PHILADELPHIA - Freshman Jack Clark scored a team-high 21 points in his second collegiate game and classmate Ed Croswell recorded the first double-double of his career with 11 points and 14 rebounds in a 92-79 loss to Bucknell on Tuesday evening at Tom Gola Arena at TruMark Financial Center. Sophomore Miles Brookins also posted a career high with 19 points and his classmate, guard Jamir Moultrie, matched his career best with 19 for the Explorers.

HOW IT HAPPENED

• The Bison (4-3) jumped out to a quick 6-0 lead before La Salle (0-9) responded with six points of its own, including four by Clark, to knot the score at the 15:11 mark of the first half.
• Following a free throw from Clark, the two teams combined for just four points over the next 3:31.
• A dunk from Bruce Moore briefly gave Bucknell a two-point cushion before Clark knocked down a three and sophomore Jamir Moultrie canned a jumper to put the score at 13-10 just past the midway point of the period.
• Bucknell replied with a 7-0 spurt, capped by a three-pointer from Avi Toomer to give the visitors a 17-13 advantage. 
• La Salle struggled offensively in the opening half, shooting 25.7 percent from the floor as the entered the break trailing 40-34.
• Clark was the lone bright spot, hitting three of his four three-point attempts en route to 12 points in the period.
• A 14-3 run to begin the second stanza bolstered the Bucknell lead to 54-37 with 14:27 remaining.
• The margin grew to as wide as 64-44 with 11:33 on the clock before La Salle made one final push. 
• Consecutive three-pointers in a 22-second span from Moultrie, who matched a career high with 19 points, brought the Explorers to within 64-50. 
• Croswell followed up a miss on the fastbreak with a tip-in to bring La Salle to within single digits with plenty of time to play at the 7:48 mark.
• That is as close as the game would get, however, as the Bison used a hot shooting night to hold off the final push.

INSIDE THE NUMBERS

• Bucknell shot 55.8 percent from the field and knocked down 11 three-point field goals (on 24 attempts) in the game.
• Ten of Croswell's 14 rebounds came on the offensive end, and the 6-8 freshman forward also added three steals and two assists in 26 minutes played.
• Clark went 10-for-12 from the free-throw line as the Explorers hit 29 free throws, a season high.
• La Salle also outrebounded Bucknell by a 43-32 margin, the largest rebounding advantage of the season.
• Junior Traci Carter had five steals, marking the first time a La Salle player had five or more steals in a game since Amar Stukes registered seven against Rhode Island in 2014-15.

UP NEXT

• La Salle will play its third Big 5 game of the year on Saturday afternoon, as Penn invades Tom Gola Arena on Saturday, Dec. 8.
• Tipoff is scheduled for 4:00 p.m., and all of the action will be shown live digitally on ESPN+.