2015–16 La Salle Explorers men's basketball team

2015–16 La Salle Explorers men's basketball
2015–16 La Salle Explorers men's basketball
Conference	Atlantic 10 Conference
Record	9–22 (4–14 A-10)
Head coach	John Giannini (12th season);
Assistant coaches	Horace Owens; Harris Adler; Will Bailey;
Home arena	Tom Gola Arena
	Seasons ← 2014–15 2016–17 →

2015–16 Atlantic 10 men's basketball standings
v t e	Conf				Overall
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
Dayton	14	–	4	.778	25	–	8	.758
VCU	14	–	4	.778	25	–	11	.694
St. Bonaventure	14	–	4	.778	22	–	9	.710
Saint Joseph's †	13	–	5	.722	28	–	8	.778
George Washington	11	–	7	.611	28	–	10	.737
Davidson	10	–	8	.556	20	–	13	.606
Rhode Island	9	–	9	.500	17	–	15	.531
Fordham	8	–	10	.444	17	–	14	.548
Richmond	7	–	11	.389	16	–	16	.500
UMass	6	–	12	.333	14	–	18	.438
Duquesne	6	–	12	.333	17	–	17	.500
George Mason	5	–	13	.278	11	–	21	.344
Saint Louis	5	–	13	.278	11	–	21	.344
La Salle	4	–	14	.222	9	–	22	.290


† 2016 A10 Tournament winner

The 2015–16 La Salle Explorers basketball team represented La Salle University during the 2015–16 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Explorers, led by 12th 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 9–22, 4–14 in A-10 play to finish in last place. They defeated Duquesne in the first round of the A-10 tournament to advance to the second round where they lost to Davidson.

Previous season

The Explorers 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.

Departures

Name	Number	Pos.	Height	Weight	Year	Hometown	Notes
Stephen Zack	0	C	6'11"	240	Senior	New Cumberland, PA	Graduated
D. J. Peterson	1	G	6'6"	195	Senior	Burnsville, MN	Graduated
Khalid Lewis	23	G	6'3"	185	RS Junior	Trenton, NJ	Transferred to Illinois
Jerrell Wright	25	F	6'8"	245	Senior	Philadelphia, PA	Graduated
Jermaine Davis	30	C	6'9"	295	RS Sophomore	Garfield Heights, OH	Transferred to Texas Southern

Incoming Transfers

Name	Pos.	Height	Weight	Year	Hometown	Previous School
Demetrius Henry	F/C	6'9"	227	Junior	Miami, FL	South Carolina.
B. J. Johnson	F	6'6"	175	Junior	Ardmore, PA	Syracuse.
Pookie Powell	G	6'1"	180	Sophomore	Orlando, FL	Memphis.

Under NCAA transfer rules, Henry, Johnson and Powell will have to sit out for the 2015–16 season. Henry and Johnson will have two years of remaining eligibility entering the 2016–17 season, and Powell will have three.

Recruiting

College recruiting information
Name	Hometown	High school / college	Height	Weight	Commit date
Karl Harris SG	Hazel Crest, IL	De La Salle Institute	6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)	170 lb (77 kg)	Oct 18, 2014
Karl Harris SG	Star ratings: Scout: N/A Rivals: N/A 247Sports: N/A ESPN grade: NR
Rokas Ulvydas PG	Baltimore, MD	Mount Zion Baptist Christian School	6 ft 11 in (2.11 m)	220 lb (100 kg)	Mar 18, 2015
Rokas Ulvydas PG	Star ratings: Scout: N/A Rivals: N/A 247Sports: N/A ESPN grade: NR
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: "2015 Team Ranking". Rivals.com. Retrieved July 14, 2015.

Roster

2015–16 La Salle Explorers men's basketball team

Players

Coaches

Pos.	#	Name	Height	Weight	Year	Hometown
G	1	Johnnie Shuler	5 ft 11 in (1.8 m)	170 lb (77 kg)	So	Washington, D.C.
G	2	Amar Stukes	6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)	185 lb (84 kg)	RS So	Philadelphia, PA
G	3	Cleon Roberts	6 ft 6 in (1.98 m)	180 lb (82 kg)	RS Jr	Miami, FL
G	4	Hank Davis (W)	5 ft 11 in (1.8 m)	165 lb (75 kg)	Jr	Cherry Hill, NJ
F/C	5	Tony Washington	6 ft 10 in (2.08 m)	220 lb (100 kg)	RS So	Detroit, MI
G	11	O. J. Lewis (W)	6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)	180 lb (82 kg)	Sr	Mitchellville, MD
F	12	Yevgen Sakhniuk	6 ft 7 in (2.01 m)	235 lb (107 kg)	So	Kyiv, Ukraine
G	14	Karl Harris	6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)	170 lb (77 kg)	Fr	Hazel Crest, IL
G	21	Jordan Price	6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)	230 lb (104 kg)	RS Jr	Decatur, GA
G	23	Dusan Majstorovic	6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)	195 lb (88 kg)	Fr	Novi Sad, Serbia
G/F	35	Rohan Brown	6 ft 6 in (1.98 m)	215 lb (98 kg)	RS Sr	Hartford, CT
F/C		Demetrius Henry (I)	6 ft 9 in (2.06 m)	225 lb (102 kg)	Jr	Miami, FL
G/F		B. J. Johnson (I)	6 ft 7 in (2.01 m)	185 lb (84 kg)	Jr	Philadelphia, PA
G		Pookie Powell (I)	6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)	185 lb (84 kg)	So	Orlando, FL

