City 6 hoops wrap: St. Joe's, La Salle close regular season with wins

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PITTSBURGH -- Chris Clover and James Demery each scored 19 points and St. Joseph's rallied in the second half to beat Duquesne 63-60 on Saturday in the Atlantic 10 regular season finale.

Isiaha Mike missed a 3-pointer as time expired for the Dukes. Duquesne didn't help its cause with 10 missed free throws (16-26).

Kale Abrahamson's layup put Duquesne up 50-41 with 11:19 to play when St. Joseph's (10-19, 3-14) went to work. Clover made a pair of foul shots at the end of a 12-2 run to put the Hawks up 53-52.

Emile Blackman gave Duquesne (10-20, 3-14) a brief lead at 60-59 with 1:25 left, but Charlie Brown made a jumper 16 seconds later and the Hawks never trailed again. Brown scored 11 points before he fouled out. St. Joseph's had a 41-34 rebound edge.

Blackman led the Dukes with 26 points, and Mike had 11.

La Salle tops Fordham in regular season finale
B.J. Johnson scored 19 points and La Salle beat Fordham 66-54 in a regular season finale for both teams on Saturday.

The win snaps a three-game slide for the Explorers (15-14, 9-9) and positions them as the No. 7 seed in the Atlantic 10 Conference Tournament.

Jordan Price and Demetrius Henry sank back-to-back jumpers to put the Explorers on top for good late in the first half and they had a 25-22 edge at the break.

Cleon Roberts hit a pair of 3-pointers early in the second half and Henry followed that with a dunk to boost La Salle's lead to 42-33 with 13:16 to play. Jumpers by Price and Johnson followed to make it 46-33 with 10:47 left and the Explorers led by double figures the rest of the way.

Roberts finished with 11 points and Price added 10 points and nine rebounds.

Joseph Chartouny led the Rams (13-18, 7-11) with 17 points.

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