GAMENOTES SAINT LOUIS (17-7, 6-5 A-10) LA SALLE (11-12, 2-9 A-10) Sat., Feb. 15 • 1:30 p.m. (CT) • St. Louis, Mo. • Chaifetz Arena (10,600) TV: NBCSN (Paul Burmeister, David Kaplan) SAINT LOUIS BILLIKENS LA SALLE EXPLORERS Radio: 106.5 FM (Bob Ramsey, Earl Austin Jr.) Record: 17-7 (6-5 A-10) Record: 11-12 (2-9 A-10) Stream: NBCSports.com/live Home/Road/Neutral Record: 11-3/5-3/1-1 Home/Road/Neutral Record: 6-6/2-6/3-0 Last Game: L, 65-71 (at Dayton) Last Game: L, 47-74 (vs. Richmond) Saint Louis Billikens Schedule/Results Current Streak: L2 Current Streak: L1 NCAA NET Ranking: 76 (thru Feb. 12) NCAA NET Ranking: 170 (thru Feb. 12) Wed., Oct. 30 Kentucky Wesleyan~ W, 77-48 KenPom Rating: 88 (thru Feb. 12) KenPom Rating: 178 (thru Feb. 12) Travis Ford Ashley Howard Tue., Nov. 5 FGCU (FSMW+) W, 89-67 Head Coach: Head Coach: Ford’s Record at SLU: 69-57 (4th yr.) Howard’s Record at LAS: 21-33 (2nd yr.) Sat., Nov. 9 Valparaiso (FSMW) W, 81-70 Ford’s Career Record: 405-323 (23rd yr.) Howard’s Career Record: 21-33 (2nd yr.) Wed., Nov.13 E. Washington^ (FSMW) W, 82-60 Scoring Margin: +4.8 Scoring Margin: -1.5 Sun., Nov. 17 Seton Hall (ESPNU) L, 66-83 Leading Scorer: Jordan Goodwin (15.3 ppg) Leading Scorer: Isiah Deas (10.8 ppg) Wed., Nov. 20 High Point^ (FSMW) W, 67-55 Leading Reb.: Hasahn French (10.8 rpg) Leading Rebounder: Ed Croswell (8.1 rpg) Sat., Nov. 23 Belmont^ (FSMW) W, 60-55 Assists Leader: Yuri Collins (5.3 apg) Assists Leader: Ayinde Hikim (3.7 apg) Wed., Nov. 27 at Boston College^ (ACCN) W, 64-54 Blocks Leader: Hasahn French (2.7 bpg) Blocks Leader: Jared Kimbrough (0.9 bpg) Sun., Dec. 1 Southern Illinois (FSMW) W, 69-60 Steals Leader: Jordan Goodwin (2.0 spg) Steals Leader: Saul Phiri (1.1 spg) Sun., Dec. 8 vs. Tulane! (ESPN+) W, 86-62 Next Game: Tue., Feb. 18, at UMass Next Game: Wed., Feb. 19, vs. Fordham Sat., Dec. 14 vs. Auburn% (ESPN2) L, 61-67 Tue., Dec. 17 Maryville (ESPN+) W, 82-69 Sat., Dec. 21 at Kansas State# (ESPN+) W, 66-63 THE OPENING TIP... Sun., Dec. 29 Bethune-Cookman (FSMW) W, 77-67 n Saint Louis returns to action after its bye week to host La Salle at Chaifetz Arena on Thu., Jan. 2 at Duquesne* (ESPN+) L, 59-73 Saturday afternoon. Game time is 1:30 p.m. Sun., Jan. 5 UMass* (NBCSN) W, 83-80 (OT) n The Billikens are coming off a 71-65 loss at Dayton last Saturday. It was a hard- Wed., Jan. 8 GW* (FSMW) W, 63-58 fought game, with SLU twice grabbing the lead in the second half, but No. 6 Dayton Sat., Jan. 11 at Richmond* (FSMW+) W, 74-58 pulled away down the stretch to defeat SLU for a second time this season. Fri., Jan. 17 Dayton* (ESPN2) L, 76-78 (OT) n Saint Louis is 17-7 overall and enters the weekend tied for seventh in the A-10 Wed., Jan. 22 at Davidson* (FSMW) L, 59-71 standings with a 6-5 mark. La Salle is 11-12 overall and 2-9 (12th) in the A-10. Sun., Jan. 26 Fordham* (FSMW) W, 55-39 n This is the second time this season that the Billikens and Explorers have met. On Wed., Jan. 29 at La Salle* (ESPN+) W, 77-76 (OT) Jan. 29 at Gola Arena, SLU slipped past La Salle 77-76 in overtime. n Sat., Feb. 1 at Saint Joseph’s* (NBCSN) W, 78-73 Jordan Goodwin and Hasahn French continue to be the only teammates in the NCAA averaging a double-double. Wed., Feb. 5 Duquesne* (FSMW) L, 68-82 n French, one of 10 players named to the Karl Malone Award Watch List as the nation’s Sat., Feb. 8 at Dayton* (CBSSN) L, 65-71 top power forward, leads the A-10 and is 12th in the NCAA with 10.8 rpg. He also Sat., Feb. 15 La Salle* (NBCSN) 1:30 p.m. ranks in the top 20 in the NCAA in blocked shots per game (2.7). Tue., Feb. 18 at UMass* (FSMW+/NESN) 6 p.m. n Goodwin is third in the league with 10.3 rpg. He leads the team with 15.0 ppg. Fri., Feb. 21 VCU* (ESPN2) 8 p.m. Goodwin is 10 points away from posting a career high for most points in a season. Wed., Feb. 26 Saint Joseph’s* (CBSSN) 8 p.m. n French and Goodwin lead the A-10 in double-doubles with 10 apiece. Sun., March 1 at Rhode Island* (ESPNU) 1 p.m. n Yuri Collins, SLU’s all-time leader for assists in a season by a freshman, is fourth Wed., March 4 at George Mason* (ESPN+) 6 p.m. in the A-10 with 5.3 assists per game. Sat., March 7 St. Bonaventure* (FSMW) 7 p.m. n As a team, the Billikens lead the A-10 and are 17th