Men's Basketball | March 6, 2020

PHILADELPHIA - The La Salle University men's basketball team will wrap up the regular season with its final Big 5 game of the season at Saint Joseph's on Saturday. Tip-off from Hagan Arena is set for 2 p.m. and will be streamed live on ESPN+.

NEWS & NOTES

• The Explorers dropped their home finale to Massachusetts Wednesday night at Tom Gola Arena, 75-64.
• Junior David Beatty tallied career highs in points (20) and steals (4) while matching his career best with six assists.
• Beatty finished the game 4-of-6 from downtown over 36 minutes, matching his season high in both three-pointers made and minutes.
• Senior Saul Phiri also tallied a career high in steals with four, moving his career total to 97, while adding 13 points and matching his season best with eight rebounds.
• Sophomore Jared Kimbrough made his second consecutive start and shot 5-for-6 from the floor for 10 points along with five offensive rebounds, a block and a steal.
• Due to injuries, only seven Explorers saw action in the game.
• Senior Isiah Deas, who is 27 points away from 1,000 for his career, played limited minutes due to illness.

ATLANTIC 10 IMPLICATIONS

• La Salle will be playing for positioning in the Atlantic 10 Championship.
• A win over Saint Joe's coupled with a loss by George Washington at Dayton would land the Explorers the #10 seed.
• A loss against Saint Joe's coupled with a win by George Mason at Fordham would leave the Explorers as the #12 seed.
• The Explorers would be the #11 seed with either a win over the Hawks and a George Washington win at Dayton, or a loss to Saint Joe's and a loss by George Mason to Fordham.

SCOUTING SAINT JOSEPH'S

• The Hawks enter their Senior Day game 6-24 overall and 2-15 in the Atlantic 10.
• Saint Joseph's dropped its final road game at St. Bonaventure on Wednesday, 89-73. Cameron Brown had 21 points and Ryan Daly added 20 points in the defeat.
• In their last home game, the Hawks edged out Fordham, 73-69, as Daly's 21 points led four Hawks in double figures.
• Daly leads the A-10 in scoring at 20.2 points per game and also leads the Hawks in rebounding (7.0 rpg), assists (4.3 apg) and steals (1.2 apg).
• Brown (10.1 ppg), Myles Douglas (8.1 ppg) and Lorenzo Edwards (7.3 ppg, 5.3 rpg) have all played in every game for Saint Joe's.

ALL-TIME SERIES - SAINT JOSEPH'S (SJU LEADS 65-52)

• This will be the 118th all-time meeting between La Salle and Saint Joseph's.
• The Explorers and Hawks have met every season since 1933-34.
• La Salle won the first-ever meeting in 1934, 27-15 at home.
• The Explorers are 4-9 all-time in games played on the road at Saint Joseph's.
• La Salle is 4-2 over the last six meetings and 10-9 since 2008.
• The Hawks have won five straight at home against the Explorers.
• The last time the Explorers won at Hagan Arena was a 71-63 win over the Hawks during the 2013-14 season.
• In their last meeting of 2019 at Hagan Arena, Saint Joe's forced 21 La Salle turnovers en route to a 72-62 home win despite 17 points from Phiri and 13 from Isiah Deas.
• Earlier this season at Tom Gola Arena, the Explorers had five double-digit scorers and made 13 three-pointers in an 83-66 route of the Hawks. David Beatty led La Salle with 18 points, while Sherif Kenney had 12, Scott Spencer had 11 and Ayinde Hikim scored 10 points.