Cold-shooting Explorers lose to Fordham

NEW YORK - La Salle didn't score in the first 5 minutes, 14 seconds of its game at Fordham on Wednesday night. And the Explorers' shooting barely improved, as they hit just 29.5 percent from the field in a 63-48 loss to the Rams at Rose Hill Gymnasium in the Bronx.

"I thought it was our worst game of the year," La Salle coach John Giannini said of the 15-point loss, which is his team's largest margin of defeat this season. "I don't have an explanation as to why it was our worst game of the year. It's a game we have to forget."

The Explorers (15-13, 7-8), who have lost back-to-back games for the first time since early January, fell into an eighth-place tie in the Atlantic Ten with St. Bonaventure with three games to play. Fordham (9-17, 4-11) entered the game in a last-place tie in the conference, but has won four of its last six.

"We were awful, and they were very good," Giannini said. "I could be very critical right now, but that just doesn't serve any purpose other than to make things worse. . . . I have my thoughts, but to air them and to add insult to injury is not productive at this point in the season."

Jordan Price scored 16 points on 6-of-15 shooting, and Jerrell Wright was 5 for 10 from the field for 11 points. But the rest of the team shot only 7 for 36 (19.4 percent).