Men's basketball stumbled by San Pedro in New York

QUEENS, N.Y. – The La Salle University men's basketball team suffered a 62-51 setback at the hands of Saint Peter's on the final day of the Joe Lapchick Tournament, on the campus of St. John's University, on Friday.

Senior Scott Spencer led the Explorers with 11 points, while freshman Jhamir Brickus posted double figures for the second game in a row (10).

HOW IT HAPPENED

The Explorers started the game on a 10-2 streak, connecting four of their first seven field goal attempts. A traditional three-point play by Clifton Moore capped the race at the 15:41 mark.
Freshman Jhamir Brickus hit a 3-pointer to make the score 16-8, before Saint Peter's closed the half with a 13-3 run to take a two-point lead at intermission.
La Salle made 28.0 percent of his field goal attempts during the first 20 minutes and committed eight turnovers.
A junior layup Jared Kimbrough tied the game 23-23, but the Peacocks scored nine of the next 11 points to jump ahead, 32-25.
The margin was six at 40-34 following a layup by Brickus, as St. Peter's hit a 9-0 run that lasted four minutes and increased the lead to 49-34. The difference remained in double digits the rest of the way, as La Salle fell for the second time in a row to start the year.

INSIDE THE NUMBERS

After a slow start, both teams did much better in the second half offensively. San Pedro shot 51.7 percent while the Explorers cut the network to 50.0 percent.
Second-year student Ayinde Hikim was La Salle's main distributor, contributing six assists in 19 minutes.
Junior Clifton Moore had nine points, five rebounds and two blocked shots, and averaged 2.5 blocks per game during the Joe Lapchick Tournament.
Fousseyni Drame had a maximum of 19 points and added eight rebounds to lead SPU.

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