Long Island at La Salle

LIU is 0-2, and La Salle is 0-1. The Sharks lost 74-60 at Florida Atlantic on November 2 and 67-60 at Seton Hall on Thursday, both on the road. Seton Hall is a Big East club, and LIU lost that one by seven. La Salle opened with a 94-55 loss at No. 10 Houston, shooting 25% from the field and going 8 of 39 from three. Darris Nichols went to the transfer portal for shooters, so the roster taking the floor this afternoon is a new one. That group was called for 26 fouls, and four Explorers had two or more fouls in the first half, which sent Nichols deep into the bench. Rob Dockery, the standout guard, fouled out in the second half. Houston won the boards 47-32, shot 54% and made 27 of 37 free throws. La Salle trailed from the opening tip at Houston, and LIU has two road games already behind it, so I'm on LIU on the spread this afternoon.