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2009-10
La Salle Explorer Articles
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Provides Senior Leadership In Victory Aaric
Murray contributed 13 points,
7 boards and 2 blocks. Devon White (8 points,
8 boards, 3 steals and a block) helped keep UMass out of the
paint. The Explorers were threatened in the second half but
Steve Weingarten (13 points) and TT
Carey (5 points) scored
important points when the lead was cut to 4 at 63-59. The Explorers
finished out the game and the team can be confident in their
prepartion to play Saint Joe's on Saturday. Next Game: The Explorers visit the Saint Joe's Hawks on Saturday March 6 at 4pm and is a regional game televised on CSN. The Explorers can claim 11th place with a win. If UMass loses to Rhode Island on Saturday then the Explorers will be guaranteed a spot in the A10 Tournament. Kimmani Barrett and Yves Mbala are expected to return to the lineup on Saturday. Officials: Brian Dorsey, Alvin Cox and Frank Scagliotta.Alvin Cox missed a shirt pull by UMass player against Jerrell Williams and an obvious over-and-back call by UMass in the second half. Cox also called Devon White for a foul when he tangled with a UMass player but it just should have been a warning against both players. Cox earns a "F" but Dorsey and Scagliotta (trying to impress Commish McGlade who was in attendance) earn a "B". Explorers
Battle #18 Temple But Offense Sputters Jerrell
Williams contributed
17 points and 5 rebounds. Aaric
Murray had
10 points, 3 boards and a block. Devon White (2 points,
9 boards, 2 steals and a block) had a solid defensive outing. Next Game: The Explorers host UMass on Senior Night Wednesday March 3 at 7pm. Yves Mbala, Kimmani Barrett and Rodney Green will be honored. Officials: John Cahill, Pat Driscoll and Michael Stephens.The crew allowed a lot of physical play on both sides. Explorers
Beaten By Missed Opportunities Against GW Steve Weingarten played
well for the most part in contributing 10 points and 2
boards. Jerrell
Williams had another double-double with
13 points to go with 16 rebounds, 3 assists and a steal. Parish
Grant contributed
8 points, 3 assists and 2 steals. The Explorers
trailed 35-31 at the
break. Next Game: The Explorers host Temple on Sunday February 28 at 2pm in a Big 5 game. Officials: Joe DeMayo, Frank Spencer and Ron Tyburski.The crew made too many calls including some where there was little or no contact. Undisciplined
Play Costs Explorers Against Bonnies Next Game: The Explorers travel to George Washington on Wednesday February 24 at 7pm. Officials: Jeff Clark, Raymond Styons and Bryan Kersey.The crew did not make any obvious mistakes. Uncalled
Headbutt By Dayton Swings Momentum of Game Against La Salle Next Game: The Explorers host Saint Bonaventure at 4pm on Sunday February 21. Officials: Roger Ayers, Mike Kitts and Joe Lindsay .The crew did a very good job except for the missed headbutt which was a possible game-changer as Williams was injured on the play. This causes the crew to receive a less then average rating as they have to whistle that kind of conduct on the court. Injury-Riddled
Explorers Battle Dukes Before Dropping Decision Next Game: The Explorers travel to Dayton at 7pm on Thursday February 18. Officials: D.J. Carstensen, Joe Townsell, Brian Dorsey.Townsell whistled Murray for his second foul because he was "close to a Dukes player" who fell down. Carstensen called Green for his second foul that caught everyone by surprise. The crew was whistle-happy in a game where they knew the Explorers were extremely short-handed with just 7 scholarship players - they fouled out 3 Explorers to none for the Dukes.
Explorers Again See Opponents Bailed Out By Officiating In the first
half it was Murray who had two quick calls against him.
Doctor G was irate especially at the second call. Cox
made the call when Murray's man bumped into him. Saint
Louis coach Rick Majerus knew Murray would have to sit
for awhile and this changed the game. Coach John
Giannini has been victimized
by corrupt officiating for the third straight game. I'd
like to see the FBI investigate college basketball officiating.