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

Roster

Schedule

Date time, TV	Rank^#	Opponent^#	Result	Record	Site (attendance) city, state
Exhibition
November 7, 2015* 2:00 pm		Philadelphia	L 78–79	0–1	Tom Gola Arena Philadelphia, PA
Non-conference regular season
November 14, 2015* 3:00 pm		Towson	W 78–76	1–0	Tom Gola Arena (3,400) Philadelphia, PA
November 17, 2015* 7:00 pm		Rider	W 73–60	2–0	Tom Gola Arena (1,611) Philadelphia, PA
November 23, 2015* 7:00 pm		Lafayette	W 83–75	3–0	Tom Gola Arena (1,678) Philadelphia, PA
November 25, 2015* 7:00 pm		at Penn	L 64–80	3–1	The Palestra (3,122) Philadelphia, PA
November 28, 2015* 3:00 pm		at Rowan	W 81–51	4–1	Esbjornson Gymnasium (1,150) Glassboro, NJ
December 2, 2015* 7:00 pm		Hofstra	L 80–84	4–2	Tom Gola Arena (1,712) Philadelphia, PA
December 5, 2015* 2:00 pm		Drexel	L 53–66	4–3	Tom Gola Arena (2,004) Philadelphia, PA
December 13, 2015* 5:00 pm, FS1		at No. 9 Villanova	L 47–76	4–4	The Pavilion (6,500) Villanova, PA
December 22, 2015* 5:00 pm, CBSSN		vs. No. 13 Miami (FL)	L 49–95	4–5	Palestra (3,582) Philadelphia, PA
December 31, 2015* 1:30 pm, ESPN3		at Florida Gulf Coast	L 77–86	4–6	Alico Arena (3,084) Fort Myers, FL
Atlantic 10 regular season
January 3, 2016 5:00 pm, NBCSN		Massachusetts	L 67–74	4–7 (0–1)	Tom Gola Arena (1,525) Philadelphia, PA
January 6, 2016 7:00 pm		at Fordham	L 61–66	4–8 (0–2)	Rose Hill Gymnasium (1,024) Bronx, NY
January 9, 2016 2:00 pm		No. 25 Dayton	W 61–57	5–8 (1–2)	Tom Gola Arena (2,711) Philadelphia, PA
January 13, 2016 7:00 pm		at Richmond	L 61–83	5–9 (1–3)	Robins Center (5,257) Richmond, VA
January 16, 2016 2:30 pm, NBCSN		at Rhode Island	L 62–73	5–10 (1–4)	Ryan Center (3,872) Kingston, RI
January 20, 2016* 7:00 pm, CBSSN		vs. Temple	L 59–62	5–11	The Palestra Philadelphia, PA
January 23, 2016 4:00 pm, ASN		Saint Joseph's	L 48–69	5–12 (1–5)	Tom Gola Arena (3,021) Philadelphia, PA
January 26, 2016 7:00 pm, ASN		at Duquesne	L 60–87	5–13 (1–6)	Palumbo Center Pittsburgh, PA
January 30, 2016 2:00 pm, NBCSN		at Dayton	L 44–59	5–14 (1–7)	UD Arena (13,455) Dayton, OH
February 3, 2016 7:00 pm		VCU	L 70–88	5–15 (1–8)	Tom Gola Arena (1,711) Philadelphia, PA
February 6, 2016 8:00 pm, ASN		Rhode Island	L 62–79	5–16 (1–9)	Tom Gola Arena (1,889) Philadelphia, PA
February 10, 2016 7:00 pm		at Davidson	L 66–79	5–17 (1–10)	John M. Belk Arena (3,585) Davidson, NC
February 13, 2016 8:00 pm, ASN		at Saint Joseph's	L 62–88	5–18 (1–11)	Hagan Arena (4,200) Philadelphia, PA
February 17, 2016 7:00 pm		St. Bonaventure	W 71–64	6–18 (2–11)	Tom Gola Arena (1,329) Philadelphia, PA
February 21, 2016 12:00 pm, NBCSN		at George Washington	L 50–90	6–19 (2–12)	Charles E. Smith Center (3,002) Washington, D.C.
February 24, 2016 7:00 pm		Fordham	L 53–56	6–20 (2–13)	Tom Gola Arena (1,350) Philadelphia, PA
February 27, 2016 2:00 pm		George Mason	W 76–68	7–20 (3–13)	Tom Gola Arena (2,721) Philadelphia, PA
March 2, 2016 7:00 pm		Saint Louis	W 76–68	8–20 (4–13)	Tom Gola Arena (1,612) Philadelphia, PA
March 5, 2016 3:00 pm		at Massachusetts	L 52–69	8–21 (4–14)	Mullins Center (3,096) Amherst, MA
Atlantic 10 tournament
March 9, 2016 9:00 pm, ASN	(14)	vs. (11) Duquesne First round	W 88–73	9–21	Barclays Center (5,523) Brooklyn, NY
March 10, 2016 9:00 pm, NBCSN	(14)	vs. (6) Davidson Second round	L 63–78	9–22	Barclays Center (5,507) Brooklyn, NY
*Non-conference game. ^#Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Eastern Time.

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References

^ "2015-16 Men's Basketball Schedule". goexplorers.com. La Salle University.

[1] "2015-16 Men's Basketball Schedule". goexplorers.com. La Salle University.

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Venues	Wister Hall (19??–1955) Palestra (1955–1989) Civic Center (1989–1996) First Union Spectrum (1996–1998) John Glaser Arena (1998–present) TruMark Financial Center (facilities)
Culture & lore	City 6 Gambling scandal Philadelphia Big 5 Big 5 Classic Robert V. Geasey Trophy Rape scandal
People	Head coaches Statistical leaders
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NCAA national championships in bold; NCAA Final Four appearances in italics

Previous season

Departures

Incoming Transfers

Recruiting

Roster

Schedule

See also

References