PHILADELPHIA, PA - The La Salle Explorers (9-15, 2-8) opened the game with a 10-0 run and led for most of the way but a would-be dunk to potentially seal the game would not go down and the Duquesne Dukes (10-11, 6-4) rallied for a 111-105 victory in a track meet on Wednesday night at Tom Gola Arena.

Darnell Harris (Baltimore, MD/St. Frances) went four-for-four from the arc in the first half and the Explorers led by as many as 12 but the Duke's Jimmy Sherwood - who took two three-pointers all season prior to the game - went five-for six from the arc in the first half to keep his team close.

The Dukes cut the Explorer lead to a point at 60-59 with 17:45 remaining on a jumper by Reggie Jackson who took the Explorers for 23 points to lead the way.

The Explorers built that lead back to seven points but Duquesne would not go away as Gary Tucker's three-pointer at 13:05 gave Duquesne its first lead of the game, 73-72.

The Explorers again had the answer and built a 10-point lead, 95-85, on Kimmani Barrett's dunk with 5.24 to play.

After keeping Duquesne at bay for the next three minutes the Explorers seemed to be poised to slam the game home with a 102-97 lead and only 2.10 to play when Mike St. John (Northboro, MA/River School) went for a seemingly uncontested dunk. Kieran Achara - who picked up his third foul early in the first half - recovered in time to block the dunk enough to force a miss.

Aaron Jackson hit a three-pointer on the ensuing possession, St. John made just one of two free throws 12 seconds later and the Explorers led 103-100.

Reggie Jackson hit a pair of free throws to bring Duquesne within one at 103-102 with 1.20 and freshman Ruben Guillandeaux (Brooklyn, NY/St. Patrick's) lost the ball on a drive that gave Duquesne an uncontested break-away and the lead for good, 104-103 with 65 seconds to play.

Once, again, the opponent sealed the deal on the free throw line going nine-for-ten from the line in the closing minutes and finishing 26-29 while the Explorers missed 11 foul shots (including two front-ends of one-and-ones) to finish 28-39 on the line.

The Explorers try to bounce back with an Atlantic 10 and Big 5 match-up against city rival Saint Joseph's on Saturday afternoon at 1:00 PM in a home game that will be played at The Palestra.

It is probable that the game will be available to watch on-line at GoExplorers.com.