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Men's Basketball Visits Brooklyn For A-10 Tournament Clash With Duquesne

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Men's Basketball | March 8, 2016


BROOKLYN, N.Y.  – The La Salle men's basketball team will take on Duquesne on Wednesday night at 9 PM at the Barclays Center in the first round of the Atlantic 10 Tournament. The game will be produced by the American Sports Network and televised locally on The Comcast Network. 
 
La Salle Explorers (8-21, 4-14 A-10) vs. Duquesne Dukes (16-15, 6-12 A-10)
Saturday, March 12 | 9 PM | Barclays Center

Ticket, Bus and Reception Information

TV: American Sports Network/The Comcast Network (Ed Cohen, John Griffin)
Live Video (FREE) | To watch on a phone or tablet, download the A-10 App!
Live Audio | Live Stats
Live Tweets @GoExplorers 

Game Notes
La Salle | Duquesne

Last Time Out
La Salle suffered through a cold shooting night and dropped its regular season finale at Massachusetts, 69-52, on Saturday night at the Mullins Center. Junior Cleon Roberts led the Explorers with 14 points, while sophomore Yevgen Sahkniuk added 13 points and seven rebounds.

Last Time Against Duquesne
Duquesne broke the game open in the second half to hand La Salle an 87-60 loss on Tuesday night at the Palumbo Center. Junior Jordan Price had 21 points and eight rebounds to pace the Explorers.
 
"I thought we gave a good effort up until the very end," head coach Dr. John Giannini said. "We're struggling and they deserve credit."
 
Sophomore Johnnie Shuler had 13 points and juniorCleon Roberts added 11, while sophomore Tony Washington had 12 rebounds, his third straight double-figure rebounding game.

Scouting the Explorers
• La Salle has played the hardest schedule in the Atlantic 10 this season, and the 48th hardest in the nation, according to ESPN.com. Last year, La Salle's was 58th in the nation and 5th in the A-10 and in 2013-14 it was 31st nationally and 2nd in the conference.

• La Salle is 7-3 when scoring at least 70 points this season. The Explorers are also 5-3 in their gold throwback uniforms.

• Jordan Price and Johnnie Shuler rank among the nation's most consistent three-point shooters. Shuler has made a three in 34 straight games and Price in 33 straight, which ranks them ninth and 11th in the nation, respectively.

• Cleon Roberts has 947 career points, including his freshman season at Georgia Southern. He needs 53 points to reach 1,000 for his career.

• Jordan Price leads the A-10 and is ranked ninth nationally in minutes per game (37.6). He has played all 40 minutes 11 times this season. La Salle has two players in the top 20 nationally in min- utes per game in the nation (Price and Cleon Roberts).

• Amar Stukes has played well over the past ten games, averaging 8.3 points per game and shooting 13-for-29 (.448) from three-point range. He has 38 assists to 15 turnovers during that span. Against Saint Louis, he set career-highs with nine assists
and seven rebounds.

• Jordan Price needs 13 points to pass former La Salle great, First Round NBA Draft Pick and famous father, Joe "Jelly Bean" Bryant, on the all-time scoring list.

• Jordan Price scored 28 points in last year's A-10 Second Round game vs. UMass, tying a program record for points in an A-10 Tournament game.

• The teams have met once in A-10 Tournament play, with La Salle taking a 82-79 win on March 12, 2008 in the A-10 First Round in Atlantic City.

• La Salle has made a three-point basket in 806 consecutive games, which is the 13th longest streak in the nation. 

Scouting the Dukes
• Senior guards Micah Mason (542 points/139 assists) & Derrick Colter (547/140) have scored more combined points (1,089) and handed out more assists (279) this season than any duo in school history.

• Duquesne, whose defensive field goal pct. was .434 last season, is limiting opponents to .412 shooting. The mark is the best by a DU team since the 1970-71 NCAA Tournament squad held opponents to .389. It is the best by a DU team since the shot clock was introduced in 1985-86.

• The Dukes are on school-record pace for 3-pointers per game at 9.4. The current mark of 8.7 was set in 2008-09. DU's 290 3-point field goals are seven shy of breaking the school record of 296 set in 34 games in 2008-09.

• DU's current 78.7 ppg. scoring average is its highest since 2008 (82.3).

• The Dukes have outrebounded 17 of 30 opponents and are 14-3 in those games.

• Senior guard Derrick Colter is the fourth Duke with over 500 career assists (510). The others: Norm Nixon (577), Clayton Adams (573) & Aaron 

Up Next
If La Salle defeats Duquesne, the Explorers will play #6 Davidson on Thursday at 9 PM on NBC Sports Network. 
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Players Mentioned

Jordan Price

#21 Jordan Price

G
6' 5"
Redshirt Junior
Cleon Roberts

#3 Cleon Roberts

G
6' 6"
Redshirt Junior
Johnnie Shuler

#1 Johnnie Shuler

G
5' 11"
Sophomore
Amar Stukes

#2 Amar Stukes

G
6' 2"
Redshirt Sophomore
Tony Washington

#5 Tony Washington

F/C
6' 10"
Redshirt Sophomore

Players Mentioned

Jordan Price

#21 Jordan Price

6' 5"
Redshirt Junior
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Cleon Roberts

#3 Cleon Roberts

6' 6"
Redshirt Junior
G
Johnnie Shuler

#1 Johnnie Shuler

5' 11"
Sophomore
G
Amar Stukes

#2 Amar Stukes

6' 2"
Redshirt Sophomore
G
Tony Washington

#5 Tony Washington

6' 10"
Redshirt Sophomore
F/C