It is obvious to me that many games are being fixed. Next Game: The Explorers travel to Duquesne at 2pm on Sunday February 14. Officials: Alvin Cox ,David Walker and Jeff Janosik .Cox earns a "F", Janosik earns a "D" and Walker a "C".
Explorers Can't Shoot Down Rhode Island Rams Nor
Overcome Corrupt Officiating The second
half saw another obvious missed travel against Rhode
Island with 7:25 remaining. This was immediately followed
by Green being fouled hard and no call made and then
Rhode Island's Delroy James shoving Parrish Grant and
no call was made so Devon White was forced to step in,
luckily without incident. Later Karl Hess made
a travel call against Green but Rodney saw he was starting to
slip and dished the ball off to a teammate but all Hess
saw was him sliding in the lane. This was at a critical
juncture of the game as La Salle would have had the opportunity
for a layup and could have pulled within a point at 75-74.
Instead Rhode Island was awarded the ball and then Keith
Cothran of Rhode Island blatantly traveled in the lane
(no call was made) and coverted the jumper for a 77-72
lead with 4:29 remaining. The Explorers continued to
battle and cut the lead to 82-79 on a Grant trey with
1:46 remaining. Stevie Mejia of Rhode Island was bailed
out by Kersey on a bogus foul called on Murray with 56.8
seconds remaining. Mejia's shot hit the backside of the
backboard and should have been ruled a turnover against
Rhode Island. Instead Mejia made the game clinching free
throws. Coach John Giannini has been victimized by corrupt
officiating for the second straight game. Next Game: The Explorers host Saint Louis at 4pm on Saturday February 6. Officials: Bryan Kersey, Karl Hess and Bob Donato.Bryan Kersey, Karl Hess and Bob Donato are all veteran officials. The NCAA really needs to launch an investigation against the A10 Office including McGlade for fixing games so "highly rated" teams have a chance to earn post-season bids. This is worse then the fixing of games by NBA refs including Tim Donaghy. Here
is the proof of the Officiating Corruption: Listen to RedZone Media Coverage: http://www.redzonemedia.com/viewschedule.asp?sportID=2&SchoolID=129
Murray Wins 3rd ROW The 6-foot-10 center scored a career-high 24 points on Wednesday in an 80-73 victory at Fordham. It was the fourth time in the previous seven games that he had set a new career-high in points. He shot 9-for-18 from the floor and blocked four shots. On Saturday at Temple, Murray battled foul trouble to score 11 points in a 64-52 loss to the #15 Owls.
Explorers Can't Shoot Down #15 Temple Owls Nor
Overcome Corrupt Officiating The second
half start was sluggish for La Salle. The Temple Owls
(18-4, 6-1) built a 38-24 lead before Murray made five
consecutive points. Rodney
Green (13
points, 5 assists) played the entire game but missed
far too many shots in shooting 5 for 16. Jerrell Williams missed
7 shots and Yves
Mbala missed 9 shots. Some of
this was due to bad officiating which allowed Temple
to grab and hack the Explorers in the lane (see officiating
section below). Steve Weingarten (8
points on 3 for 3 shooting in 20 minutes) was
solid and played tough every minute he was on the court.
At 15:15 remaining LaVoy Allen from Temple pushed
Weingarten out of the way to get a rebound and when Steve pushed
back he was immediately whistled for his fourth by Scagliotta.
