1988–89 La Salle Explorers men's basketball team

American college basketball season

1988–89 La Salle Explorers men's basketball
MAAC regular season champion MAAC tournament champion
NCAA Division I tournament, first round
Conference	Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference
Record	26–6 (13–1 MAAC)
Head coach	Speedy Morris (3rd season)
Assistant coaches	Joe Mihalich Randy Monroe
Home arena	The Palestra^[1]
Seasons ← 1987–88 1989–90 →

1988–89 MAAC men's basketball standings
v t e	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		PCT			W		L		PCT
La Salle †	13	–	1		.929			26	–	6		.813
Saint Peter's	11	–	3		.786			22	–	9		.710
Iona	8	–	6		.571			15	–	16		.484
Fordham	8	–	6		.571			14	–	15		.483
Army	6	–	8		.429			12	–	16		.429
Holy Cross	5	–	9		.357			13	–	15		.464
Manhattan	3	–	11		.214			7	–	21		.250
Fairfield	2	–	12		.143			7	–	21		.250

† 1989 MAAC tournament winner

The 1988–89 La Salle Explorers men's basketball team represented La Salle University during the 1988–89 NCAA Division I men's basketball season.

Regular season

Player stats

Player	Games	Field Goals	Three Pointers	Free Throws	Rebounds	Blocks	Steals	Points
Lionel Simmons^[2]	32	349	21	189	365	61	55	908

NCAA tournament

Southeast
- Louisiana Tech (#9 seed) 83, La Salle (#8 seed) 74

Awards and honors

Lionel Simmons, First Team All-Big 5 selection
Lionel Simmons, Robert V. Geasey Trophy
Lionel Simmons, Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference Player of the Year

References

^ LaSalle Media Guide
^ "Lionel Simmons Past Stats, Playoff Stats, Statistics, History, and Awards". Archived from the original on January 17, 2010. Retrieved May 6, 2009.
^ "RotoWire Fantasy Football, Baseball, Basketball and More".

v t e La Salle Explorers men's basketball
Venues	Wister Hall (19??–1955) Palestra (1955–1989) Civic Center (1989–1996) First Union Spectrum (1996–1998) Tom Gola Arena (1998–present) TruMark Financial Center (facilities)
Culture & lore	"Fight On, Explorers" City 6 Philadelphia Big 5 (Robert V. Geasey Trophy) Scandal
People	Head coaches Statistical leaders
Seasons	List of seasons 1930–31 1931–32 1932–33 1933–34 1934–35 1935–36 1936–37 1937–38 1938–39 1939–40 1940–41 1941–42 1942–43 1943–44 1944–45 1945–46 1946–47 1947–48 1948–49 1949–50 1950–51 1951–52 1952–53 1953–54 1954–55 1955–56 1956–57 1957–58 1958–59 1959–60 1960–61 1961–62 1962–63 1963–64 1964–65 1965–66 1966–67 1967–68 1968–69 1969–70 1970–71 1971–72 1972–73 1973–74 1974–75 1975–76 1976–77 1977–78 1978–79 1979–80 1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90 1990–91 1991–92 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–2000 2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16 2016–17 2017–18 2018–19 2019–20 2020–21 2021–22 2022–23 2023–24
NCAA national championships in bold; NCAA Final Four appearances in italics

frontpage hit counter