2021–22 La Salle Explorers men's basketball team

American college basketball season

2021–22 La Salle Explorers men's basketball

Conference	Atlantic 10 Conference
Record	11–19 (5–13 A–10)
Head coach	Ashley Howard (4th season)
Assistant coaches	Kyle Griffin Donnie Carr Jamal Robinson
Home arena	Tom Gola Arena
Seasons ← 2020–21 2022–23 →

2021–22 Atlantic 10 men's basketball standings
v t e	Conf				Overall
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
Davidson	15	–	3	.833	27	–	7	.794
Dayton	14	–	4	.778	24	–	11	.686
VCU	14	–	4	.778	22	–	10	.688
St. Bonaventure	12	–	5	.706	23	–	10	.697
Saint Louis	12	–	6	.667	23	–	12	.657
Richmond †	10	–	8	.556	24	–	13	.649
George Washington	8	–	9	.471	12	–	18	.400
Fordham	8	–	10	.444	16	–	16	.500
George Mason	7	–	9	.438	14	–	16	.467
UMass	7	–	11	.389	15	–	17	.469
Rhode Island	5	–	12	.294	15	–	16	.484
La Salle	5	–	13	.278	11	–	19	.367
Saint Joseph's	5	–	13	.278	11	–	19	.367
Duquesne	1	–	16	.059	6	–	24	.200

† 2022 A-10 tournament winner

The 2021–22 La Salle Explorers men's basketball team represented La Salle University during the 2021–22 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Explorers, led by fourth-year head coach Ashley Howard, played their home games at Tom Gola Arena in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania as members of the Atlantic 10 Conference. They finished the season 11–19, 5–13 in A-10 play to finish in a tie for 12th place. As the No. 12 seed in the A-10 tournament, they defeated Saint Joseph's in the first round before losing to Saint Louis in the second round.

On March 21, 2022, the school fired head coach Ashley Howard.^[1]

Previous season

In a season limited due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, the Explorers finished the 2020–21 season 9–16, 6–11 in A-10 play to finish in 12th place. They lost in the first round of the A-10 tournament to Saint Joseph's.^[2]

Offseason

Departures

Name	Number	Pos.	Height	Weight	Year	Hometown	Reason for departure
David Beatty	1	G	6'2"	200	Senior	Philadelphia, PA	Graduate transferred to North Carolina A&T
Scott Spencer	2	G	6'6"	210	RS Senior	Suffolk, VA	Graduate transferred to Tulane
Derrius Ward	10	G	6'6"	185	Freshman	Philadelphia, PA	Transferred to Harcum College
Jared Kimbrough	24	F	6'8"	225	Junior	Neptune, NJ	Transferred to Hartford^[3]

Incoming Transfers

Name	Num	Pos.	Height	Weight	Year	Hometown	Previous School
Josh Nickelberry	10	G	6'4"	205	Junior	Fayetteville, NC	Louisville
Mamadou Doucoure	14	F	6'9"	250	RS Senior	Bamako, Mali	Rutgers^[4]

2021 recruiting class

US college sports recruiting information for high school athletes
Name	Hometown	High school / college	Height	Weight	Commit date
Daeshon Shepherd SG	Philadelphia, PA	Archbishop Wood High School	6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)	190 lb (86 kg)
Daeshon Shepherd SG	Recruiting star ratings: Scout: N/A Rivals: N/A 247Sports: N/A ESPN grade: NR
Andrés Marrero SG	Caracas, Venezuela	Upper Room Christian School	6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)	200 lb (91 kg)	Jun 26, 2019
Andrés Marrero SG	Recruiting star ratings: Scout: N/A Rivals: N/A 247Sports: N/A ESPN grade: NR
Khalil Brantley PG	Charlotte, NC	Our Saviour Lutheran School	6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)	160 lb (73 kg)	Jun 26, 2021
Khalil Brantley PG	Recruiting star ratings: Scout: N/A Rivals: N/A 247Sports: ESPN grade: NR
Overall recruiting rankings:
Note: In many cases, Scout, Rivals, 247Sports, and ESPN may conflict in their listings of height and weight. In these cases, the average was taken. ESPN grades are on a 100-point scale. Sources: "2021 Team Ranking". Rivals.com. Retrieved October 23, 2021.

