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Tyreek Duren and La Salle look to continue their winning ways Tuesday against Penn. (Josh Verlin/Philahoops file)

Tuesday preview: La Salle looks to stay hot against Penn

Tyreek Duren and La Salle look to continue their winning ways Tuesday against Penn. (Josh Verlin/Philahoops file)

By ANDY EDWARDS Philahoops Staff Twitter: @DLNAndyEdwards Coming into Tuesday’s Big 5 matchup with Penn at the Palestra, La Salle is on a roll. Winners of five straight and 10 of their last 11, the Explorers (12-4, 2-0 Atlantic 10) are tied atop the Atlantic 10 standings and looking like a legitimate contender. In the [...]

Frantz Massenat (4) took home CAA Player of the Year honors in his sophomore season. (Josh Verlin/Philahoops)

Massenat’s big night fuels Drexel over VCU, 64-58

Frantz Massenat (4) took home CAA Player of the Year honors in his sophomore season. (Josh Verlin/Philahoops)

By JOSH VERLIN Philahoops Staff Twitter: @jmverlin Frantz Massenat set a new career-high in scoring with 24 points in Drexel’s biggest game of the year so far as the Dragons got a key conference win against last year’s Final Four darling Virginia Commonwealth. Damion Lee had just six points, all on free throws, but four [...]

Outside of the "tough" Rose Hill gym at Fordham, Earl Pettis has been exceptional from beyond the arc. (Joe Fedorowicz / Philahoops File)

La Salle holds off late UMass surge, wins 82-75

Outside of the "tough" Rose Hill gym at Fordham, Earl Pettis has been exceptional from beyond the arc. (Joe Fedorowicz / Philahoops File)

By JOE FEDOROWICZ Philahoops Staff Twitter: @joefedorowicz It was halftime and everybody sitting at the Tom Gola Arena believed that this game was over. The Explorers (12-4, 2-0 A10) had shot 10-16 from deep, forced 16 turnovers and led 51-26. Outside of their two top scorers, the other Minutemen only mustered six points. It looked like [...]

Mouphtaou Yarou is one of two Villanova seniors this season. (Philahoops file)

Villanova runs past DePaul, 87-71

Mouphtaou Yarou is one of two Villanova seniors this season. (Philahoops file)

By JOSH VERLIN Philahoops Staff Twitter: @jmverlin Villanova’s long-dormant offense awoke with a vengeance on Sunday afternoon at the Pavilion. The Wildcats, who hadn’t scored more than 80 points since a season-opening victory over Monmouth, erupted against up-tempo DePaul for just their fourth win in their last 11 games as they defeated the Blue Demons, 87-71. Villanova [...]

City 6 Stat Leaders: 1/09/2012

Here are the current stat leaders for the City 6: POINTS 1. Zack Rosen (Penn, Sr.): 19.4 2. Carl Jones (SJU, Jr.): 18.4 3. Maalik Wayns (VU, Jr.): 17.2 4. Ramone Moore (TU, Sr.): 16.9 5. Khalif Wyatt (TU, Jr.): 15.8 6. Langston Galloway (SJU, Soph.): 15.5 7. Ramon Galloway (LU, Jr.): 15.3 8. Tyler Bernardini (Penn, Sr.): 15.2 9. Earl Pettis (LU, Sr.): [...]

Ramon Galloway, who shoots 51.2 percent, and La Salle are 3-point specialists. (Credit Josh Verlin)

Weekly Notebook (Jan. 9-15): La Salle’s Galloway named Philahoops Player of Week

Ramon Galloway, who shoots 51.2 percent, and La Salle are 3-point specialists. (Credit Josh Verlin)

By Philahoops Staff La Salle guard Ramon Galloway has been named the Philadelphia Player of the Week by Philahoops.com. A 6-foot-4 junior, Galloway averaged 17 points, 5.5 rebounds, 3 assists and 1.5 steals in wins over Xavier and UMass last week. He also held the Musketeers’ Tu Holloway, the reigning Atlantic 10 player of the [...]