Halftime Report
Only one more half stands between Saint Louis and the win they were favored to collect coming into this evening. They have jumped out to a quick 31-25 lead against La Salle.
If Saint Louis keeps playing like this, they’ll bump their record up to 12-7 in no time. On the other hand, La Salle will have to make due with a 10-9 record unless they turn things around (and fast).
Who’s Playing
La Salle Explorers @ Saint Louis Billikens
Current Records: La Salle 10-8, Saint Louis 11-7
How To Watch
- When: Wednesday, January 22, 2025 at 8 p.m. ET
- Where: Chaifetz Arena — St. Louis, Missouri
- TV: ESPN Plus
- Follow: CBS Sports App
- Online streaming: fuboTV (Try for free. Regional restrictions may apply.)
- Ticket Cost: $1.09
What to Know
La Salle is 1-9 against Saint Louis since February of 2019 but they’ll have a chance to close the gap a little bit on Wednesday. Both will face off in an Atlantic 10 battle at 8:00 p.m. ET at Chaifetz Arena. The Explorers are strutting in with some offensive muscle as they’ve averaged 76.8 points per game this season.
La Salle will head into Sunday’s match out to bounce back: they won a close one the last time they played, but unfortunately they suffered a serious change of fortune on Sunday. They wound up on the wrong side of a bruising 82-60 walloping at the hands of Massachusetts. The game marked the Explorers’ lowest-scoring contest so far this season.
Even though the team lost, they still had their share of impressive performances. One of the best came from Deuce Jones, who earned 17 points.
Meanwhile, even if it wasn’t a dominant performance, Saint Louis beat Richmond 63-59 on Saturday.
Robbie Avila was the offensive standout of the matchup as he almost dropped a double-double on 24 points and nine rebounds.
Even though they won, Saint Louis struggled to work together and finished the game with only seven assists. That’s the fewest assists they’ve posted since back in December of 2023.
La Salle’s defeat dropped their record down to 10-8. As for Saint Louis, they are on a roll lately: they’ve won five of their last six matches, which provided a massive bump to their 11-7 record this season.
Some high-performance offense is likely on the agenda as the two teams are some of the highest scoring teams in the league. La Salle hasn’t had any problem running up the score this season, having averaged 76.8 points per game. However, it’s not like Saint Louis struggles in that department as they’ve been averaging 75.8. With both teams so easily able to put up points, the only question left is who can run the score up higher.
La Salle ended up a good deal behind Saint Louis in their previous matchup back in February of 2024, losing 102-84. Thankfully for La Salle, Sincere Parker (who went 10 for 14 en route to 33 points plus six rebounds) won’t be suiting up this time. Will that be enough to change the final result? Check CBSSports.com after the match to find out.
Odds
Saint Louis is a big 10.5-point favorite against La Salle, according to the latest college basketball odds.
The oddsmakers had a good feel for the line for this one, as the game opened with the Billikens as a 9.5-point favorite.
The over/under is 153 points.
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Series History
Saint Louis has won 9 out of their last 10 games against La Salle.
- Feb 07, 2024 – Saint Louis 102 vs. La Salle 84
- Jan 21, 2023 – Saint Louis 84 vs. La Salle 71
- Mar 10, 2022 – Saint Louis 71 vs. La Salle 51
- Feb 16, 2022 – Saint Louis 90 vs. La Salle 64
- Feb 08, 2022 – Saint Louis 75 vs. La Salle 57
- Feb 16, 2021 – Saint Louis 78 vs. La Salle 57
- Feb 03, 2021 – La Salle 82 vs. Saint Louis 75
- Feb 15, 2020 – Saint Louis 84 vs. La Salle 69
- Jan 29, 2020 – Saint Louis 77 vs. La Salle 76
- Feb 16, 2019 – Saint Louis 62 vs. La Salle 49
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