La Salle Plays Southern Mississippi for the NIT Championship Tonight
La Salle, which faces Southern Mississippi for the title in the 50th National Invitation Tournament tonight, can forget about facing another zone defense that will let the Explorers again make eight three-point shots in the first half.
“They’ve convinced me they can shoot,” Southern Mississippi Coach M.K. Turk said Wednesday. “I can assure you that we won’t open with a zone against La Salle.”
La Salle Coach Bill (Speedy) Morris said: “They know they have to play us man-to-man to win, but we feel we can handle a man-to-man and get the ball inside. Not many teams have tried to play a zone against us. We’ve had games where we’ve only shot five or six three-pointers.”
La Salle guards Tim Legler and Rich Tarr hit three three-pointers each in the first half of a 92-73 victory over Arkansas Little Rock Tuesday night. Southern Miss defeated Nebraska, 82-75, in the other semifinal.
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