The fouls at this point in the game were 10 against La
Salle and just 2 against Temple. Weingarten hit a trey
to cut the lead to 40-34 with 14:26 left but the officials
ensured La Salle would get no closer the rest of way. Next Game: The Explorers host Rhode Island at 7pm on Tuesday February 2. Officials: Ray Perone, John Gwynn and Frank Scagliotta.The Atlantic 10 Commissioner Bernadette McGlade should be forced to resign for assigning two of the worst rated officials to officiate in a nationally televised game on ESPN2. Perone and Scagliotta have intentionally made bad calls against La Salle in previous years and Perone and Scagliotta should have been removed from the Atlantic 10 officiating rotation years ago. Gwynn was one of the best officials but he was somehow corrupted by both Perone and Scagliotta and/or someone from the league office. In the first half Gwynn called Weingarten for a foul he didn't commit. Later in the half Perone called Green for a very questionable call but did not call the Temple players who knocked over Grant on a first-half buzzer-beater attempt. The officials put the Explorers in such a hole that they had no chance to win this game. The NCAA needs to launch an investigation against the A10 Office including McGlade. Here is the proof of the Officiating Corruption: Watch
Replay (trying to get ESPN to re-post, it is the only
game from Saturday that is missing): http://sports-att.espn.go.com/ncb/boxscore?gameId=300300218
24 by 24 Propels Explorers To Victory Over Rams The Fordham
Rams (2-17, 0-7) have struggled at the free throw line
all season but, of course, tonight they were nearly perfect
in converting 14 of 16. Rodney Green (16 points, 7
boards) got off to a very slow start but finished strong.
He hit a pair of free throws to put La Salle ahead for
good at 57-55. The Explorers built a 70-59 lead and then a series of
strange events occured. Chris Gaston of Fordham not only
hung on the rim for over 5 seconds but took his right
hand and interfered with a ball on the rim. The officials
correctly called offensive goaltending but missed the
automatic technical that goes with hanging on the rim
for that long. Green then was called for holding the
ball for more then 5 seconds and then made a turnover
on the next possesion. Fordham cut the lead to 74-70.
Jerrell Williams (19 points, 4 rebounds) made the
critical front-end of a one-and-one and then the second
for a 76-70 lead with 2:14 remaining. Parrish Grant (4
points and 3 assists in 37 minutes) was later fouled with
the score at 76-73. He was able to convert the crucial
one-and-one and push the lead to 78-73 with 35 seconds
remaining. La Salle 80, Fordham 73 FINAL. Explorer Top Performer of the Game: Aaric Murray. LaSalle shot 56% from the field on 31 for 55 (and 43% from beyond the arc on 3 for 7) and 75% from the foul line (15 for 20).Next Game: The Explorers travel to Temple for a 12pm ESPN2 game on Saturday January 30. Officials: Robert Donato, Dwayne Gladden and Larry Scirotto. Bob Donato, who earns a "B" tried to correct a blatantly incorrect call at 9:19 by Scirotto as a Fordham player was clearly not in "act of shooting" and Green pointed that out to Donato who went over and talked to Scirotto. Scirotto would not listen to reason and Fordham was allowed to take the 2 free throws. Gladden also made incorrect calls including a very critical one when a Fordham player lost the ball and fell to the ground. Bob Donato was right in front of the play and did not make a call but for some reason Gladden made his phantom call from across the court. Gladden had earlier made a bad call against Yves on an obvious flop by a Fordham player. Scirotto should be removed from the officiating profession and earns a "F". Gladden also earns a "F". Donato called the game properly except for the missed technical for hanging on the rim and unfortunately was teamed with two disgustingly inept refs. Explorers
