Local college basketball preview

Drexel (8-2) vs. Niagara (3-9)

When: 7 o'clock

Where: Daskalakis Athletic Center

TV/radio: none

Notes: Drexel senior guard Gerald Colds has averaged 17.7 points the past three games. His season average is 11.3. Dragons outrebound opponents, 41.4-29.7, per game. Niagara has been outrebounded by 11 per game. Dragons lost, 76-69, last season at Niagara. Drexel is shooting just .576 from the free throw line . . . Joe Mihalich, a former La Salle assistant, is in his 13th season as Niagara's head coach. Kashief Edwards, a 6-5 junior from Imhotep Charter, averages 13.7 points and 6.7 boards for the Purple Eagles. Their leading scorer is 6-3 freshman Antoine Mason (16.7).

Saint Joseph's (3-8) at Holy Cross (1-9)

When: 7 o'clock

Where: Hart Center, Worcester, Mass.

Radio: WNTP (990-AM)

Notes: Hawks have lost six straight after having three-game winning streak. The streak is the longest since a seven-game skid in 2008-09. Hawks' Carl Jones has double-figures in all 11 games and has scored 20-plus in five of the last seven, including a career-best 29 points vs. Minnesota. Jones leads the Hawks with his 18.8 scoring average, while ranking fifth in the A-10 . . . Crusaders senior center Andrew Keister, of South Jersey's Absegami High, has twice been selected All-Patriot League (first team in 2009; second team in 2010). He is averaging 11.3 points and 7.7 rebounds this season.