<div id="subtitle">Murray scores 24 as La Salle shoots 68 percent in second half to beat Fordham 80-73</div><div><p>Aaric Murray scored 24 points and Rodney Green scored 14 of his 16 in the second half as La Salle defeated Fordham 80-73 on Wednesday night after trailing by three at halftime.</p><p>The Explorers (11-9, 3-3 Atlantic 10 Conference) made 17 of 25 shots in the second half (68 percent) to 35.3 percent (12 of 34) for the Rams.</p><p>La Salle led 74-64 with 4:01 remaining but the Rams (2-17, 0-7) trimmed it to three points, 76-73, with 1:35 left. Two free throws by Parrish Grant and two more by Yves Mekongo restored La Salle's margin to seven.</p><p>Jerrell Williams scored 12 of his 19 points for La Salle after halftime, including eight in the first 5:49, when the Explorers took a 53-46 lead after Fordham led 38-35 at the half.</p><p>Chris Gaston led the Rams with 21 points and 15 rebounds, the freshman's 12th double-double this season.</p><img src="http://admatch-syndication.mochila.com/images/ad.gif?aid=67934307&bid=informcom" /></div><div id="copyright"><div>

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