Can't Get Through Wilderness Charlotte 84, La Salle 82 FINAL. Explorer Top Performer of the Game: Rodney Green. LaSalle shot 48% from the field on 29 for 60 (and 44% from beyond the arc on 8 for 18) and 70% from the foul line (16 for 23).Next Game: The Explorers travel to Fordham for a 7pm contest on Wednesday January 27. Officials: Ken Clark Jr, Joe Demayo and Gary Prager. The crew made bad calls at critical times during the game. The second consecutive foul call on Murray changed the game and Aaric never got into full rythym as Doctor G was forced to substitute White for him. Explorers
Offense Too Much For Quakers The Explorers led at the break 39-26. The Quakers pulled to within 5 at 53-48 but La Salle went on a 9-0 run to put the game out of reach for Penn. La Salle 76, Penn 57 FINAL. Explorer Top Performer of the Game: Aaric Murray. LaSalle shot 57% from the field on 26 for 46 (and 60% from beyond the arc on 6 for 10) and 90% from the foul line (18 for 20).Next Game: The Explorers host Charlotte at 2pm on Saturday January 23. Bill "Speedy" Morris will be inducted into the Explorer Hall of Fame and members of the 1989-90 team that went 30-2 will be present. Officials: George Harry, Kenneth Clark Jr and Michael McCloskey. The crew called the game as it played out but missed a foul against Penn when Green was hit in the face hard enough that Harry blew the whistle to allow him to regroup. Murray Wins A10 ROW
Explorers
Spray For Spiders But Fail To Escape Web The Explorers failed to defend the paint effectively as Richmond had too many easy inside layups which cannot happen if they expect to win. Richmond 67, La Salle 63 FINAL. Explorer Top Performer of the Game: Aaric Murray. LaSalle shot 46% from the field on 26 for 57 (and 11% from beyond the arc on 1 for 9) and 71% from the foul line (10 for 14).Next Game: The Explorers visit Penn at 7pm on Wednesday January 20. Officials: Jeff Clark, Gene Steratore and John Gwynn. The crew did a good job and it is rare that we get such a good crew for a weekend contest in the A10. Short-handed
Explorers Escape Against GW Jerrell Williams (2 points, 4 turnovers and 9 boards in 22 minutes) sank two important free throws with 1:14 remaining to give La Salle a 65-60 advantage. Then Williams foolishly fouled near mid-court with 1:08 remaining sending GW to the foul line. GW sank two free throws for a 65-62 advantage. GW then converted a basket with 8.4 seconds remaining. All La Salle needed to do was successfully inbound the ball. Yves replaced Grant as the inbounder. Yves was whistled for a 5 second violation after he tried to signal for a timeout after nearly 5 seconds passed. GW was awarded the ball. GW settled for a three-point jumper that missed. The Explorers escaped with a victory. La Salle 65, George Washington 64 FINAL. Explorer Top Performer of the Game: Aaric Murray. LaSalle shot 46% from the field on 24 for 52 (and 29% from beyond the arc on 4 for 14) and 65% from the foul line (13 for 20).Next Game: The Explorers visit Richmond at 4pm on Saturday January 16 on CSN. Officials: Bo Boroski, Donald Eppley and DJ Carstensen. The crew made a few questionable calls against the Explorers in the first half. They did give the Explorers a couple calls in the second half. Explorers
Beat Minutemen in Springfield Kimmani Barrett (6 points and a steal in 24 minutes) injured his ankle and did not play for most of the second half. La Salle 80, UMass 74 FINAL. Explorer Top Performer of the Game: Aaric Murray. LaSalle shot 45% from the field on 26 for 58 (and 36% from beyond the arc on 5 for 14) and 68% from the foul line (23 for 34).Next Game: The Explorers host George Washington at 7pm on Wednesday January 13. Officials: James Breeding, Pat Driscoll and Joe Lindsay. The crew called the game as it played out and sent the Explorers to the line when they were fouled. They also adjusted the incorrect scoreboard when it showed 50-50, the actual score was 51-50 and La Salle was given the point they had earned. Explorers
Show Second Effort But X Marks The Spot La Salle fell behind by 15 points to end the first half, 41-26. Xavier 68, La Salle 62 FINAL. Explorer Top Performer of the Game: Rodney Green. LaSalle shot 38% from the field on 28 for 74 (and 9% from beyond the arc on 2 for 23) and 67% from the foul line (4 for 6). Kimmani Barrett had 11 points. Aaric Murray had 7 points and 4 blocks. Devon White had 6 points and 4 blocks.Next Game: The Explorers face UMass at 2pm on Sunday January 10. Officials: John Cahill, Mike Kitts and Bryan Kersey. The crew gave Xavier 20 free throw attempts to only 6 for La Salle. In addition, Xavier got touch-foul calls while the Explorers got hit hard and no calls were made during Xavier's first half run. The crew should have given Xavier's head coach a Technical at the end of the first half for walking outside the coaches box but instead just issued a warning. Explorers