in the NCAA with 40.0 rpg. SLU is 11th nationally with 13.3 offensive rebounds per game. ^ Gotham Classic // ! Jerry Colangelo Classic (Phoenix Ariz.) // n The Billikens lead the A-10 in field-goal percentage defense, as opponents % Mike Slive Invitational (Birmingham, Ala.) // # Wildcat Classic (Kansas City) // *A-10 game shoot just 40.6 percent against the Billikens. PROBABLE STARTERS #0 #1 #15 #11 #32 Yuri Jimmy Jordan Hasahn Demarius BELL JR. BELL JACOBS FRENCH COLLINS GOODWIN Goodwin’s Season Averages Collins’ Season Averages Jacobs’ Season Averages French’s Season Averages Bell’s Season Averages PPG RPG APG MPG PPG RPG APG MPG PPG RPG APG MPG PPG RPG BPG MPG PPG RPG BPG MPG 15.3 10.3 2.9 36.0 5.5 3.0 5.3 30.8 7.2 2.3 0.9 23.3 12.3 10.8 2.7 31.8 3.4 3.0 0.3 13.9 BILLIKENS VS. LA SALLE ABOUT SATURDAY’S GAME uSaint Louis hosts the La Salle Explorers on Saturday afternoon at Chaifetz Arena. Game time is 1:30 p.m. uTEAM COMPARISON uThe game will be televised on NBCSN, with Paul Burmeister and David SLU LAS Kaplan on the call. It is the second game of an A-10 tripleheader on NBCSN, as 71.1 ..................Points per game .................. 68.6 Dayton/UMass play prior and GW/Mason play after the Billikens’ game. 66.3 ...........Points allowed per game .......... 70.1 uThe radio broadcast airs on 106.5 FM The Arch. As always, Billiken Hall of +4.8...................Scoring Margin.................... -1.5 Famers Bob Ramsey and Earl Austin Jr. will call the action. .437 ................... FG Percentage ................... .413 .406 ..........Opponent FG Percentage ......... .423 LAST TIME OUT .333 .................. 3FG Percentage .................. .341 uJordan Goodwin led a furious Billikens rally in the second half, but No. 6 .331 ........ Opponent 3FG Percentage ........ .304 Dayton withstood the charge and defeated Saint Louis 71-65 on Saturday at UD 5.6 ................3FG Made Per Game ................ 8.4 Arena. .584 ............ Free Throw Percentage ............ .658 uGoodwin led the Billikens with 22 points on 9-of-14 shooting from the field 13.5 .......Free Throws Made Per Game ....... 11.9 and 3-of-3 from 3-point range. He was 5-of-8 for 11 points in the second half +5.0...............Rebounding Margin ............... -0.3 alone. 13.8 ................. Assists Per Game ................. 13.3 uHasahn French scored nine of his 15 points in the second half. Javonte 12.5 .............. Turnovers Per Game .............. 15.4 Perkins and Demarius Jacobs finished with nine points apiece.Jimmy Bell Jr. 1.1 ................ Assist-Turnover Ratio ................ 0.9 finished with eight rebounds to tie French for team-high honors. 7.7 ....................Steals Per Game .................... 8.0 4.3 ................... Blocks Per Game ................... 3.4 BILLIKENS, EXPLORERS MEETING FOR SECOND TIME uThis is the second time this season that Saint Louis and La Salle are meeting. uSERIES NOTES On Jan. 29, the Billikens defeated the Explorers 77-76 at Gola Arena in Saint Louis leads the all-time series 17-9 ... the Philadelphia. u Billikens have won four in a row in the series, Javonte Perkins led five Billikens in double figures with 15 points.Jordan including a 77-76 overtime victory at La Salle Goodwin registered 12 points, 16 rebounds, seven assists and four steals earlier this year ... Hasahn French had a double-double of 12 points and 11 rebounds and added four blocked shots. Yuri Collins posted a then-career-high 10 points and added uSERIES RESULTS five assists.Demarius Jacobs hit three treys and finished with 11 points. u Date Location SLU’s Outcome With the Billikens in foul trouble, Terrence Hargrove Jr. and Joshua Hightower $ 3/10/51 NYC W, 73-61 played the entire overtime and did not disappoint, combining for seven of the 1/5/52 St. Louis W, 62-46 Billikens’ 10 points in the extra session. Hightower converted a 3-point play for ! 12/26/53 NYC L, 77-63 his first collegiate field goal. 2/27/54 Philadelphia L, 96-82 1/2/55 St. Louis L, 88-79 FRENCH NAMED TO KARL MALONE AWARD WATCH LIST u is one of 10 players named to the most recent Karl Malone $ 3/16/63 Philadelphia W, 62-61 Hasahn French Award Watch List. The award is given to the nation’s top power forward.