4 tickets, 4 hot dogs and 4 sodas for just $60. To purchase the package, please call 215-951-1999 or visit the Hayman Center Ticket Office.
NEWS & NOTES
•The Explorers are coming off a 93-78 loss to Georgetown at the Hoophall Miami Invitational on Saturday.
•Three players reached double figures in scoring for La Salle against the Hoyas, with senior
Jordan Price leading the way with 23.
•Redshirt junior
B.J. Johnson totalled 19 points and scored in double figures for the sixth consecutive game while
Pookie Powell chipped in with 10.
•The game against Georgetown saw the two teams combine for 58 fouls and shoot 76 free throws, with the Hoyas shooting 43 of them (36-43, 83.7%).
•The 43 free-throw attempts by an opponent were the most since Charlotte had 46 free throws on Jan. 29, 2011 (Explorers won in overtime, 91-86).
•La Salle also set a season-high with 33 free-throw tries, the most in a single game since attempting 33 in the opening round of the Atlantic 10 Tournament against UMass in 2015.
•Redshirt junior
Amar Stukes has been the consummate point guard over the last two games against BIG EAST schools, accumulating 11 assists against just two turnovers.
•As a team, La Salle ranks in the top 40 nationally in assist-to-turnover ratio (1.40, 28th), three-point shooting (40.1%, T-33rd) and scoring offense (82.5, 38th).
SCOUTING FLORIDA GULF COAST
•The Eagles had a six-game winning streak snapped on Tuesday evening by Georgia Southern.
•The 72-59 loss came against a team that FGCU had defeated on Dec. 3.
•Florida Gulf Coast entered the game against Georgia Southern ranked ninth in three-point shooting nationally at 41.9%, but went just 4-for-24 from deep against the Eagles.
•The Eagles are also one of the best defensive teams when it comes to opponent's three-point percentage, holding teams to just 26.3% from beyond the arc to rank in the top 10 in the country.
•Individually, Brandon Goodwin leads the team in scoring at 15.4 points per game and is also tops in assists at 3.5 per contest.
•Florida Gulf Coast also ranks as one of the most efficient offenses in the country, converting 51.3 percent of its field goal attempts to stand among the nation's leaders in the category.
PRICE IS RIGHT
•Senior
Jordan Price recorded his fifth game of 20 or more points on Dec. 10 against Georgetown.
•Price had 23 points and went 8-of-10 from the free-throw line against the Hoyas, and eclipsed the 1,300-point plateau for his La Salle career.
•He now stands 12 points behind Mike Gizzi (1994-98) for 28th on the school's all-time scoring list.