Let Bearcats Ruin Outing La Salle played without desire in the last 13 minutes of the game and saw a 48-33 lead with 13:49 to play evaporate into 49-48 Binghamton lead with 8:51 left in the game. The team does need a true point guard but until next season arrives Parrish Grant (4 minutes in this game) must get meaningful minutes at the point this year. La Salle allowed Binghamton to shoot a nearly impossible 63% in the second half and shot a mere 6-of-24 from the field in the second half (25%). "We're shellshocked right now," La Salle coach Dr. John Giannini said. If we witness another performance like this one, Dr. John will be on life-support and the La Salle faithful will need a sports psychologist to help with the emotional letdown. Binghamton 66, La Salle 61 FINAL. Explorer Top Performer of the Game: Rodney Green (20 points). LaSalle shot 36% from the field on 19 for 53 (and 24% from beyond the arc on 5 for 21) and a dismal 56% from the foul line (18 for 32). Kimmani Barrett had 17 points.Next Game: The Explorers open the A10 regular season against Xavier at 7pm on Thursday January 7. Officials: Kenneth Turner ,Kevin Ferguson and John Regan. The Explorers have only the coaching and team effort to blame for this disasterous loss. Explorers
Allow Cornell To Steal Game The Blue and Gold played with desperation and desire in the second half but could not get key defensive stops when they needed to. The Explorers fought back to 72-69 with 28 seconds left. The coaches have to make sure either Rodney Green (19 points), Yves Mbala (disappointing 10 points) or Kimmani Barrett (13 points) takes the next shot. Instead Steve Weingarten (0 points, 2 turnovers in 9 minutes) over shot a trey with 19 seconds to go and the Explorers lost a major opportunity to win. Barrett hit a meaningless trey with 1 second remaining. Cornell 78, La Salle 75 FINAL. Explorer Top Performer of the Game: Rodney Green. LaSalle shot 48% from the field on 30 for 63 (and 47% from beyond the arc on 8 for 17) and a dismal 54% from the foul line (7 for 13). Jerrell Williams had 14 points and 8 rebounds. Aaric Murray contributed 12 points and 4 boards in 27 minutes.Next Game: The Explorers travel to Binghamton at 2pm on January 2. Officials: Jeff Janosik, John Gaffney and Frank Scagliotta. Frank Scagliotta can't help himself when it comes to making calls against the Explorers. He is one of the few refs who only works La Salle games at Gola Arena and rarely anywhere else. Scags earns another "F" and so does the new Commish who failed to remove the poor performing officials. The other two refs earn a "D". Explorers
Fail To Defend Lane Against Cowboys Oklahoma State 77, La Salle 62 FINAL. Explorer Top Performer of the Game: Rodney Green. LaSalle shot 33% from the field on 18 for 54 (and 40% from beyond the arc on 6 for 15) and 77% from the foul line (20 for 26).Next Game: The Explorers host Cornell at 4pm on December 29 at Gola Arena. Officials: John Higgins, Steve Welmer and Tom O'Neill. John Higgins made correct calls against both teams and earns a C. Steve Welmer earned a "D" allowing hand checks on Rodney by Cowboys players on a couple of possessions at end of first half. Tom O'Neill earned a "F" for allowing way too much contact by the Cowboys at the start of first half and critical points in the second half. Grade for Officials: D (Below Average) La
Salle Fights Back Against Aggressive Bison La Salle 83, Bucknell 70 FINAL. Explorer Top Performer of the Game:Kimmani Barrett. LaSalle shot 59% from the field on 27 for 46 (and 46% from beyond the arc on 6 for 13) and 82% from the foul line (23 for 28).Next Game: The Explorers visit Oklahoma State on Monday December 21 at 8:30 pm on ESPN2. Officials: Non-Rotation Officials Due to Snow Emergency. The substitute officials called a good game overall missing calls against both teams. Grade for Officials: C (Average)
