Stifling defense and hot shooting by La Salle in the game's first nine minutes were too much for Rider to overcome as the Explorers held off the Broncs in the second half for a 63-52 win.
La Salle played possibly their best basketball of the season, jumping out to a 32-14 lead midway through the first half. Rider had no answer for the Explorer's aggressive man to man defense while La Salle could not miss, making five of their first seven three pointers. By the time the Broncs regrouped, the Explorers were sitting on an eighteen point cushion. Rider then chipped away at the lead, outscoring La Salle 9-2 to end the half and putting them within striking distance.
Despite La Salle's offensive struggles in the second half, their defense was just good enough to keep Rider at bay. With just under eight minutes to go, the Broncs narrowed the lead to six at 49-43, but the Explorers then went on a 7-1 run in the games next three minutes to give them a comfortable twelve point lead and from that point on, they made enough free throws to hang on for the eleven point victory.
Leading the way for La Salle was Tyreek Duren with 20 points (on 6-6 shooting from the floor), 6 assists, 4 rebounds, and 3 steals and Ramon Galloway with 17 points, 3 rebounds, 4 steals, and 2 assists. Sam Mills added 8 points and 7 rebounds and Jerrell Wright chipped in with 6 points. 8 rebounds, and 4 blocks.
Rider was led by 12 points each by Danny Stewart and Anthony Myles. Leading scorer and former La Salle commit Nurideen Lindsey was held to 5 points.
La Salle's next contest will be 9:00pm Wednesday night against Penn State in a nationally-televised game on the NBC Sports Network.
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