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Saturday's City Six Games

Saturday's City Six Games Richmond at La Salle Saturday, 2 p.m., at Tom Gola Arena Records: Richmond (14-9, 8-3 Atlantic Ten); La Salle (13-9, 7-4).

Richmond at La Salle

Saturday, 2 p.m., at Tom Gola Arena

Records: Richmond (14-9, 8-3 Atlantic Ten); La Salle (13-9, 7-4).

TV/Radio: None.

Coaches: Richmond, Chris Mooney (12th season, 217-171; overall, 235-183); La Salle, John Giannini (11th season, 197-201; overall, 490-350).

Series: Richmond leads, 16-15.

Last meeting: Jan. 13, 2016, Richmond won, 83-61 at home.

What to watch: La Salle point guard Pookie Powell, who has missed the last five games with a lower leg bruise is listed as day to day. . . . Forward B.J. Johnson returned after missing a game with an ankle injury and contributed 26 points, eight rebounds, three assists and three steals in La Salle's 67-52 win on Wednesday at Fordham. Explorers senior swingman Jordan Price, who is averaging 17 ppg., was limited to six points on 1-for-8 shooting. . . . Eichmond's T.J. Cline, a 6-9 senior and the son of Basketball Hall of Famer Nancy Lieberman, is averaging 19.1 points, 8.4 rebounds and 5.4 assists. . . . The Spiders, who have won three of their last four, have been idle since last Saturday's 84-75 home win over George Washington as Cline had 26 points and 13 rebounds.

Massachusetts at St. Joseph's

Saturday, 2:30 p.m., at Hagan Arena

Records: UMass (12-12, 2-9 Atlantic Ten); St. Joseph's, (10-13, 3-8).

TV/Radio: NBC Sports Network/WTMR-AM (800).

Coaches: UMass, Derek Kellogg (9th season, 152-131); St. Joseph's, Phil Martelli (22nd season, 413-286).

Series: UMass leads, 35-34.

Last meeting: Jan. 18, 2017, UMass won, 62-57 at home.

What to watch: St. Joseph's sophomore point guard Lamarr Kimble had the first double-double of his career with 25 points and 10 assists in Tuesday's 77-70 loss at Dayton. The Hawks hung tough despite playing without junior forward James Demery and sophomore guard Chris Clover, who were both out ill. They will both play on Saturday. . . . UMass has lost five games in a row (including three by four points or fewer) following Tuesday's 70-62 home defeat against Rhode Island. . . . Donte Clark, a 6-4 junior, had 30 points and leads the Minutemen in scoring (14.0 ppg.).

Towson at Drexel

Saturday, 4 p.m., at Daskalakis Athletic Center

Records: Towson (16-10, 8-5 Colonial Athletic Association); Drexel (9-17, 3-10).

TV/Radio: none/WKDU-FM (91.7).

Coaches: Towson, Pat Skerry (6th season, 92-98); Drexel, Zach Spiker (1st season, 9-17; overall, 111-129).

Series: Drexel leads, 48-20.

Last meeting: Feb. 2, 2017, Towson won, 104-103 in double overtime.

What to watch: After losing 108-85 at William and Mary on Jan. 30, Drexel turned around and beat the Tribe, 79-61 on Thursday as freshman guard Kari Jonsson led five double-figure scorers with 23 points. . . . In the recent double OT loss at Towson, Drexel 6-7 senior Rodney Williams had 27 points and 16 rebounds, while Towson 6-5 junior Mike Morsell had 32 points, hitting 5 of 8 three pointers. . . . Towson began its current three-game win streak (all at home) with that victory over Drexel and the Tigers are coming off Thursday's 69-65 win over Hofstra after overcoming a 10-point second half deficit.


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