Explorers
Start Well Against #1 Kansas But Jayhawks Prevail Kansas 90, La Salle 65 FINAL. Explorer Top Performer of the Game:Jerrell Williams. LaSalle shot 36% from the field on 22 for 61 (and 37% from beyond the arc on 7 for 19) and 58% from the foul line (14 for 24). The Morris twins combined for 21 points for Kanas. Marcus had 9 points and Markieff had 12 points. The Explorers did a good job of shutting down everyone except Xavier Henry (who had 31 points on 10 for 15 shooting)... had they kept him closer to his average of 18 points then the score could have been much closer.Next Game: The Explorers face Bucknell at Gola Arena on Saturday December 19 at 2 pm. Officials: Mike Sanzere, James Breeding and Gerry Pollard. This crew should have put Kansas on their shirts. After Kansas coach Bill Self started whining when La Salle took the lead at 17-16 and the refs immediately responded to restore Self's confidence in the officials! (see article above). Grade for Officials: D (Below Average) Explorers
Prevent Stampede By Taming Broncs La Salle 69, Rider 60 FINAL. Explorer Top Performer of the Game:Rodney Green. LaSalle shot 44% from the field on 23 for 52 (and 40% from beyond the arc on 6 for 15) and 77% from the foul line (17 for 22). Ruben Guillandeaux remained out of action tonight.Next Game: The Explorers travel to Kansas City, MO to face the #1 Kansas Jayhawks on Saturday December 12 at 2 pm on ESPN. Officials: Ray Perone, Donnie Eppley and Brian Dorsey. Ray Perone and the the other two members of the officiating crew did a good job in ensuring that the proper fouls were called. Grade for Officials: C (Average) Explorers
Hammer Hartford Hawks La Salle 75, Hartford 62 FINAL. Explorer Top Performer of the Game:Kimmani Barrett. LaSalle shot 46% from the field on 20 for 44 (and 52% from beyond the arc on 11 for 21) and 73% from the foul line (24 for 33). Ruben Guillandeaux remained out of action with some sort of foot injury.Next Game: The Explorers travel to Rider (Lawrenceville, NJ) on Wednesday December 9 at 7 pm. Officials: John Hughes, Earl Walton and Jeff Anderson. The officiating deteriorated as the game progressed. John Hughes (earns a "F" for making a cross country trek to come to Philadelphia from Seattle where he did a game on Saturday) missed an obvious back court violation and subsequent foul by Hartford where the Hartford player bounced the ball off his own foot and then tracked the ball down in the court as well as pushing Parrish Grant out of the way. There were no whistles. Hartford flopped on several plays and Earl Walton (earns a "D") fell for it every time. Jeff Anderson (earns a "D") missed an obvious call where a Hartford player wrapped his arm around a La Salle defender to get into a better scoring position as the Hartford player scored and got a foul called to convert the traditional three-point play. Grade for Officials: D (Below Average) Explorers
Run Past Leopards La Salle 79, Lafayette 67 FINAL. Explorer Top Performer of the Game: Rodney Green. LaSalle shot 53% from the field on 32 for 60 (and 43% from beyond the arc on 9 for 21) and 55% from the foul line (6 for 11). Ruben Guillandeaux did not play and his diagnosis is a stress fracture in his foot. He wore the boot again tonight and will be examined by doctors at least once per week. Hopefully he will be ready in time for the Kansas game.Former La Salle coaching great Speedy Morris was in Gola Arena to watch the game.  Next Game: The Explorers host Hartford on Sunday December 6 at 2 pm. Officials: Jeff Clark, Brian O'Connell and Joe Lindsay. These jokers barely showed up and definitely did not earn their paycheck. The missed calls were bad against both teams. On one play they missed Kimmani sliding across the floor (with the ball) and then throwing it to a teammate after crossing the half court line (backcourt violation). Later in the first in half they missed a call where Rodney was hacked. At different points in the second half both Doc and Fran O'Hanlon (Lafayette coach) wanted to smack some sense into Brian O'Connell. Grade for Officials: D (Below Average) Bad
