2014–15 La Salle Explorers men's basketball team

The 2014–15 La Salle Explorers basketball team represented La Salle University during the 2014–15 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Explorers, led by eleventh year head coach John Giannini, played their home games at Tom Gola Arena and were members of the Atlantic 10 Conference. They finished the season 17–16, 8–10 in A-10 play to finish in ninth place. They advanced to the quarterfinals of the A-10 tournament where they lost to Davidson.

2014–15 La Salle Explorers men's basketball
Conference	Atlantic 10 Conference
Record	17–16 (8–10 A-10)
Head coach	John Giannini (11th season)
Assistant coaches	Horace Owens Harris Adler Will Bailey
Home arena	Tom Gola Arena

2014–15 Atlantic 10 men's basketball standings

	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		PCT			W		L		PCT
Davidson	14	–	4		.778			24	–	8		.750
Dayton	13	–	5		.722			27	–	9		.750
Rhode Island	13	–	5		.722			23	–	10		.697
VCU †	12	–	6		.667			26	–	10		.722
Richmond	12	–	6		.667			21	–	14		.600
George Washington	10	–	8		.556			22	–	13		.629
St. Bonaventure	10	–	8		.556			18	–	13		.581
UMass	10	–	8		.556			17	–	15		.531
La Salle	8	–	10		.444			17	–	16		.515
Saint Joseph's	7	–	11		.389			13	–	18		.419
Duquesne	6	–	12		.333			12	–	19		.387
Fordham	4	–	14		.222			10	–	21		.323
George Mason	4	–	14		.222			9	–	22		.290
Saint Louis	3	–	15		.167			11	–	21		.344
† 2015 A10 tournament winner Rankings from AP poll

Previous season

The Explorers finished the season with an overall record of 15–16, with a record of 7–9 in the Atlantic 10 regular season to finish in eighth place. In the 2014 Atlantic 10 tournament the Explorers lost to St. Bonaventure in the second round.

Off season

Departures

Name	Number	Pos.	Height	Weight	Year	Hometown	Notes
Tyreek Duren	3	G	6'0"	190	Senior	Philadelphia, PA	Graduated
Taylor Dunn	5	G	6'2"	205	RS Senior	State College, PA	Graduated
Sam Mills	10	G	6'2"	200	Senior	Sunrise, FL	Graduated
Tyrone Garland	21	G	6'1"	185	Senior	Philadelphia, PA	Graduated

Recruiting

US college sports recruiting information for high school athletes

Name	Hometown	High school / college	Height	Weight	Commit date
Johnnie Shuler PG	Washington, D.C.	Roosevelt HS	5 ft 11 in (1.80 m)	165 lb (75 kg)	Nov 5, 2013
	Recruiting star ratings: Rivals: N/A   247Sports: N/A    ESPN grade: 69
Overall recruiting rankings:
Note: In many cases, Scout, Rivals, 247Sports, and ESPN may conflict in their listings of height and weight. In these cases, the average was taken. ESPN grades are on a 100-point scale. Sources: "2014 Team Ranking". Rivals.com. Retrieved May 9, 2014.

Roster

2014–15 La Salle Explorers men's basketball team
Players	Coaches
Pos. # Name Height Weight Year Hometown C 0 Stephen Zack 6 ft 11 in (2.11 m) 240 lb (109 kg) Sr New Cumberland, PA G 1 D. J. Peterson 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) 195 lb (88 kg) Sr Burnsville, MN G 2 Amar Stukes 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) 180 lb (82 kg) RS Fr Philadelphia, PA G 3 Cleon Roberts 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 175 lb (79 kg) RS So Miami, FL G 4 Hank Davis (W) 5 ft 11 in (1.8 m) 160 lb (73 kg) So Cherry Hill, NJ F/C 5 Tony Washington 6 ft 10 in (2.08 m) 210 lb (95 kg) RS Fr Detroit, MI G 10 Johnnie Shuler 5 ft 11 in (1.8 m) 170 lb (77 kg) Fr Washington, D.C. G 11 O. J. Lewis 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) 175 lb (79 kg) Jr Mitchellville, MD F 12 Yevgen Sakhniuk 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) 225 lb (102 kg) Fr Kyiv, Ukraine G 21 Jordan Price 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 220 lb (100 kg) RS So Decatur, GA G 23 Khalid Lewis 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 185 lb (84 kg) RS Jr Trenton, NJ F 25 Jerrell Wright 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) 245 lb (111 kg) Sr Philadelphia, PA C 30 Jermaine Davis 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) 295 lb (134 kg) RS So Garfield Heights, OH G/F 35 Rohan Brown 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) 210 lb (95 kg) RS Jr Hartford, CT	Head coach John Giannini (North Central (IL)) Assistant coach(es) Horace Owens (Rhode Island) Harris Adler (USciences) Will Bailey (UAB) Legend (C) Team captain (S) Suspended (I) Ineligible (W) Walk-on Injured Current redshirt

