Saturday's City Six games

Saturday's City Six Games

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St. Joseph's at Duquesne

2 p.m., at A.J. Palumbo Center, Pittsburgh

Records: St. Joseph's (11-19, 3-14 Atlantic Ten); Duquesne (10-20, 3-14).

Radio: WTMR-AM (800).

Coaches: St. Joseph's Phil Martelli (22nd season, 413-292); Duquesne, Jim Ferry (5th season, 60-95; overall, 210-244).

Series: St. Joseph's leads, 38-13.

Last meeting: March 5, 2016, St. Joseph's lost, 78-70 at home.

What to watch: St. Joseph's is looking to snap a nine-game losing streak after Wednesday's 68-49 home defeat against Rhode Island. Freshman point guard Nick Robinson was limited to eight minutes off the bench due to a sore foot. . . . Forward Charlie Brown (12.8 ppg.) has 66 three-point field goals, a freshman record at St. Joseph's. . . . Duquesne missed two shots in the final 11 seconds in Wednesday's 63-62 loss at George Mason as 6-foot-8 freshman Isiaha Mike scored a game-high 20 points and added 11 rebounds. . . . The Dukes have lost four in a row. . . . Mike Lewis II, a 6-1 freshman, averages a team-high 14.1 points for Duquesne.

Fordham at La Salle

2 p.m., at Tom Gola Arena

Records: Fordham (13-17, 7-10 Atlantic Ten); La Salle (14-14, 8-9).

Coaches: Fordham, Jeff Neubauer (2nd season, 30-31; overall, 218-165); La Salle, John Giannini (11th season, 198-206; overall, 491-355).

Series: La Salle leads, 36-16.

Last meeting: Feb. 8, 2017, La Salle won, 67-52 at Fordham.

What to watch: La Salle point guard Pokey Powell scored 17 points and was the lone player in double figures as the Explorers lost at St. Louis on Wednesday, 70-55, for their third consecutive defeat. . . . La Salle is third in the A-10 in scoring (76.0 ppg.) but last in scoring defense (77.2 ppg.). . . . Explorers 6-5 senior Jordan Price (15.3 ppg.) is shooting 2 for 16 from beyond the arc during the last three games. . . . Fordham sophomore guard Joseph Chartouny scored a game-high 20 points and added six steals and five assists in Wednesday's 67-66 home loss to George Washington. . . . The Rams have hit a school record 245 three-point field goals, after having 11 against George Washington. . . . In the earlier loss to La Salle, Fordham was 4 for 9 from the foul line while the Explorers were 18 for 22.

- Marc Narducci
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