Game 12 Miami Hurricanes January 2, 2013 • 9:00 PM BankUnited Center TV: Fox Sports South, ESPN3 (pbp: Rich Waltz, color: Mike Gminski) MEN’S BASKETBALL Radio: WNTP 990 AM La Salle Explorers (9-2) at Miami Hurricanes (8-3) SCHEDULE & RESULTS (9-2, 0-0 A-10) November Noteworthy • The Explorers (9-2) are off to their best start since the 1989-90 team started 10-1 Sat. 10 DELAWARE .......................73-66, W Sun. 18 CENTRAL CONNECTICUT ST. .74-81, L with National Player of the Year Lionel Simmons. The 2005-06 squad also started Tues. 20 at Hartford..........................64-51, W 9-2. Only nine teams in program history have started better. Sun. 25 % VILLANOVA [CBSSN] (OT) ..77-74, W Thurs. 29 at Rider ..............................63-52, W • Ramon Galloway and Sam Mills both played high school basketball in South December Florida. Galloway, a Philadelphia native, spent his final two high school seasons at William T. Dwyer Wed. 5 PENN ST. (Palestra) [NBCSN]..82-57, W High School (90 minutes north of Miami). Mills is a Sunrise, Fla. native and played at Cardinal Gibbons Sat. 8 at Northeastern .................66-64, W HS (45 minutes north of Miami). Sat. 15 at Bucknell ..........................66-74, L Thurs. 20 IONA ..................................88-74, W • La Salle has won six of its last eight road games. Sat. 22 SACRED HEART.................100-71, W Sat. 29 at Siena [TCN, TWC-NY] .....80-52, W • Ramon Galloway leads the A-10 in scoring at 18.4 ppg. while Tyreek Duren ranks sixth at 16.1. January Wed. 2 at Miami [FOX SOUTH]........9:00 PM • La Salle leads the A-10 and is ranked 30th nationally in three-point pct (.386). The Explorers are 2nd Sat. 5 % PENN ..................................2:00 PM in the A-10 and 32nd in three-point FG/game (8.2). Wed. 9 * at Charlotte.........................7:30 PM Sat. 12 * RICHMOND.........................2:00 PM Wed. 16 * DAYTON [FOX OHIO] ...........7:00 PM • Ramon Galloway ranks third in A-10 and 13th nationally in three’s/game (3.3). He is seventh in A-10 Sat. 19 * at Xavier [CBSSN-R]............2:00 PM and 19th nationally in 3P Pct. (.456). Wed. 23 * BUTLER...............................7:00 PM Sat. 26 * at VCU [CBSSN]...................8:00 PM • La Salle is second in the A-10 with 11.4 turnovers/game and ranks 25th nationally. Wed. 30 * MASSACHUSETTS ..............7:00 PM February The Opponent Sat. 2 * at George Washington........2:00 PM Miami comes into the game with a 8-3 record having lost two out of three at the Diamond Sat. 9 * FORDHAM...........................2:00 PM Head Classic in Hawaii from December 22-25. The Hurricanes beat Hawaii before falling to Wed. 13 * at St. Bonaventure..............7:00 PM Sat. 16 %* ST. JOE’S (Palestra) [NBCSN]..1:00 PM Arizona and Indiana State. Durand Scott leads Miami in scoring at 15.6 ppg. followed by Thurs. 21 %* at Temple [CBSSN]..............7:00 PM Shane Larkin (son of MLB Hall of Famer Barry) at 13.1 ppg. Sun. 24 * at Rhode Island [OSN] ........2:00 PM The Series March La Salle leads the all-time series 9-4, with all 13 meetings coming between 1951 and 1970. Sat. 2 * DUQUESNE.........................2:00 PM Complete series information can be found on page 3. Wed. 6 * GEORGE WASHINGTON......7:00 PM Last Time Out Sat. 9 * at Saint Louis [NBCSN]........1:30 PM T .-S. 14-17**vs. Atlantic 10 Championship .....TBA Senior Ramon Galloway, the Atlantic 10's top scorer, connected on six three-pointers on his way to a game-high 22 points as La Salle defeated Siena, 80-52, on Saturday night at the Times Union Home games in CAPS and at Tom Gola Arena. Center. Junior Tyreek Duren had 13 points while sophomore D.J. Peterson scored a career-high 11 for % Big 5 Game; the Explorers, who continued their best start at 9-2 since the 1989-90 season. “I thought that was * Atlantic 10 Conference Game; ** Atlantic 10 Championship, the best game we've played,” head coach Dr. John Giannini said. “The reason I say that is that we Barclays Center, Brooklyn, N.Y.; were very good defensively and offensively, the numbers show that. It was just one of the nights All Times EST and Subject to Change. where we started making three's and our effort was at a high level. I thought we played terrific.” Probable Starters (based on last game) POS.