2023–24 La Salle Explorers men's basketball team

2023–24 La Salle Explorers men's basketball
2023–24 La Salle Explorers men's basketball
Conference	Atlantic 10 Conference
Record	8–2 (0–0 A–10)
Head coach	Fran Dunphy (2nd season);
Assistant coaches	John Cox; Donnie Carr; Mark Hueber;
Home arena	Tom Gola Arena
	Seasons ← 2022–23 2024–25 →

2023–24 Atlantic 10 men's basketball standings
v t e	Conf				Overall
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
Richmond	15	–	3	.833	23	–	10	.697
Loyola Chicago	15	–	3	.833	23	–	10	.697
No. 24 Dayton	14	–	4	.778	25	–	8	.758
UMass	11	–	7	.611	20	–	11	.645
VCU	11	–	7	.611	24	–	14	.632
Duquesne †	10	–	8	.556	25	–	12	.676
St. Bonaventure	9	–	9	.500	20	–	13	.606
George Mason	9	–	9	.500	20	–	12	.625
Saint Joseph's	9	–	9	.500	21	–	14	.600
La Salle	6	–	12	.333	16	–	17	.485
Rhode Island	6	–	12	.333	12	–	20	.375
Fordham	6	–	12	.333	13	–	20	.394
Davidson	5	–	13	.278	15	–	17	.469
Saint Louis	5	–	13	.278	13	–	20	.394
George Washington	4	–	14	.222	15	–	17	.469

† 2024 A-10 tournament winner Rankings from AP poll

The 2023–24 La Salle Explorers men's basketball team represents La Salle University during the 2023–24 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Explorers, led by second-year head coach Fran Dunphy, play their home games at Tom Gola Arena in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania as members of the Atlantic 10 Conference.

Previous season

The Explorers finished the 2022–23 season 15–19, 7–11 in A-10 play to finish in a tie for 11th place. As the No. 11 seed in the A-10 tournament, they defeated Rhode Island in the first round, Duquesne in the second round before losing to Fordham in the quarterfinals.

Offseason

Departures

Name	Number	Pos.	Height	Weight	Year	Hometown	Reason for departure
Hassan Drame	4	F	6'7"	200	Senior	Bamako, Mali	Graduate transferred to Duquesne
Josh Nickelberry	10	G	6'4"	205	Senior	Fayetteville, NC	Graduate transferred to Florida State
Fousseyni Drame	11	F	6'7"	200	Senior	Bamako, Mali	Graduate transferred to Duquesne
Mamadou Doucoure	14	F	6'9"	250	GS Senior	Bamako, Mali	Graduated

Incoming Transfers

Name	Num	Pos.	Height	Weight	Year	Hometown	Previous School
Milos Kovacevic	31	F	6'9"		Junior	Belgrade, Serbia	Highland CC

2023 recruiting class

College recruiting information
Name	Hometown	High school / college	Height	Weight	Commit date
Tunde Vahlberg Fasasi SF	Stockholm, Sweden	Hoosac School	6 ft 8 in (2.03 m)	N/A	May 6, 2023
Tunde Vahlberg Fasasi SF	Star ratings: Rivals: N/A 247Sports: N/A
Efe Tahmaz SF	Kadıköy, Turkey	Beşiktaş Basketbol	6 ft 9 in (2.06 m)	N/A	Aug 22, 2023
Efe Tahmaz SF	Star ratings: Rivals: N/A 247Sports: N/A
Overall recruiting rankings:
Note: In many cases, Scout, Rivals, 247Sports, and ESPN may conflict in their listings of height and weight. In these cases, the average was taken. ESPN grades are on a 100-point scale. Sources: "2023 Team Ranking". Rivals.com. Retrieved October 29, 2021.

