Aaric Murray

Marcus Denmon scored a season-high 21 points to lead No. 11 Missouri to an 83-71 victory over La Salle in the championship game of the Cancun Challenge.Denmon, who was the tournament's most valuable player, made five 3-pointers, including one that capped a 14-2 run and put the Tigers ahead 66-55 with 8 minutes remaining.Ricardo Ratliffe scored six of his 14 points during the surge, and the Explorers never got closer than eight points the rest of the game. Ratliffe also finished with a career...Read Full Story

Novar Gadson scored 14 of his 25 points in the second half to lead Rider to a 77-68 victory over La Salle on Wednesday night.Eight of Gadson's points came during a 22-6 run by the Broncs (8-5) that turned a 54-49 deficit with 10:56 remaining into a 71-60 lead with 4:47 to play.Rider shot 56.7 percent (17 of 30) in the second half to 33.3 percent (11 of 33) for the Explorers (6-6).La Salle led 34-33 after a first half in which Rider led by as many as seven, 23-16. The Explorers scored the next...Read Full Story

Marshall Moses scored 30 points, including 19 in the second half, to help Oklahoma State come back to beat La Salle 92-87 in double-overtime on Saturday.A jumper with 11 seconds left in regulation by Moses, who also grabbed 18 rebounds for the Cowboys (7-1), sent the game into overtime after the Explorers (5-3) led for nearly 19 minutes of the second half.Oklahoma State built a six-point lead in the first 1:51 of overtime, but La Salle bounced back, gaining a 79-79 tie on Aaric Murray's...Read Full Story

Ruben Guillandeaux scored 12 points off the bench, leading a second-half comeback as La Salle defeated Delaware State 65-61 on Monday night.The Explorers (5-2) trailed 39-31 at halftime despite shooting 14 for 19 from the floor (73.7 percent) and posting a 21-12 rebounding edge.La Salle pulled in front 62-61 on a Guillandeaux 3-pointer with 1:05 remaining and Tyreek Duren added three free throws down the stretch to seal the victory.The Hornets (2-2) led by as many as 14, 47-33, with 17:18...Read Full Story

Mike Muscala scored 21 points and Bucknell beat La Salle 89-77 on Friday night for its first road win of the season in five tries.The Bison (5-6) won their third straight game and defeated La Salle in Philadelphia for the first time ever. Bryan Cohen added 19 points, Cameron Ayers scored 13 and Darryl Shazier had 10 for the Bison, who snapped a two-game losing streak against the Explorers.Bucknell led 36-28 at halftime and built a 13-point lead in the second half before La Salle trimmed it to...Read Full Story