Moore’s basket a winner for La Salle

Clifton Moore came through when La Salle needed it most Wednesday night.

The 6-10 redshirt junior scored with two seconds left to give the Explorers a

67-65 victory over Dayton. It was La Salle’s first victory at Dayton since an 88-74 triumph on Feb.

27, 1999 and first over the Flyers since 2018. The Explorers had lost 14 straight at UD Arena.

Dayton had several chances to take the lead in the final minute after a turnover by the Explorers but the Flyers missed two free throws and a

3-pointer. A lodged ball gave La Salle possession and the Explorers made the most of it.

Moore drained his third basket of the game to break a 65-65 tie and then Scott Spencer picked off a pass by Mustapha Amzil to seal the victory for the Explorers.

Sherif Kenney paced La Salle (4-5 overall, 1-1 Atlantic 10) with 14 points. Jack Clark added 12 points and Jhamir Brickus 11. Moore finished with seven points and 10 rebounds.

Haverford School AllDelco Christian Ray had eight points and six rebounds for the Explorers.

Amzil led Dayton (4-2,

0-1) with a game-high 22 points.

In other action involving Big 5 teams:

VCU 80, SAINT JOSEPH’S 64 » The absence of leading scorer Ryan Daly and 25 turnovers proved to be a bad combination for the Hawks in their Atlantic 10 opener.

Daly missed the game with an undisclosed injury. He was spotted with a cast on his left hand according to reports on Twitter.

The Rams (8-2, 1-0 Atlantic 10) turned those

25 SJU turnovers into 29 points. Vince William paced VCU with 17 points, seven rebounds and three assists.

Sophomore Dahmir Bishop scored a careerhigh 20 points to lead SJU (0-6, 0-1). Taylor Funk pitched in with 10 points.

SMU 79, TEMPLE 71 » The Mustangs used an 8-2 run late in the second half to open up a nine-point lead that was too much for the Owls to overcome.

Temple (1-2, 0-2 AAC) got within 63-60 before SMU (6-0, 2-0) went on that burst to end the upset bid. Darius McNeill tallied

17 points off the bench to lead four SMU players in double figures.

Brendan Barry scored

17 points, Damian Dunn 15 and Jeremiah Williams 13 to lead Temple.