Roster

2023–24 La Salle Explorers men's basketball team

Players

Coaches

Pos.	#	Name	Height	Weight	Year	Previous school	Hometown
G	0	Andrés Marrero	6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)	200 lb (91 kg)	RS So	Upper Room Christian School (NY)	Caracas, Venezuela
G	1	Charles Ireland (W)	6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)	165 lb (75 kg)	Jr	La Salle College	Glenside, PA
G	2	Jhamir Brickus	5 ft 11 in (1.8 m)	205 lb (93 kg)	Sr	Coatesville	Coatesville, PA
G	3	Anwar Gill	6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)	205 lb (93 kg)	Sr	Montverde Academy	Washington, D.C.
G	5	Khlil Brantley	6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)	175 lb (79 kg)	Jr	Our Savior Lutheran	Bronx, NY
G	10	Jorge Sanchez-Ramos	6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)	160 lb (73 kg)	So	Colegio Peñalar	Torrelodones, Spain
G/F	11	James Joseph (W)	6 ft 7 in (2.01 m)	200 lb (91 kg)	Sr	Springfield Township Montgomery County CC	Torrelodones, Spain
G	12	Tommy Gardler (W)	6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)	185 lb (84 kg)	Jr	The Phelps School USciences	Broomall, PA
G	13	Daeshon Shepherd	6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)	200 lb (91 kg)	Jr	Archbishop Wood	Philadelphia, PA
F	14	Efe Tahmaz	6 ft 8 in (2.03 m)	210 lb (95 kg)	Fr	Smartanac	Istanbul, Turkey
F	21	Ryan Zan	6 ft 7 in (2.01 m)	200 lb (91 kg)	So	Rutgers Prep	Princeton, NJ
G/F	25	Lucas Mercandino	6 ft 6 in (1.98 m)	170 lb (77 kg)	So	IPEM 21 Alfonsina Storni	Córdoba, Argentina
F	31	Milos Kovacevic	6 ft 9 in (2.06 m)	235 lb (107 kg)	Jr	Sagemont (FL) Highland CC	Princeton, NJ
G/F	34	Tunde Vahlberg Fasasi	6 ft 8 in (2.03 m)	210 lb (95 kg)	Fr	Hoosac School (NY)	Stockholm, Sweden
G	35	Rokas Jocius	6 ft 10 in (2.08 m)	260 lb (118 kg)	So	Vilniaus Perlas Energija	Kaunas, Lithuania

Head coach

Fran Dunphy (La Salle)

Assistant coach(es)

Kyle Griffin (Siena)
Donnie Carr (La Salle)
Mark Hueber (Immaculata)

