La Salle 78, Morgan St. 59: Explorers earn blowout

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By JOE FEDOROWICZ Philahoops Staff @joefedorowicz A vacation can do plenty for the body and mind, but La Salle (3-2) went to the U.S. Virgin Islands to work, and work they did beating Morgan State (0-5)  in the first round of the Paradise Jam Tournament, 78-59, on Friday night. La Salle trailed early, falling behind by as […]

Friday Preview: La Salle sails into Virgin Islands

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By BRIAN MCBETH Philahoops Staff @B_McBeth – Who:  Morgan State (0-4) v. (La Salle (2-2) When:  Friday, 9 PM Where:  University of the Virgin Islands TV/Radio:  CBS Sports Network/990 AM – La Salle enters the 2013 Paradise Jam a wounded team.  The Explorers’ success from a year ago was a blessing in many areas yet […]

Hump Day Rankings: The Nicknames

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Philahoops’ Hump Day Rankings are a weekly look at some of the other topics that make the City Six great. It will be published each Wednesday and will include a poll at the end of each story to get your thoughts. You can see other rankings here. As always, we encourage interaction through comments at the […]

Five questions answered about Penn State Basketball

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In addition to our preview of tomorrow’s game, Eric Gibson of Black Shoe Diaries was kind enough to answer a couple questions about the Penn State basketball team. Black Shoe Diaries is a SBNation blog dedicated to all sports from Happy Valley and they do a great job covering the oft-overlooked basketball team. We hope that […]

La Salle Notebook: Khalid Lewis to be defensive spark for Explorers

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By JOE FEDOROWICZ Philahoops Staff @joefedorowicz I have to get better sources. After La Salle’s win over Quinnipiac, I reported that Delaware transfer Khalid Lewis would likely be making his debut the following week against Penn State, missing today’s game against Siena. This is not what happened, though, as the sophomore made his debut today, scoring five points in […]