Schedule

Date time, TV	Rank#	Opponent#	Result	Record	Site (attendance) city, state
Exhibition
11/10/2014* 7:00 pm		Philadelphia	W 79–61		Tom Gola Arena  Philadelphia, PA
Non-conference regular season
11/15/2014* 3:00 pm		Colgate	W 57–52	1–0	Tom Gola Arena (3,400) Philadelphia, PA
11/18/2014* 7:30 pm		at Quinnipiac	W 60–58	2–0	TD Bank Sports Center (1,362) Hamden, CT
11/22/2014* 12:30 pm		Saint Peter's Barclays Center Classic	W 59–50	3–0	Tom Gola Arena (1,607) Philadelphia, PA
11/25/2014* 7:00 pm		St. Francis Brooklyn Barclays Center Classic	W 73–60	4–0	Tom Gola Arena (1,239) Philadelphia, PA
11/28/2014* 9:30 pm, NBCSN		vs. No. 8 Virginia Barclays Center Classic semifinals	L 56–64	4–1	Barclays Center (4,118) Brooklyn, NY
11/29/2014* 7:00 pm, NBCSN		vs. Vanderbilt Barclays Center Classic	L 55–68	4–2	Barclays Center (4,105) Brooklyn, NY
12/03/2014* 8:30 pm, CBSSN		No. 10 Villanova	L 70–84	4–3	Tom Gola Arena (3,400) Philadelphia, PA
12/06/2014* 12:00 pm, ESPNews		vs. Temple	L 57–58	4–4	Palestra (7,445) Philadelphia, PA
12/13/2014* 1:00 pm		at Drexel	W 65–55	5–4	Daskalakis Athletic Center (1,613) Philadelphia, PA
12/16/2014* 7:00 pm		American	L 66–68 OT	5–5	Tom Gola Arena (1,204) Philadelphia, PA
12/20/2014* 7:00 pm		at Towson	W 67–53	6–5	SECU Arena (2,104) Towson, MD
12/23/2014* 4:00 pm		at Hofstra	W 83–74	7–5	Mack Sports Complex (1,184) Hempstead, NY
12/30/2014* 7:00 pm		Penn	W 84–67	8–5	Tom Gola Arena (2,273) Philadelphia, PA
Atlantic 10 regular season
01/03/2015 7:00 pm		at George Mason	L 62–70	8–6 (0–1)	Patriot Center (3,376) Fairfax, VA
01/07/2015 7:00 pm		Massachusetts	L 65–71	8–7 (0–2)	Tom Gola Arena (1,379) Philadelphia, PA
01/10/2015 12:30 pm, NBCSN		George Washington	W 63–50	9–7 (1–2)	Tom Gola Arena (2,041) Philadelphia, PA
01/14/2015 7:00 pm		at Dayton	L 50–61	9–8 (1–3)	UD Arena (12,300) Dayton, OH
01/17/2015 2:00 pm		Fordham	W 60–49	10–8 (2–3)	Tom Gola Arena (2,311) Philadelphia, PA
01/22/2015 7:00 pm, CSN		at Rhode Island	L 47–59	10–9 (2–4)	Ryan Center (4,481) Kingston, RI
01/27/2015 7:00 pm		Saint Joseph's	W 53–48	11–9 (3–4)	Tom Gola Arena (2,449) Philadelphia, PA
01/31/2015 7:00 pm		at St. Bonaventure	W 66–56	12–9 (4–4)	Reilly Center (4,769) Olean, NY
02/05/2015 6:30 pm, NBCSN		Richmond	W 64–62	13–9 (5–4)	Tom Gola Arena (2,011) Philadelphia, PA
02/08/2015 4:00 pm, CBSSN		at Massachusetts	L 59–66	13-10 (5-5)	Mullins Center (4,673) Amherst, MA
02/11/2015 7:00 pm, CBSSN		at No. 20 VCU	W 74–69 2OT	14–10 (6–5)	Siegel Center (7,637) Richmond, VA
02/14/2015 2:00 pm		Davidson	L 69–77	14–11 (6–6)	Tom Gola Arena (2,738) Philadelphia, PA
02/18/2015 7:00 pm		Duquesne	W 87–72	15–11 (7–6)	Tom Gola Arena (1,721) Philadelphia, PA
02/22/2015 2:30 pm, NBCSN		at Saint Louis	L 64–68 OT	15–12 (7–7)	Chaifetz Arena (7,980) St. Louis, MO
02/25/2015 7:00 pm		at Fordham	L 48–63	15–13 (7–8)	Rose Hill Gymnasium (1,586) Bronx, NY
02/28/2015 12:30 pm, NBCSN		Rhode Island	L 56–59	15–14 (7–9)	Tom Gola Arena (2,286) Philadelphia, PA
03/04/2015 7:00 pm, CBSSN		at Saint Joseph's	L 50–55	15–15 (7–10)	Hagan Arena (3,743) Philadelphia, PA
03/07/2015 6:00 pm, CBSSN		Dayton	W 55–53	16–15 (8–10)	Tom Gola Arena (2,305) Philadelphia, PA
Atlantic 10 tournament
03/12/2015 12:00 pm, NBCSN		vs. Massachusetts Second Round	W 76–69	17–15	Barclays Center  Brooklyn, NY
03/13/2015 12:00 pm, NBCSN		vs. Davidson Quarterfinals	L 66–67	17–16	Barclays Center  Brooklyn, NY
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Eastern Time.

See also

• 2014–15 La Salle Explorers women's basketball team