La Salle

Official Name: 
La Salle University
Nickname: 
Explorers
Mailing Address: 

1900 West Olney Avenue
Box 805
Philadelphia, PA 19141-1199

Website: 
www.goexplorers.com
Telephone: 
(215) 951-1605
Fax: 
(215) 951-1694
Enrollment: 
5,500
Arena: 

Tom Gola Arena
Capacity: 4,000
Year Opened: 1972

School Colors: 
Blue and Gold
Conference: 

Atlantic 10 (since 1996)/West Division
Former Member of ECC (1959-83), Metro Atlantic Athletic (1984-92) and Midwestern Collegiate (1993-95)

Final AP Top 10 Rankings: 

(5) 1950, 1953, 1954, 1955, and 1969

NCAA Division I Tournament Appearances: 

(11) 1954, 1955, 1968, 1975, 1978, 1980, 1983, 1988, 1989, 1990, and 1992
11-10 record (.524)
Reached Final Four in 1954 (1st) and 1955 (2nd)

NIT Appearances: 

(11) 1948, 1950, 1951, 1952, 1953, 1963, 1965, 1971, 1984, 1987, and 1991
9-10 record (.474)
Finished 1st in 1952 and 2nd in 1987

All-Time Winningest Coach: 

Bill Speedy Morris (15 years from 1987-2001, 238-203 record, .540)

All-Time Scoring Leader: 

Lionel Simmons (3,217 points from 1987-90)

All-Time Rebounding Leader: 

Tom Gola (2,201 from 1952-55)

Single-Game Individual Scoring Record: 

Kareem Townes (52 points as senior vs. Loyola of Chicago on 2/4/95)

All-American Selections: 

(10) F Michael Brooks (1980), F-G Larry Cannon (1969), F-C Ken Durrett (1971), C-F Tom Gola (1952, 1953, 1954 and 1955), F Lionel Simmons (1988, 1989 and 1990)

NCAA Consensus First-Team All-Americans: 

(5) Tom Gola (1953, 1954 and 1955), Michael Brooks (1980), Lionel Simmons (1990)

NCAA Consensus Second-Team All-Americans: 

(2) Ken Durrett (1971), Lionel Simmons (1989)

Additional School Information on this Page:

Individual Single-Game Scoring Record Box Score
Coaching Chronolgy

Individual Single-Game Scoring Record Box Score:

Kareem Townes (52 vs. Loyola of Chicago)
February 4, 1995 (senior/25.9 ppg)

1

2

Total

La Salle

46

46

92

Loyola of Chicago

38

33

71

La Salle

Name

FG

3PT

FT

PTS

Landgren

0-3

0-3

2-2

2

Newton

1-6

0-0

2-2

4

Van Teeseling

5-6

0-0

0-0

10

Townes

16-34

0-0

11-11

52

Burke

2-10

0-0

3-4

9

Catlin

2-3

0-0

1-1

5

Flickinger

2-5

0-0

0-0

5

Comey

0-2

0-0

0-0

0

Fromal

1-1

0-0

2-2

5

Totals

29-70

13-37

21-22

92

Percentages

.414

.351

.955

Loyola of Chicago

Name

FG

3PT

FT

PTS

Estes

7-12

5-9

0-0

19

Warnke

11-13

0-0

1-2

23

Salthe

2-4

0-0

3-6

7

Owens

1-5

1-4

0-0

3

Smith

0-2

0-0

1-2

1

Jung

2-5

1-4

3-5

8

Wilburn

0-0

0-0

0-0

0

Jenkins

4-5

0-0

1-1

9

Collum

0-1

0-0

1-2

1

Wilson

0-2

0-0

0-0

0

Totals

27-49

7-17

10-18

71

Percentages

.551

.412

.556
Coaching Chronology:

Coach

Seasons

Years

Record

W-L %

Best Season(s)

Record

James Henry

1

1931

15-4

.789

1931

15-4

Thomas Conley

2

1932-33

28-11

.718

1933

13-3

Leonard Tanseer

8

1934-41

90-59

.604

1934

14-3

Charles "Obie" O'Brien

2

1942-43

25-21

.543

1943

13-10

Joseph Meehan

3

1944-46

28-30

.483

1945

11-8

Charles McGlone

3

1947-49

61-17

.782

1948

20-4

Ken Loeffler

6

1950-55

145-30

.829

1953

25-3

Jim Pollard

3

1956-58

48-28

.632

1957

17-9

Donald "Dudey" Moore

5

1959-63

79-37

.681

1960

16-6

Bob Walters

2

1964-65

31-17

.646

1965

15-8

Joe Heyer

2

1966-67

24-27

.471

1967

14-12

Jim Harding

1

1968

20-8

.714

1968

20-8

Tom Gola

2

1969-70

37-13

.740

1969

23-1

Paul Westhead

9

1971-79

142-105

.575

1975

22-7

Dave "Lefty" Ervin

7

1980-86

119-87

.578

1980

22-9

Bill "Speedy" Morris

15

1987-2001

238-203

.540

1990

30-2

Billy Hahn

3

2002-04

38-53

.418

2002

15-17

John Giannini

7

2005-11

98-115

.460

2006

18-10
  • All-Time W-L Record: 1,249-860 (.592) from 1931 through 2011.