La Salle at Saint Joseph's 1/17/22 - College Basketball Picks & Predictions

The LaSalle Explorers will be in Philadelphia, PA Monday afternoon for a conference matchup with the Saint Joseph Hawks. La Salle has struggled over the last few weeks coming into Monday 5-8 on the year riding a four game losing streak following a four point loss to St. Bonaventure in overtime. Defensively La Salle struggled against St. Bonaventure as the Bonnies scored 18 points on 42.9% shooting and 40% from beyond the arc.

Offensively La Salle played well enough scoring 76 points on 40.8% shooting but turned the ball over 10 times leading to the loss. Clifton Moore and Josh Nickleberry led the way for the La Salle offense with 17 points apiece. Khalil Brantley and Anwar Gill added ten points apiece as the only other starters in double figures and Jack Clark added ten points to lead the way off the bench. 

The Saint Joseph Hawks return home Monday afternoon riding a two game losing streak after a 11 point loss to Rhode Island last game out. Offensively St Joseph was mediocre against Rhode Island shooting 42% from the floor in 26.1% from beyond the arc but turned the ball over 19 times leading to the loss. 

Ejike Obinna was the leading scorer within the Saint Joseph offense with 18 points and 11 rebounds on six of eight shooting in 32 minutes on the floor. Jordan hall added 17 points in 38 minutes and Taylor Funk chipped in 10 points on three of seven shooting.