Decisions and Bad Execution Equals Bad Loss for Explorers
Against Wildcats Villanova 81, La Salle 63 FINAL. Explorer Top Performer of the Game: Aaric Murray. LaSalle shot 36% from the field on 21 for 59 (and 10% from beyond the arc on 1 for 10) and 54% from the foul line (20 for 37). Ruben Guillandeaux, who did not play against Villanova, has some sort of foot injury and will be examined by doctors this week. Hopefully he will be ready in time for the Kansas game.Next Game: The Explorers host Lafayette on Thursday December 3 at 7 pm. Officials: John Cahill, Mike Roberts and Karl Hess. The crew worked together to get 3-point shots correct but there were too many touch-foul calls. Grade for Officials: C (Average) Explorers
Prevent Green Wave From Washing-Out The Season La Salle 61, Tulane 59 FINAL. Explorer Top Performer of the Game: Kimmani Barrett. LaSalle shot 47% from the field on 22 for 47 (and 46% from beyond the arc on 5 for 11) and 57% from the foul line (12 for 21).Next Game: The Explorers travel to face Big 5 rival Villanova (#6 ranked) on Saturday November 28 at 3:30 pm, televised on ESPN2. Officials: Bret Smith, Tom Eades and Curtis Shaw. The crew missed players hacking one another in the first half. In the second half Green was called for a foul after a Tulane player ran him over. And they gave Tulane an opportunity to tie or win the game by calling a 5 second violation even though no more then 3 seconds went by before they called it. Grade for Officials: F (Failure) due to incompetence. Explorers
Disciplined Play Gives Wildcats Fits La Salle 84, Davidson 70 FINAL. Explorer Top Performer of the Game: Rodney Green. LaSalle shot 55% from the field on 30 for 55 (and 50% from beyond the arc on 6 for 12) and 69% from the foul line (18 for 26). There was no tv nor webcast for the first time in over a year for a La Salle game. Comcast dropped the ball for La Salle followers again; they could have picked up a feed provided by CSS and provided the live feed on Comcast Network (instead of showing the taped Penn State-Tulane game).Next Game: The Explorers face Tulane (1-2) in the final round of the Charleston Classic on Sunday November 22 at 12:30 pm. Officials: Andrew Walton, John Hampton and Les Jones. The crew made missed an obvious offensive goal-tend against Davidson in the first half. There was a late whistle on a foul called on Murray at 4:17 of the second half. Terrell Williams was fouled hard with under 3 minutes to go and the whistles were silent. Grade for Officials: D (Below Average) Explorers
Undisciplined Second Half Gives Gamecocks The Win South Carolina 78, La Salle 68 FINAL. Explorer Top Performer of the Game: Rodney Green. LaSalle shot 48% from the field on 26 for 54 (and 25% from beyond the arc on 2 for 8) and 61% from the foul line (14 for 23).Next Game: The Explorers face Davidson (0-2) in the second round of the Charleston Classic on Friday November 20 at 7 pm. Officials: Mark Whitehead, Andrew Walton and Hal Lusk . The crew made bad calls on both teams. Grade for Officials: C (Average) Murray Wins A10 Rookie of Week Award
Explorers Treasure Victory Over Pirates
The
second half started with an electrifying dunk by Murray
with an assist from Jerrell Williams (5
points and 3 boards). Yves
Mbala (16 points, 1 block and 1 steal) appeared
to put the game away with a dunk with 6:06 remaining
to
put
the
Explorers
up
64-55.
But Hampton
made the game closer then it should have been. The
Explorers had to make free throws in order to seal
this one in the win column and they made enough to
do that. Next Game: The Explorers travel to South Carolina to play in the Charleston Classic. The first game will be Thursday November 19 against host South Carolina at 9:30 pm and will be televised on ESPNU. Officials: Paul Faia, Frank Scagliotta and Michael McCloskey. The crew missed some obvious calls including pulling on shirt and some overly physical play on both teams. They also called some touch fouls including one on Rodney Green that gave him his 4th. Grade for Officials: C (Average) Explorers Prepare For Regular Season By Beating Division
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La
Salle 83,
Hampton 80 FINAL. Explorer Top Performer
of the Game: Rodney Green.