Men's Basketball | February 19, 2019

OLEAN, N.Y. - La Salle men's basketball finishes its two-game road swing with a trip to Upstate New York to visit St. Bonaventure on Wednesday. The game will air live on ESPN+, beginning at 7:00 p.m. 

NEWS & NOTES
•The Explorers are looking to snap a recent two-game road losing streak after winning three of their first four Atlantic 10 contests away from Tom Gola Arena.
•The most recent defeat came at the hands of Preseason Atlantic 10 favorite Saint Louis, 62-49, on Saturday, Feb. 16.
•Junior Saul Phiri and freshman Ed Croswell were the only two La Salle players to reach double figures in scoring, registering 12 and 10 points, respectively.
•Phiri connected on four three-pointers but needed 11 attempts from downtown to reach that total, as the team as a whole shot just 5-for-27 from three-point range.
•Croswell continued his recent tear in the paint, collecting 14 rebounds to go along with his 10 points which gave him his second double-double this season.
•Over his last six games, the 6-8 forward is averaging 11.8 rebounds per contest and has grabbed 11 or more in four of those outings.
•Graduate student Pookie Powell, one of the top scorers in the Atlantic 10, was held to just two points on 1-of-6 shooting against Saint Louis.
•The two-point output was the lowest for the 6-0 guard during his La Salle career and just the fourth time this season that he has been held in single digits.

SCOUTING ST. BONAVENTURE
•The Bonnies have won two straight games by an average of 24.0 points per, including a 79-56 win over George Mason on Sunday.
•Freshman Kyle Lofton was named A-10 Rookie of the Week after scoring 32 points against the Patriots and is averaging 14.9 points per game.
•Sixth-year player Courtney Stockard leads the team at 16.4 points per outing and is among the team leaders in rebounding (6.6/game) and assists (60).
•Stockard ranks fourth among all A-10 players in scoring during conference play at 16.2 ppg, and freshman Osun Osunniyi is second in blocked shots (2.1 bpg).

ATLANTIC 10 REDUX
•The Bonnies (11-14, 7-5 A-10) currently sit one game ahead of the Explorers (8-16, 6-6 A-10) in the Atlantic 10 standings with six games left in the regular season.
•Davidson & VCU are currently tied atop the standings with 10-2 records, followed by George Mason (9-4) and Dayton (8-4).
•The top four teams in the final regular-season standings will receive a double bye at the 2019 Atlantic 10 Men's Basketball Championship at Barclays Center in Brooklyn, N.Y., which will take place March 13-17.