Game 19: Temple January 18, 2012 7:00 PM Liacouras Center Video Stream: Owlsports.com MEN’S BASKETBALL Radio: WNTP 990 AM La Salle Explorers (13-5, 2-1 A-10) at SCHEDULE & RESULTS (13-5, 2-1 A-10) November (4-3) Temple Owls (11-5, 1-2 A-10 ) Fri. 11 LAFAYETTE .........................79-53, W Noteworthy Tues. 15 % at Villanova(OT)...................67-76, L Sat. 19 $ JAMES MADISON...............92-83, W • Sophomore Tyreek Duren is the reigning Big 5 Player of the Week. Tonight’s Tues. 22 $ at #17/16 Pitt .....................69-73, L game is NOT the official Big 5 game (Feb. 22 at La Salle). Fri. 25 $ vs. Rob. Morris (Pal.) [TCN]..44-51, L Sat. 26 $ vs. Rider (Palestra) [TCN]...82-70, W Wed. 30 NORTHEASTERN ................68-51, W • Junior Ramon Galloway and sophomore Sam Mills are making their name as one of the top defensive guard duos in the country. They have shut down three December (6-1) point guards that are Bob Cousy Award Finalists. Sat. 3 BUCKNELL .........................78-52, W Wed. 7 at Towson...........................89-51, W Ashton Gibbs, Pitt 3-15 FG Mills Sat. 10 ARMY .................................76-64, W Tu Holloway, Xavier 2-12 FG Galloway & Mills Mon. 19 at Delaware.........................66-70, L Zack Rosen, Penn 3-13 FG Galloway Thurs. 22 at Central Connecticut St...85-59, W Thurs. 29 BOSTON UNIVERSITY........70-53, W Sat. 31 HARTFORD.........................73-55, W • La Salle has won 11 of 13 games beginning with a Nov. 26 win over Rider. It is the best 13 game January (3-1) stretch since the 1989-90 team was 13-0 during a school-record 22-game winning streak from Jan. Wed. 4 * XAVIER [TCN]......................80-70, W 9 to March 15, 1990. Sun. 8 * UMASS [CSN].....................82-75, W Tues. 10 % at Penn ..............................68-57, W • La Salle’s 13-5 record is the best for LU after 18 games since the 1990-91 team started 14-4. Sat. 14 * at Dayton ...........................75-79, L Wed. 18 * at Temple............................7:00 PM Sat. 21 * RHODE ISLAND [COX-RI].....4:00 PM • The Explorers are 12-1 when scoring 70 points or more and 11-2 when making at least eight three’s. Wed. 25 * GEORGE WASHINGTON......7:00 PM Sat. 28 * at Duquesne .......................7:00 PM • La Salle is shooting 39.5% from long range, which leads the A-10 and is 18th nationally. La Salle is sec- February ond in the A-10 in three-pointers made and 25th nationally. Wed. 1 * CHARLOTTE.........................7:00 PM The Opponent Sat. 4 *% at St. Joe’s (Palestra) [TCN] ...........2:00 PM Wed. 8 * at Richmond .......................7:00 PM Temple comes into the contest with an 11-5 record (1-2 A-10) and is led by two of the top three Sat. 11 * SAINT LOUIS.......................2:00 PM scorers in the league (Ramon Moore and Khalif Wyatt). Moore averages 17.0 ppg. while Wyatt Sat. 18 * at Massachusetts [CBSSN].6:00 PM adds 16.7 ppg., including 23.5 ppg. in his last four. Juan Fernandez (11.4 ppg.) leads the team Wed. 22 *% TEMPLE...............................7:00 PM Sat. 25 * at Fordham..........................1:00 PM in assists with 65. The Owls are 25-1 at the Liacouras Center in their last 26 games. Wed. 29 * at George Washington........7:00 PM The Series March Temple leads the all-time series 70-40. La Salle has played 110 games against Temple, second Sat. 3 * ST. BONAVENTURE.............2:00 PM only to Saint Joseph’s (115). Complete series information can be found on page 3. Tues. 6 ** vs. Atlantic 10 First Round .........TBA F-S. 9-11 *** at Atlantic 10 Championship......TBA Last Time Out Home games in CAPS. La Salle rallied from a 12-point deficit with 2:29 to play to cut it to three with 1:40 remaining but could not All times Eastern and subject to change. top Dayton on Saturday night at UD Arena, falling to the Flyers, 79-75. Senior Earl Pettis led the Explorers * Atlantic 10 game; ** Campus sites; ***Atlantic City, NJ; with 19 points, 16 of which came in the second half. Junior Ramon Galloway added 18, while sophomore % Philadelphia Big 5 game; Sam Mills scored 17 points. The loss snaps a six-game winning streak and is the first defeat since a 70- $ Philly Hoop Group Classic; CBSSN: CBS College Sports Network; 66 loss at Delaware on December 19. “They're awfully good,” head coach Dr. John Giannini said. “They CSN: Comcast SportsNet Philadelphia; made shots and they are hard to guard. We were not at our best early on and it reflected in the score.” TCN: The Comcast Network Probable Starters (based on last game) POS.# NAME YR HT WT PPG RPG APG NOTES G 3 Tyreek Duren So. 6-0 180 13.5 3.5 4.6 Big 5 Player of the Week G 10 Sam Mills So. 6-2 180 12.3 2.4 2.8 Scored 17 points at Dayton G 23 Earl Pettis Sr. 6-5 215 14.7 4.1 2.2 Averaged 19.8 ppg. in last four games G 55 Ramon Galloway Jr. 6-3 175 15.0 4.5 2.3 La Salle is 12-3 in games he plays F 25 Jerrell Wright Fr. 6-8 230 7.8 6.4 1.3bpg Averaging 8.0 rebounds/game in last seven G 1 D.J. Peterson Fr. 6-5 185 3.3 2.1 1.0 Scored eight points off the bench vs. UMass G 5 Taylor Dunn Jr. 6-2 200 2.2 1.0 0.3 30 of his 37 points came from behind arc F 14 Devon White Sr. 6-8 240 7.2 4.8 1.1bpg Scored 15 points, 11 in second half, at Delaware C 21 Steve Zack Fr. 6-11 240 1.3 2.6 0.5bpg Had career-high four points vs. Xavier G/F 35 Rohan Brown Fr. 6-6 205 0.0 0.0 0.0 All-State in Connecticut F 42 Matt Sheehan Sr. 6-4 245 0.6 0.3 0.0 Walk-on originally came to LU in ‘07 to play football Assistant AD/Communications: 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 13-5 La Salle TOTAL 408-269 (.603) AT LA SALLE 111-120 (.481) At A Glance Dr. John Giannini enters his eighth season as head coach at La Salle University in 2011-12. Giannini is La Salle's all-time winningest coach in Atlantic 10 play and has pro- Head Coach: Rowan (1989-96) duced the program's only winning A-10 records since joining the league in 1995-96. He is Head Coach: Maine (1996-04) also the winningest coach in Maine history and when he left Rowan, Giannini was the win- Head Coach: La Salle (2004-present) ningest active NCAA Division III head coach. He is one of two head men’s basketball coaches with doctorates, joining Lehigh’s Brett Reed. Education He was introduced as the 18th head coach in the 79-year history of Explorer men's B.A., Psychology, North Central (1984) basketball on August 23, 2004. The late-summer appointment made recruiting efforts M.Ed, Physical Education, North Texas (1986) impossible, leaving Giannini with a team consisting of only a handful of available scholar- Ph.D., Illinois, Kinesiology, (1992) ship players for most of the season. 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.