La Salle hosts Drexel in cross-conference game

Drexel Dragons (4-5) at La Salle Explorers (5-4)

Philadelphia; Saturday, 12 p.m. EST

BOTTOM LINE: Amari Williams and the Drexel Dragons visit Khalil Brantley and the La Salle Explorers in a non-conference matchup.

The Explorers have gone 4-1 at home. La Salle is 2-0 in games decided by 3 points or fewer.

The Dragons are 0-1 on the road. Drexel ranks sixth in the CAA shooting 32.9% from deep. Coletrane Washington leads the Dragons shooting 39.6% from 3-point range.

TOP PERFORMERS: Josh Nickelberry is shooting 36.1% from beyond the arc with 2.4 made 3-pointers per game for the Explorers, while averaging 12.6 points. Brantley is shooting 38.5% and averaging 12.9 points for La Salle.

Williams is averaging 15.5 points, 7.3 rebounds, two steals and 1.8 blocks for the Dragons. Washington is averaging 12.1 points for Drexel.

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The Associated Press created this story using technology provided by Data Skrive and data from Sportradar.