La Salle Explorers at Saint Joseph's Hawks
· NCAA Men's Basketball
70 - 78
Demery leads with 18, Saint Joseph's beats La Salle 78-70
Shavar Newkirk added 16 points for the Hawks (15-15, 10-8 Atlantic 10 Conference), Anthony Longpr� had 11 points and Chris Clover and Nick Robinson had 10 apiece, with Robinson grabbing eight rebounds.
The Hawks closed out the regular season on a three-game streak and are currently fourth place in the conference standings.
Saint Joseph's led 39-33 at halftime but La Salle kept pace early in the second half, taking a 48-47 lead with 12:48 to play. The Hawks inched ahead again on back-to-back 3-pointers by Newkirk and Demery and Clover hit a layup, James Demery a dunk and Pierfrancesco Oliva a 3-pointer as part of an 11-6 run late that pushed it to 77-67 with 39 seconds to go.
Pookie Powell scored 26 points with nine rebounds and six assists to lead the Explorers (13-18, 7-10).
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Recent Plays
| 2nd 0:00 | End of Game | 70 - 78 |
| 2nd 0:11 | James Demery Defensive Rebound. | 70 - 78 |
| 2nd 0:12 | Pierfrancesco Oliva Block. | 70 - 78 |
| 2nd 0:13 | Pookie Powell missed Three Point Jumper. | 70 - 78 |
| 2nd 0:19 | James Demery made Free Throw. | 70 - 78 |
Statistics
 LAS |
 JOES |
|
|---|---|---|
| 24-65 | FG | 26-54 |
| 37 | Field Goal % | 48 |
| 10-33 | 3PT | 8-18 |
| 30 | Three Point % | 44 |
| 12-15 | FT | 18-26 |
| 80 | Free Throw % | 69 |
| 31 | Rebounds | 39 |
| 9 | Offensive Rebounds | 9 |
| 22 | Defensive Rebounds | 30 |
| 11 | Assists | 13 |
| 5 | Steals | 5 |
| 2 | Blocks | 2 |
| 8 | Turnovers | 9 |
| 0 | Team Turnovers | 0 |
| 8 | Total Turnovers | 9 |
| 0 | Technical Fouls | 1 |
| 0 | Total Technical Fouls | 1 |
| 0 | Flagrant Fouls | 0 |
| 5 | Points Off Turnovers | 11 |
| 2 | Fast Break Points | 2 |
| 22 | Points in Paint | 30 |
| 21 | Fouls | 15 |
| 8 | Largest Lead | 10 |
Game Information
Location: Philadelphia, PA
Attendance: 4,200 | Capacity:
2025-26 Atlantic 10 Conference Standings
| TEAM | CONF | GB | OVER |
|---|---|---|---|
| Saint Louis | 15-3 | - | 29-6 |
| VCU | 15-3 | - | 28-8 |
| Saint Joseph's | 13-5 | 2 | 24-12 |
| Dayton | 12-6 | 3 | 25-12 |
| George Mason | 11-7 | 4 | 23-10 |
| Davidson | 10-8 | 5 | 20-14 |
| Duquesne | 9-9 | 6 | 18-15 |
| George Washington | 8-10 | 7 | 19-16 |
| Fordham | 8-10 | 7 | 17-15 |
| Rhode Island | 7-11 | 8 | 16-16 |
| Richmond | 5-13 | 10 | 15-17 |
| La Salle | 5-13 | 10 | 9-23 |
| St. Bonaventure | 4-14 | 11 | 17-17 |
| Loyola Chicago | 4-14 | 11 | 9-24 |