# NAME YR HT WT PPG RPG APG NOTES G 3 Tyreek Duren Jr. 6-0 185 16.1 2.8 3.3 6th in A-10 in scoring G 10 Sam Mills Jr. 6-2 200 8.6 3.3 2.2 2nd in A-10 in minutes played G 55 Ramon Galloway Sr. 6-3 180 18.4 4.5 3.7 Leads A-10 in scoring F 25 Jerrell Wright So. 6-8 240 11.2 6.1 1.4bpg 6th in A-10 in offensive rebounds C 0 Steve Zack So. 6-11 245 6.9 6.8 1.5bpg 8th in A-10 in rebounding, 9th in blocks G 21 Tyrone Garland Jr. 6-1 180 13.3 3.0 2.8 Scored career-high 26 points vs. Iona G 1 D.J. Peterson So. 6-5 190 5.0 2.9 1.5 Career-high 11 points at Siena F 35 Rohan Brown R-Fr. 6-6 220 3.6 2.4 0.0 Scored 16 points vs. Sacred Heart G 5 Taylor Dunn R-Jr. 6-2 205 1.7 1.0 0.2 Had six points vs. Penn State C 13 Garvin Hunt R-Sr. 6-10 235 0.0 0.0 0.0 Made first appearance at Hartford Associate AD: Kevin Bonner • [email protected] • o: 215-951-1513 • c: 484-880-3382 www.Facebook.com/GoExplorers | @GoExplorers_com | YouTube.com/Lasalleathletics HEAD COACH DR. JOHN GIANNINI Year Record School Postseason 1989-90 17-11 Rowan NJAC Tournament, ECAC Tournament 1990-91 20-8 Rowan NJAC Tournament, NCAA Tournament 1991-92 21-7 Rowan NJAC Tournament, ECAC Tournament 1992-93 29-2 Rowan NJAC Tournament, NCAA Tournament 1993-94 26-2 Rowan NJAC Tournament, NCAA Tournament 1994-95 27-4 Rowan NJAC Tournament, NCAA Tournament 1995-96 28-4 Rowan NJAC Tournament, NCAA Champions 1996-97 7-20 Maine America East Tournament 1997-98 11-20 Maine America East Tournament 1998-99 19-9 Maine America East Tournament, Semifinals 1999-00 24-7 Maine America East Tournament, Semifinals 2000-01 18-11 Maine America East Tournament, Semifinals 2001-02 12-18 Maine America East Tournament, Final 2002-03 14-16 Maine America East Tournament, Quarterfinals 2003-04 20-10 Maine America East Tournament, Final 2004-05 10-19 La Salle Atlantic 10 Tournament, Quarterfinals 2005-06 18-10 La Salle Atlantic 10 Tournament, Quarterfinals 2006-07 10-20 La Salle 2007-08 15-17 La Salle Atlantic 10 Tournament, Quarterfinals 2008-09 18-13 La Salle Atlantic 10 Tournament 2009-10 12-18 La Salle 2010-11 15-18 La Salle Atlantic 10 Tournament, Quarterfinals 2011-12 21-13 La Salle Atlantic 10 Quarterfinals, NIT First Round 2012-13 9-2 La Salle TOTAL 425-279 (.604) AT LA SALLE 128-130 (.496) At A Glance Dr. John Giannini enters his ninth season as head coach at La Salle University in 2012- 13 coming off a NIT berth and 21-win season a year ago. Head Coach: Rowan (1989-96) Giannini is La Salle's all-time winningest coach in Atlantic 10 play and has produced Head Coach: Maine (1996-04) the program's only winning A-10 records since joining the league in 1995-96. He is also the Head Coach: La Salle (2004-present) winningest coach in the University of Maine's history. When he left Rowan University, Giannini was the winningest active NCAA Division III head coach. He was introduced as the 18th head coach in the history of Explorer men's basketball Education on August 23, 2004. The late-summer appointment made recruiting efforts impossible, B.A., Psychology, North Central (1984) leaving Giannini with a team consisting of only a handful of available scholarship players M.Ed, Physical Education, North Texas (1986) for most of the season. Ph.D., Illinois, Kinesiology, (1992) Giannini quickly turned La Salle into a conference contender as two years later in 2005-06, the Explorers posted their most wins (18) in 14 years and a third place finish in the Atlantic 10 Conference, the school's highest showing since it joined the league for the 1995-96 season. The 18-10 finish set records for most Atlantic 10 wins in a season (10), most Atlantic 10 road wins in a single season (four) and delivered a winning season to the La Salle com- munity for the first time since the 1992-93 season. For his efforts, Giannini was named a Jim Phelan Award candidate for National Coach of the Year. Giannini followed that impressive performance by recruiting one of the deepest and most highly-regarded incoming classes which included five freshmen who would have an immediate impact on the program. The Explorers experienced growing pains as five of the top seven players in the 2006-07 rotation were freshman. That group meshed together in 2008-09, winning 18 games and finishing in the top half of the Atlantic 10 for the third time in four seasons. La Salle entered 2009-10 with high expectations, including a preseason fourth pick in the Atlantic 10 coaches poll, but injuries decimated the roster.