Men's Basketball | November 16, 2018

PHILADELPHIA - The La Salle men's basketball team returns to Tom Gola Arena at TruMark Financial Center on Saturday for a matchup with city rival Drexel. Tipoff is set for 4:00 p.m., with all of the action available digitally on ESPN+ (subscription required). An audio broadcast is also available online via the TuneIn Radio App or Stretch Internet.

NEWS & NOTES
•In their most recent outing against Florida on Wednesday, graduate student Pookie Powell scored a game-high 21 points but the Explorers fell on the road, 82-69.
•Powell went 7-for-15 from the field and scored the 1,000th point of his collegiate career (including his time at Memphis).
•Sophomore David Beatty had a breakout performance, connecting on three of his five attempts from three-point range en route to an efficient 13 points.
•After being plagued with foul trouble in each of his first two games, Beatty committed just one foul in 27 minutes of action.
•Freshmen big men Jared Kimbrough and Ed Croswell played a combined 50 minutes and totaled 10 points and 12 rebounds.
•Kimbrough grabbed eight boards to pace the team, marking the third straight game in which he has led the squad in rebounding this season.
•La Salle shot a season-best 47.2 percent from the floor but allowed the Gators to shoot 55.6 percent as a team.
•Turnovers also proved costly, as the Explorers committed a season-high 19 in the game which led to 30-11 differential in points off turnovers.

ABOUT DREXEL
•The Dragons dismantled Bryn Athyn on Wednesday night, defeating their Division III opponent by a score of 118-41.
•The margin of victory (77) set a new program record, as did the 118 points scored in the contest.
•Trevor John went 8-for-10 from three-point range and had a game-high 26 points.
•On the season, John - a graduate transfer from Cal Poly - is averaging a team-high 17.0 ppg.
•Four other players are averaging in double figures on the year, including junior guard Kurk Lee.

SERIES HISTORY
•La Salle holds a 22-6 advantage in the all-time series between the two schools.
•Drexel, however, won last year's matchup, 72-70, at Tom Gola Arena.
•Lee had a game-high 26 points in last year's win for the Dragons.
•Pookie Powell finished with 16 points and Isiah Deas added 14 for the Explorers, who trailed by as many as 12 points late in the second half but saw their rally fall short.