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THURSDAY’S QUICKIE QUIZ
>>> La Salle’s Lionel Simmons -- currently third on the NCAA Division I scoring list -- is the all-time leading scorer in Big 5 history with 3,217 points . . . Who is second?
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THURSDAY’S SINGLE DIGITS
>>> In two games against the Sixers this season, the Bulls’ Zach LaVine is shooting 21-for-33 on two-point field goals (63.6%) . . . The two teams meet again twice in the final week of the season.
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>>> When LeBron James passed Michael Jordan Wednesday night for fourth place on the NBA’s all-time scoring list, it meant that the top four all played for the Lakers at some point in their career . . . Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, Karl Malone and Kobe Bryant are 1-2-3 . . . Wilt Chamberlain, currently sixth (55 points ahead of the soon-to-be-retiring Dirk Nowitzki), also played for the Lakers.
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>>> In their last five games at the Wells Fargo Center, the Flyers have been out-scored 8-3 in the first period.
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>>> La Salle’s Pookie Powell shot 0-for-9 in the Explorer’s 70-39 loss to Dayton Wednesday . . . That was the worst 0-fer for a Big 5 team since Powell went 0-for-12 in a 70-62 loss to Saint Louis on Feb. 10, 2018.
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QUICKIE QUIZ ANSWER
>>> La Salle’s Michael Brooks is the Big 5’s all-time second-leading scorer with 2,628 points. You can see every 2,000-point scorer in Big 5/Drexel history HERE.