Roster

2021–22 La Salle Explorers men's basketball team

Players

Coaches

Pos.	#	Name	Height	Weight	Year	Previous school	Hometown
G	0	Andrés Marrero	6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)	200 lb (91 kg)	Fr	Upper Room Christian School (NY)	Caracas, Venezuela
G	1	Charles Ireland (W)	6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)	165 lb (75 kg)	Fr	La Salle College	Glenside, PA
G	2	Jhamir Brickus	5 ft 11 in (1.8 m)	205 lb (93 kg)	So	Coatesville	Coatesville, PA
G	3	Anwar Gill	6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)	205 lb (93 kg)	So	Montverde Academy	Washington, D.C.
G	4	Sherif Kenney	6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)	215 lb (98 kg)	Jr	Orr Academy	Washington, D.C.
G	5	Jack Clark	6 ft 8 in (2.03 m)	200 lb (91 kg)	RS Jr	Cheltenham	Wyncote, PA
G	10	Josh Nickelberry	6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)	205 lb (93 kg)	Jr	Northwood Temple Academy Louisville	Fayetteville, NC
C	11	Tegra Izay	6 ft 10 in (2.08 m)	265 lb (120 kg)	So	Archbishop Carroll	Montreal, Canada
G	12	Kyle Thompson (W)	5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)	200 lb (91 kg)	RS Jr	Archbishop Wood West Chester	Horsham, PA
G	13	Daeshon Shepherd	6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)	200 lb (91 kg)	Fr	Archbishop Wood	Philadelphia, PA
F	14	Mamadou Doucoure	6 ft 9 in (2.06 m)	250 lb (113 kg)	RS Sr	Our Savior New American School Rutgers	Bamako, Mali
F/C	21	Clifton Moore	6 ft 10 in (2.08 m)	240 lb (109 kg)	RS Sr	Hatboro-Horsham Indiana	Horsham, PA
G	24	Christian Ray	6 ft 6 in (1.98 m)	215 lb (98 kg)	Jr	Haverford School	Gap, PA
G	25	Andrew Lafond (W)	5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)	150 lb (68 kg)	Sr	St. Joseph's Prep	Philadelphia, PA
G	30	Brandon Dwyer (W)	6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)	180 lb (82 kg)	Fr	Sanford School	Newark, DE
G	55	Khlil Brantley	6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)	175 lb (79 kg)	Fr	Our Savior Lutheran	Bronx, NY

Head coach

Ashley Howard (Drexel)

Assistant coach(es)

Kyle Griffin (Siena)
Donnie Carr (La Salle)
Jamal Robinson (Virginia)

Legend

(C) Team captain
(S) Suspended
(I) Ineligible
(W) Walk-on

Injured
Current redshirt

Roster

Source^[5]

