Once Upon A Time In Las Vegas – Divisional Round
The La Salle Explorers (8-10, 2-3 A-10) are on the road Saturday for an Atlantic 10 Conference game in St Louis, Missouri at Chaifetz Arena against the St Louis Billikens (13-6, 5-1 A-10). La Salle was defeated by the St Joseph's Hawks 71-59 on Monday. The Explorers have lost each of the two. St Louis defeated Loyola-Chicago 76-59 on Wednesday. Javonte Perkins scored 18 points for St Louis. The Billikens have won four straight and five of the last six. LaSalle does not have any players on its injury report. St Louis will play without Nick Kramer, Daniel Rivera and Fred Thatch Jr., while Kellen Thames is questionable
The La Salle Explorers are allowing an average of 73. (281st) points per game. The Explorers are allowing a field goal shooting percentage of 45.0% (278th) and a three-point shooting percentage of 36.4% (313th). La Salle's offense is scoring an average of 68.4 (265th) points per game while shooting 41.3% (325th) overall and 32.6% (261st) from three point land.
Khalil Brantley is the leading scorer for La Salle with an average of 14.4 points per game. The guard is shooting 40.3% overall and only 29.8% from three point land. Second leading scorer Josh Nickelberry is averaging 10.5 points per game and shooting just 35.1% overall and 32.7% from behind the line. None of the top six scorers for La Salle are shooting 50.0% or higher. Brantley is the leader in assists with an average of 4.1 dishes per contest. On the boards, La Salle is averaging 33.8 rebounds per game and Fousseyni Drame is the leading rebounder with an average of 5.5 boards per contest. Drame is the rim protector with an average of 1.1 block shots per game and Brantley is the leader in steals with an average of 1.6 per contest.