La Salle University NCAA News

After all, the 6-foot-8 Philly-bred forward for the Chattanooga Mocs considers his current plight to be somewhat of a miracle.

Darryl Partin will transfer from the La Salle men's basketball program. The sophomore guard appeared in 50 games -- four starts -- over two seasons with the Explorers, and averaged 3.5 points per game.

Rewind the tape. It's La Salle - again. After closing their regular-season schedule against the Explorers here Saturday, the Saint Louis University Billikens will play them for the second time in four days.

PLAYER TO WATCH Ahmad Nivins, F, Saint Joseph 's The Hawks forward won A-10 player of the year honors after averaging nearly 20 points and 12 rebounds.

Kwamain Mitchell scored 18 points, including a layup with 1.8 seconds left in overtime, to lift Saint Louis to a 62-60 victory over La Salle in the first round of the Atlantic 10 tournament.

When this La Salle season comes to an end, Johnson likely will leave the program with a winning record.

Twelve of the 14 teams that make up the Atlantic 10 Conference will congregate in Atlantic City for the 2009 A-10 Tournament, which begins on Wednesday, March 11th.

The Bilikens end the regular season at 17-13; 8-8 in the Atlantic 10. March 7, 2009 Box Score ST.

Rodney Green scored 24 points and LaSalle overcame an early 14-point deficit to defeat Saint Louis 68-62 in an Atlantic 10 Conference game on Saturday night.

The first player recruited by John Giannini at La Salle celebrated Senior Night at Tom Gola Arena before facing off with Fordham .

On senior night, a trio of juniors led the way as La Salle coasted to a 79-59 victory over Fordham tonight at Tom Gola Arena.

IT HAS BEEN kind of an interesting debate this season about the Big 5 Player of the Year.

There's been a lot of talk BY the University of Massachusetts men's basketball team about gaining some momentum heading into the Atlantic 10 Tournament, and then making a run in the tourney or even being good ...

Green, Partin lead La Salle past UMass 97-88 Eds: APNewsNow. PHILADELPHIA Rodney Green and Darryl Partin each scored a career-high 30 points to lead La Salle past Massachusetts 97-88 on Sunday.

By RON CHIMELIS rchimelis@repub.com Men's basketball teams like to cash in on second-chance points.

Rodney Green scored 22 points and Kimmani Barrett added 20 as La Salle upset local rival Temple 70-63 on Thursday, snapping the Owls' five-game winning streak.

No college basketball team could have asked for a better stretch in its schedule than La Salle has this month and next: six consecutive games in Philadelphia that include four at Tom Gola Arena.

The elevated play of Duquesne and La Salle has helped to sharpen parity in the Atlantic 10 Conference of late.

The Duquesne University men's basketball team earned its seventh road victory in a season for the first time in 38 years by today beating La Salle , 79-68, in an Atlantic 10 Conference game in Philadelphia.

In local college basketball, La Salle University is trying to shake off a couple of tough home losses.