Men's Basketball | February 23, 2016

PHILADELPHIA – The La Salle men's basketball team returns home to start a stretch of three straight home games as it welcomes Fordham to Tom Gola Arena on Wednesday at 7 p.m.
 
La Salle Explorers (6-19, 2-12 A-10) vs Fordham Rams (13-12, 4-10 A-10)
Wednesday, February 24 | 7 PM | Tom Gola Arena

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Game Notes
La Salle | Fordham

Last Time vs. Fordham
Jordan Price poured in 21 points, but Fordham grabbed a 66-61 win in Rose Hill Gymnasium in early January in just the second conference game of the season for both teams. Karl Harris scored what was then a career-high eight points in the contest. Cleon Roberts added 15 points while Tony Washington recorded a double-double in his second consecutive game in the contest.

Series Record
This will be the 51^st series meeting between the two programs, with La Salle holding a 35-15 advantage in previous meetings. The Explorers have won seven of the last ten meetings between the schools. La Salle has been very successful against the Rams in Tom Gola Arena holding an 8-1 record in the nine previous meetings at Gola and is 18-1 all-time against the Rams in Philadelphia. 

Scouting the Explorers
• Fordham head coach Jeff Neubauer is a 1993 La Salle graduate who is making his first trip back to La Salle as a head coach. He was an assistant at Richmond from 1996-02 and was on the sidelines for a February 16, 2002 game that La Salle won 59-56 at Gola Arena. As a freshman, the Explorers went 30-2 and earned an NCAA tournament berth in 1990 and La Salle accumulated two more postseason berths (one NCAA, one NIT) and an overall record of 83-36 during his four years on the squad. Neubauer served as a team captain as a senior.

• La Salle is 18-1 all-time versus Fordham at home and 8-1 versus the Rams at Gola Arena.

• Jordan Price and Johnnie Shuler rank among the nation's most consistent three-point shooters. Shuler has made a three in 30 straight games and Price in 29 straight, which ranks them ninth and 11th in the nation, respectively. 

• Jordan Price leads the A-10 and is ranked 11th nationally in minutes per game (37.3).  He has played all 40 minutes nine times this season. La Salle has two players in the top 20 nationally in minutes per game in the nation (Price and Cleon Roberts).

• Jordan Price is one of seven players in the nation to average at least 18.9 ppg., 5.0 rpg. and 3.0 apg.  He  is one of five Explorers ever to post those averages in a season (Randy Woods, Lionel Simmons, Larry Cannon and Bernie Williams). 

• Jordan Price leads the Big 5 in scoring and is third in the Atlantic 10 (18.9 ppg.).

• Yevgen Sakhniuk is shooting .732 (41-for-54) 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).

Scouting the Rams
• Ryan Rhoomes ranks eighth in the nation in field goal percentage at .655 on the season. Mandell Thomas is sixth in the country as he averages 2.45 steals per contest.

• Freshman Joseph Chartouny has started all 20 games he has appeared in on the season for the Rams. He has been named A-10 Rookie of the Week five times this season.

• The 13 wins for the Rams are the most in a season since 2006-07 that saw the team win 18 games.

• Rhoomes enters the matchups seventh in Fordham history with 856 career rebounds.

• Mandell Thomas ranks 14^th in Fordham history with 1,337 points during his Rams career.

Up Next
La Salle welcomes George Mason to Philadelphia on Saturday with tip slated for 2 p.m.