Men's Basketball | February 16, 2016

PHILADELPHIA – The La Salle men's basketball returns to the friendly confines of Tom Gola Arena on Wednesday as it faces off with St. Bonaventure with tip slated for 7 p.m. The game is the annual "Pink Game" in support of breast cancer awareness. The Susan G. Komen Foundation will be on site. 

La Salle Explorers (5-18, 1-11 A-10) vs. St. Bonaventure (17-6, 9-3 A-10)
Wednesday, February 17 | 7 PM | Tom Gola Arena

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Game Notes
La Salle | St. Bonaventure

Pre-Game Information
The Explorer GameDay Food Court will be open beginning at 5:30 PM in the Hall of Athletes area of the Hayman Center.

Last Time Out
Saint Joseph's opened the game on a 9-0 run and never looked back in handing La Salle a 88-62 loss on Saturday night at Hagan Arena. Junior Cleon Roberts led the Explorers with 17 points, while freshman Karl Harris had a career-high 12. Junior Jordan Price added eight points, including the 1,000^th of his La Salle career, and a team-high eight rebounds. He is the 55^th Explorer to reach 1,000 points and one of 12 to reach the milestone in two seasons.

Last Time vs. St. Bonaventure
Jordan Price led all scorers with 24 points while Cleon Roberts added 20 of his own helping La Salle pull away from St. Bonaventure, 66-56, in Olean, N.Y. in January of last season. After a slow start, the Explorers gave one of their most complete games of the season in one of the league's most hostile places to play. La Salle held the Bonnies to just 33.9% shooting from the field, with a 2-for-18 (11.1%) showing from long range.

Series Record
La Salle holds a 16-13 series advantage over the Bonnies in the 29 previous meetings. The Explorers are 5-2 in the seven most recent meetings with St. Bonaventure and have won five of the last six contests between the two at Tom Gola Arena.  

Scouting the Explorers
•Jordan Price is one of seven players in the nation to average at least 19.0 ppg., 5.0 rpg. and 3.0 apg.
 
• Price reached 1,000 points as an Explorer against Saint Joseph's, he is the 10^th fastest Explorer to reach the milestone and is 54^th in La Salle history for points.

•Yevgen Sakhniuk is shooting .735 (36-for-49) from the field this season, which would lead the the nation if he had enough attempts to qualify (Min. 5 made per game, play in 75% of their team's games).
 
• Freshman Karl Harris connected on four three-pointers on his way to a career-high 12 points at Saint Joseph's on February 13.

• Jordan Price leads the A-10 and is ranked 10th nationally in minutes per game (37.3).  He has played all 40 minutes eight times this season. La Salle has three players in the top 25 nationally in minutes per game in the nation (Shuler, Roberts, Price).
  
Scouting the Bonnies
• The trio of Dion Wright, Marcus Posley and Jaylen Adams is the second-highest scoring trio in the Atlantic 10. The three combine to average 52.9 points per game and all rank in the top 15 scorers in the A-10 individually.

•Dion Wright leads the A-10 with 11 double-doubles and is the second-leading rebounder at 9.1 per contest.

• Jaylen Adams leads the A-10 as he is shooting .460 from three-point range this season. He is also second in the A-10 in assists at 5.0 per contest.

• The Bonnies are off to their best start in the A-10 in 33 years. The program record for A-10 wins in a season is 11 and this year's squad is at nine with six regular season games remaining.

Up Next
La Salle hits the road as it heads to Washington, D.C. to take on George Washington with tip scheduled for noon on Sunday and a national TV broadcast available on NBCSN.