Legend

(C) Team captain
(S) Suspended
(I) Ineligible
(W) Walk-on

Injured
Current redshirt

Roster

Schedule and results

Date time, TV	Opponent^#	Result	Record	High points	High rebounds	High assists	Site (attendance) city, state
Non-conference regular season
November 7, 2023* 6:30 p.m., ESPN+	Drexel Big 5 Classic Pod 1	W 67–61	1–0	18 – Brickus	9 – Jocius	4 – Gill	Tom Gola Arena (1,641) loopPhiladelphia, PA
November 11, 2023* 3:30 p.m., ESPN+	Northeastern	W 79–74	2–0	22 – Brickus	5 – Gill	7 – Gill	Tom Gola Arena (2,871) Philadelphia, PA
November 14, 2023* 6:30 p.m., ESPN+	Bucknell Blue Devil Challenge	W 69–57	3–0	22 – Shepherd	9 – Shepherd	6 – Brantley	Tom Gola Arena (1,612) Philadelphia, PA
November 18, 2023* 2:00 p.m., ESPN+	Southern Indiana Blue Devil Challenge	W 79–78	4–0	30 – Brantley	8 – Shepherd	6 – Gill	Tom Gola Arena (1,254) Philadelphia, PA
November 21, 2023* 7:00 p.m., ACCN	at No. 9 Duke Blue Devil Challenge	L 66–95	4–1	17 – Gill	9 – Jocius	4 – Brickus	Cameron Indoor Stadium (9,314) Durham, NC
November 26, 2023* 1:00 p.m., ESPN+	Coppin State	W 81–62	5–1	21 – Gill	10 – Jocius	6 – Brantley	Tom Gola Arena (1,473) Philadelphia, PA
November 29, 2023* 7:00 p.m., ESPN+	at Temple Big 5 Classic Pod 1	L 99–106 ^3OT	5–2	41 – Brickus	14 – Brantley	5 – Brantley	Liacouras Center (4,229) Philadelphia, PA
December 2, 2023* 4:45 p.m., NBCSP+/Peacock	vs. Penn Big 5 Classic third place game	W 93–92 ^OT	6–2	24 – Brantley	8 – Shepherd	7 – Gill	Wells Fargo Center Philadelphia, PA
December 6, 2023* 6:30 p.m., ESPN+	Loyola (MD)	W 62–61	7–2	18 – Marrero	9 – Shepherd	8 – Brickus	Tom Gola Arena (1,269) Philadelphia, PA
December 9, 2023* 2:00 p.m., ESPN+	at Lafayette	W 67–51	8–2	20 – Marrero	9 – Brantley	8 – Brickus	Kirby Sports Center (1,009) Easton, PA
December 16, 2023* 12:00 p.m., The CW	at Miami (FL)						Watsco Center Coral Gables, FL
December 21, 2023* 2:30 p.m., ESPN+	Rosemont						Tom Gola Arena Philadelphia, PA
December 30, 2023* 2:00 p.m., ESPN+	Howard						Tom Gola Arena Philadelphia, PA
Atlantic 10 regular season
January 3, 2024 6:30 p.m., ESPN+	George Mason						Tom Gola Arena Philadelphia, PA
January 6, 2024 12:00 p.m., USA	at Fordham						Rose Hill Gymnasium Bronx, NY
January 10, 2024 7:00 p.m., NBC Sports App	at UMass						Mullins Center Amherst, MA
January 13, 2024 12:30 p.m., USA	VCU						Tom Gola Arena Philadelphia, PA
January 15, 2024 4:00 p.m., CBSSN	at Saint Joseph's						Hagan Arena Philadelphia, PA
January 23, 2024 6:30 p.m., ESPN+	Dayton						Tom Gola Arena Philadelphia, PA
January 27, 2024 6:00 p.m., ESPN+	at George Washington						Charles E. Smith Center Washington, D.C.
January 31, 2024 7:00 p.m., ESPN+	at Rhode Island						Ryan Center Kingston, RI
February 3, 2024 12:00 p.m., ESPNU	Saint Joseph's						Tom Gola Arena Philadelphia, PA
February 7, 2024 6:30 p.m., ESPN+	Saint Louis						Tom Gola Arena Philadelphia, PA
February 10, 2024 2:00 p.m., ESPN+	at Richmond						Robins Center Richmond, VA
February 13, 2024 7:00 p.m., ESPN+	at Davidson						John M. Belk Arena Davidson, NC
February 17, 2024 2:00 p.m., ESPN+	UMass						Tom Gola Arena Philadelphia, PA
February 21, 2024 6:30 p.m., ESPN+	St. Bonaventure						Tom Gola Arena Philadelphia, PA
February 25, 2024 12:00 p.m., USA	Rhode Island						Tom Gola Arena Philadelphia, PA
February 28, 2024 7:00 p.m., ESPN+	at Duquesne						UPMC Cooper Fieldhouse Pittsburgh, PA
March 2, 2024 2:00 p.m., ESPN+	George Washington						Tom Gola Arena Philadelphia, PA
March 9, 2024 4:00 p.m., ESPN+	at Loyola Chicago						Joseph J. Gentile Arena Chicago, IL
Atlantic 10 tournament
March 12–17, 2024 TBA	vs. TBA						Barclays Center Brooklyn, NY
*Non-conference game. ^#Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Eastern Time.

Source^[1]

References

^ "2023–24 Men's Basketball Schedule". The Official Athletics Website of La Salle University Athletics.

[1] "2023–24 Men's Basketball Schedule". The Official Athletics Website of La Salle University Athletics.

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