2016–17 La Salle Explorers men's basketball team

The 2016–17 La Salle Explorers basketball team represented La Salle University during the 2016–17 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Explorers, led by 13th-year head coach John Giannini, played their home games at Tom Gola Arena in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania as members of the Atlantic 10 Conference. They finished the season 15–15, 9–9 in A-10 play to finish in a tie for seventh place. As the No. 8 seed in the A-10 tournament, they lost to Davidson in the first round.

2016–17 La Salle Explorers men's basketball
Conference	Atlantic 10 Conference
Record	15–15 (9–9 A-10)
Head coach	John Giannini (13th season)
Assistant coaches	Horace Owens Matt Brady Sean Neal
Home arena	Tom Gola Arena
Seasons ← 2015–16 2017–18 →

2016–17 Atlantic 10 men's basketball standings

v t e	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		PCT			W		L		PCT
Dayton	15	–	3		.833			24	–	8		.750
VCU	14	–	4		.778			26	–	9		.743
Rhode Island †	13	–	5		.722			25	–	10		.714
Richmond	13	–	5		.722			22	–	13		.629
Saint Bonaventure	11	–	7		.611			20	–	12		.625
George Washington	10	–	8		.556			20	–	15		.571
George Mason	9	–	9		.500			20	–	14		.588
La Salle	9	–	9		.500			15	–	15		.500
Davidson	8	–	10		.444			17	–	15		.531
Fordham	7	–	11		.389			13	–	19		.406
Saint Louis	6	–	12		.333			12	–	21		.364
UMass	4	–	14		.222			15	–	18		.455
Saint Joseph's	4	–	14		.222			11	–	20		.355
Duquesne	3	–	15		.167			10	–	22		.313
† 2017 A10 Tournament winner

Previous season

The Explorers finished the 2015–16 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.

Offseason

Departures

Name	Number	Pos.	Height	Weight	Year	Hometown	Notes
O. J. Lewis	11	G	6'0"	180	Senior	Mitchellville, MD	Walk-on; graduated
Karl Harris	14	G	6'5"	170	Freshman	Hazel Crest, IL	Transferred to Indian Hills CC
Dusan Majstorovic	23	G	6'5"	195	Freshman	Novi Sad, Serbia	Transferred to Maine
Rohan Brown	35	G/F	6'6"	215	Senior	Hartford, CT	Graduated

2016 recruiting class

US college sports recruiting information for high school athletes

Name	Hometown	High school / college	Height	Weight	Commit date
Saul Phiri #56 SF	Bradford, MA	Worcester Academy	6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)	210 lb (95 kg)	Feb 12, 2016
	Recruiting star ratings: Scout: N/A   Rivals: N/A   247Sports: N/A    ESPN grade: 73
Cian Sullivan C	Barrington, RI	St. Andrew's School	7 ft 1 in (2.16 m)	210 lb (95 kg)	Nov 6, 2015
	Recruiting star ratings: Scout: N/A   Rivals: N/A   247Sports: N/A    ESPN grade: 55
Isiah Deas G	Brooklyn, NY	Coastal Academy (NJ)	6 ft 6 in (1.98 m)	170 lb (77 kg)	Jun 28, 2016
	Recruiting star ratings: Scout: N/A   Rivals: N/A   247Sports: N/A    ESPN grade: N/A
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: "2016 Team Ranking". Rivals.com. Retrieved June 21, 2016.

Preseason

La Salle was picked to finish in seventh place in the Preseason A-10 poll.^[1] Jordan Price was named to the Preseason All-Conference Second Team.^[1]

Roster

2016–17 La Salle Explorers men's basketball team
Players	Coaches
Pos. # Name Height Weight Year Previous school Hometown G 0 Pookie Powell 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) 185 lb (84 kg) RS So Memphis Orlando, Florida G 1 Johnnie Shuler 5 ft 11 in (1.8 m) 175 lb (79 kg) Jr Roosevelt Senior High School Washington, D.C. G 2 Amar Stukes 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) 195 lb (88 kg) RS Jr La Salle College High School Philadelphia, Pennsylvania G 3 Cleon Roberts 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) 190 lb (86 kg) RS Sr Georgia Southern Miami, Florida G 4 Hank Davis (W) 5 ft 11 in (1.8 m) 170 lb (77 kg) Sr Cherry Hill High School East Cherry Hill, New Jersey C 5 Tony Washington 6 ft 10 in (2.08 m) 230 lb (104 kg) RS Jr The Miller School of Albemarle Detroit, Michigan G 10 Isiah Deas 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) 170 lb (77 kg) Fr Coastal Academy (NJ) Brooklyn, New York F 12 Yevgen Sakhniuk 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) 235 lb (107 kg) Jr GBA Sparta Kyiv, Ukraine G 13 Saul Phiri 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) 210 lb (95 kg) Fr Putnam Science Academy (CT) Haverhill, Massachusetts G/F 20 B. J. Johnson 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) 200 lb (91 kg) RS Jr Syracuse Philadelphia, Pennsylvania G 21 Jordan Price 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 220 lb (100 kg) RS Sr Auburn Decatur, Georgia F/C 24 Demetrius Henry 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) 225 lb (102 kg) RS Jr South Carolina Fort Lauderdale, Florida C 31 Cian Sullivan 7 ft 2 in (2.18 m) 215 lb (98 kg) Fr St. Andrews Prep (RI) Tralee, Ireland	Head coach John Giannini (North Central (IL)) Assistant coach(es) Horace Owens (Rhode Island) Matt Brady (Siena) Sean Neal (La Salle) Legend (C) Team captain (S) Suspended (I) Ineligible (W) Walk-on   Injured   Current redshirt Roster