Schedule and results

Date time, TV	Rank^#	Opponent^#	Result	Record	Site (attendance) city, state
Non-conference regular season
November 9, 2021* 8:00 p.m., ESPN+		Sacred Heart	L 81–86 ^OT	0–1	Tom Gola Arena (1,637) Philadelphia, PA
November 13, 2021* 7:00 p.m., ESPN+		Albany	W 67–64	1–1	Tom Gola Arena Philadelphia, PA
November 17, 2021* 7:00 p.m., FloHoops		at Delaware	L 82–85 ^OT	1–2	Bob Carpenter Center (2,032) Newark, DE
November 20, 2021* 4:00 p.m., ESPN+		Army	W 61–58	2–2	Tom Gola Arena (1,712) Philadelphia, PA
November 28, 2021* 6:00 p.m., ESPN2		vs. No. 7 Villanova Philadelphia Big 5	L 46–72	2–3	Palestra (5,841) Philadelphia, PA
December 1, 2021* 7:00 p.m., ESPN+		at Temple Philadelphia Big 5	L 57-73	2–4	Liacouras Center (4,025) Philadelphia, PA
December 4, 2021* 2:00 p.m., ESPN+		Holy Cross	W 84–65	3–4	Tom Gola Arena (1,326) Philadelphia, PA
December 7, 2021* 7:00 p.m., ESPN+		Fairleigh Dickinson	W 81–55	4–4	Tom Gola Arena (1,172) Philadelphia, PA
December 11, 2021* 2:00 p.m., ESPN+		Penn Philadelphia Big 5	W 76-74	5–4	Tom Gola Arena (2,617) Philadelphia, PA
December 18, 2021* 2:00 p.m., ESPN+		at Bucknell	L 70-82	5–5	Sojka Pavilion (1,230) Lewisburg, PA
December 21, 2021* 4:00 p.m., ESPN+		Drexel	Canceled due to COVID-19		Tom Gola Arena Philadelphia, PA
Atlantic 10 regular season
December 30, 2021 7:00 p.m., ESPN+		Fordham	L 61–69	5–6 (0–1)	Tom Gola Arena (1,147) Philadelphia, PA
January 8, 2022 2:00 p.m., USA		VCU	L 66–85	5–7 (0–2)	Tom Gola Arena (1,721) Philadelphia, PA
January 11, 2022 7:00 p.m., ESPN+		St. Bonaventure	L 76–80 ^OT	5–8 (0–3)	Tom Gola Arena (1,321) Philadelphia, PA
January 17, 2022 4:00 p.m., CBSSN		at Saint Joseph's	W 75–64	6–8 (1–3)	Hagan Arena (1,795) Philadelphia, PA
January 19, 2022 7:00 p.m., ESPN+		at Rhode Island Rescheduled from January 2	L 54–56	6–9 (1–4)	Ryan Center (4,379) Kingston, RI
January 22, 2022 4:30 p.m., USA		Richmond	L 56–64	6–10 (1–5)	Tom Gola Arena (2,137) Philadelphia, PA
January 26, 2022 7:00 p.m., ESPN+		UMass	L 71–77	6–11 (1–6)	Tom Gola Arena (1,389) Philadelphia, PA
January 29, 2022 12:00 p.m., USA		at No. 25 Davidson	L 69–77	6–12 (1–7)	John M. Belk Arena (3,938) Davidson, NC
February 2, 2022 7:00 p.m., ESPN+		at George Washington	L 87–89	6–13 (1–8)	Charles E. Smith Center (919) Washington, D.C.
February 5, 2022 2:00 p.m., ESPN+		George Mason	W 83–78	7–13 (2–8)	Tom Gola Arena (2,217) Philadelphia, PA
February 8, 2022 7:00 p.m., ESPN+		Saint Louis	L 57–75	7–14 (2–9)	Tom Gola Arena (1,121) Philadelphia, PA
February 12, 2022 4:30 p.m., ESPN+		at Richmond	L 63–77	7–15 (2–10)	Robins Center (6,801) Richmond, VA
February 16, 2022 8:00 p.m., ESPN+		at Saint Louis Rescheduled from January 5	L 64–90	7–16 (2–11)	Chaifetz Arena (4,671) St. Louis, MO
February 19, 2022 12:00 p.m., ESPN+		at UMass	L 74–80	7–17 (2–12)	Mullins Center (2,009) Amherst, MA
February 23, 2022 7:00 p.m., ESPN+		at Fordham	L 54–60	7–18 (2–13)	Rose Hill Gymnasium (687) Bronx, NY
February 26, 2022 2:00 p.m., ESPN+		Dayton	W 62–60	8–18 (3–13)	Tom Gola Arena (2,473) Philadelphia, PA
March 2, 2022 7:00 p.m., ESPN+		Saint Joseph's	W 49–48	9–18 (4–13)	Tom Gola Arena (2,812) Philadelphia, PA
March 5, 2022 2:00 p.m., ESPN+		at Duquesne	W 85–76	10–18 (5–13)	UPMC Cooper Fieldhouse (2,003) Pittsburgh, PA
Atlantic 10 tournament
March 9, 2022 1:00 p.m., ESPN+	(12)	vs. (13) Saint Joseph's First round	W 63–56	11–18	Capital One Arena Washington, D.C.
March 10, 2022 2:30 p.m., USA/Peacock	(12)	vs. (5) Saint Louis Second round	L 51-71	11–19	Capital One Arena Washington, D.C.
*Non-conference game. ^#Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Eastern Time.

Source^[6]^[7]^[8]

References

^ "La Salle fires coach Howard after four seasons". ESPN.com. March 21, 2022. Retrieved March 22, 2022.
^ "Saint Joseph's vs. La Salle - Game Summary - March 3, 2021 - ESPN". ESPN.com. Retrieved November 29, 2021.
^ "Jared Kimbrough - 2021-22 - University of Hartford". www.hartfordhawks.com. Retrieved November 29, 2021.
^ "Men's Basketball Announces Additions to 2021-22 Roster". La Salle University Athletics. Retrieved November 29, 2021.
^ "2020-21 La Salle Explorers Roster and Stats". College Basketball at Sports-Reference.com. Retrieved November 29, 2021.
^ "2021–22 Men's Basketball Schedule". The Official Athletics Website of La Salle University Athletics.
^ "2020-21 La Salle Explorers Schedule and Results". College Basketball at Sports-Reference.com. Retrieved November 29, 2021.
^ "2021-22 La Salle Explorers Schedule". ESPN. Retrieved November 29, 2021.

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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
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