La Salle's Guillandeaux out for season with stress fracture in right foot

When this season began, Ruben Guillandeaux figured to be the fourth La Salle senior to reach 1,000 points. When Explorers coach John Giannini imagined what this team might become, he thought of playing with four 1,000-point scorers and freshman big man Aaric Murray.

Well, Guillandeaux may reach 1,000 points. It just won't be this season. Guillandeaux has not played since Nov. 22 and will miss the rest of the season with a stress fracture in his right foot.

"Losing a veteran ballhandler and shooter who has played at a high level was a major loss for us," Giannini said. "Ruben's experience and skill level is difficult to replace."

Guillandeaux played just the first four games of the season. He averaged 9.5 points and was shooting 62 percent from the three-point arc.

Guillandeaux will apply for a medical redshirt at the end of the season. Having played just the four games, he does not figure to have any issues getting that redshirt. So, he will start next season with 776 points.

Barring a miraculous recovery, fellow 1,000-point senior Kimmani Barrett is also gone for the season, after surgery to repair a fractured bone in his right foot. He, at least, got to play half the season.

The other 1,000-point scorers, Rodney Green and Yves Mekongo, remain for a team that had been expected to contend for the top of the Atlantic 10. The season has not exactly gone according to plan. La Salle (11-12) has been very competitive, but has lost so many close games that this has become a what-if season.