Schedule and results

Date time, TV	Rank^#	Opponent^#	Result	Record	Site (attendance) city, state
Exhibition
11/05/2016* 2:00 pm		Carleton	W 79–73		Tom Gola Arena  Philadelphia, PA
Regular season
11/11/2016* 7:00 pm, ESPNews		at Temple Philadelphia Big 5	L 92–97 ^OT	0-1	Liacouras Center (7,768) Philadelphia, PA
11/16/2016* 7:00 pm		Delaware	W 74–68	1–1	Tom Gola Arena (1,888) Philadelphia, PA
11/19/2016* 3:00 pm		Texas Southern Homecoming	L 76–77	1–2	Tom Gola Arena (2,622) Philadelphia, PA
11/27/2016* 4:00 pm		at Drexel	W 89–78	2–2	Daskalakis Athletic Center (931) Philadelphia, PA
11/30/2016* 7:00 pm		Lehigh	W 89–81	3–2	Tom Gola Arena (1,695) Philadelphia, PA
12/03/2016* 2:00 pm		Bucknell	W 83–73	4–2	Tom Gola Arena (1,732) Philadelphia, PA
12/06/2016* 7:00 pm, ESPN2		vs. No. 1 Villanova Philadelphia Big 5	L 79–89	4–3	Palestra (7,120) Philadelphia, PA
12/10/2016* 2:10 pm, ESPN2		vs. Georgetown HoopHall Miami Invitational	L 78–93	4–4	American Airlines Arena (2,152) Miami, FL
12/17/2016* 2:00 pm		Florida Gulf Coast	W 84–80	5–4	Tom Gola Arena (1,220) Philadelphia, PA
12/22/2016* 7:00 pm		at Mercer	W 98–96 ^3OT	6–4	Hawkins Arena (3,272) Macon, GA
12/30/2016 6:00 pm, CBSSN		at Dayton	L 55–66	6–5 (0–1)	UD Arena (12,963) Dayton, OH
01/04/2017 7:00 pm		Saint Louis	W 75–54	7–5 (1–1)	Tom Gola Arena (1,303) Philadelphia, PA
01/07/2017 8:00 pm, ASN		Duquesne	W 88–81	8–5 (2–1)	Tom Gola Arena (1,258) Philadelphia, PA
01/12/2017 7:00 pm, CBSSN		at Rhode Island	W 87–75	9–5 (3–1)	Ryan Center (3,753) Kingston, RI
01/15/2017 4:30 pm, NBCSN		George Washington	W 79–69	10–5 (4–1)	Tom Gola Arena (2,763) Philadelphia, PA
01/19/2017 7:00 pm, CBSSN		Davidson	W 91–83	11–5 (5–1)	Tom Gola Arena (1,852) Philadelphia, PA
01/22/2017 2:00 pm, NBCSN		at VCU	L 52–90	11–6 (5–2)	Siegel Center (7,637) Richmond, VA
01/25/2017* 7:00 pm		Penn Philadelphia Big 5	L 74–77	11–7	Tom Gola Arena (1,984) Philadelphia, PA
01/28/2017 6:00 pm, ASN		at Saint Joseph's Philadelphia Big 5	W 73–72	11–8 (5–3)	Hagan Arena (4,200) Philadelphia, PA
02/01/2017 7:00 pm		Massachusetts	W 88–78	12–8 (6–3)	Tom Gola Arena (1,361) Philadelphia, PA
02/04/2017 7:00 pm		at George Mason	L 75–95	12–9 (6–4)	EagleBank Arena (5,003) Fairfax, VA
02/08/2017 7:00 pm		at Fordham	W 67–52	13–9 (7–4)	Rose Hill Gymnasium (2,156) Bronx, NY
02/11/2017 2:00 pm		Richmond	L 52–64	13–10 (7–5)	Tom Gola Arena (3,400) Philadelphia, PA
02/15/2017 7:00 pm		at St. Bonaventure	L 65–83	13–11 (7–6)	Reilly Center (3,512) Olean, NY
02/18/2017 4:00 pm, CBSSN		Saint Joseph's	W 83–68	14–11 (8–6)	Tom Gola Arena (3,400) Philadelphia, PA
02/21/2017 6:00 pm, CBSSN		Rhode Island	L 56–67	14–12 (8–7)	Tom Gola Arena (1,522) Philadelphia, PA
02/26/2017 1:00 pm, ASN		at Massachusetts	L 71–84	14–13 (8–8)	Mullins Center (2,811) Amherst, MA
03/01/2017 8:00 pm		at Saint Louis	L 55–70	14–14 (8–9)	Chaifetz Arena (5,932) St. Louis, MO
03/04/2017 7:00 pm		Fordham	W 66–54	15–14 (9–9)	Tom Gola Arena (1,412) Philadelphia, PA
Atlantic 10 tournament
03/09/2017 12:00 pm, NBCSN	(8)	vs. (9) Davidson Second round	W 82–73	15–15	PPG Paints Arena (7,509) Pittsburgh, PA
*Non-conference game. ^#Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Eastern Time.

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References

1. "Flyers Picked to Win 2016-17 Men's Basketball". Atlantic10.com. Retrieved February 21, 2017.
2. "2016-17 Men's Basketball Schedule". goexplorers.com. La Salle University.