Anderson takes charge, Navy holds off Loyola men

UMBC men secure second straight 20-victory season

It was looking like senior day was going to end on a sour note.

Then Shawn Anderson took over and saved the Navy men’s basketball program from a disappointing defeat.

Anderson scored six of his 13 points on consecutive possessions to spark an impressive game-ending rally as Navy pulled away to beat Loyola, 62-56, before an announced crowd of 1,942 at Alumni Hall on Saturday afternoon.

“I think Shawn Anderson put the game on his back and made big plays. He turned the game just like that and that’s a senior leader and captain,” Navy coach Ed DeChellis said. “You’re hoping he can do something like that at that point in the game and he got us through.”

UMBC 83, UMASS LOWELL 75: For the first time in 32 years of NCAA Division I play, the host Retrievers (20-10, 11-4 America East) posted back-to-back 20-win seasons.

UMBC surged late past the River Hawks (11-17, 5-10) to win.

Junior forward Joe Sherburne posted his first double-double of the season with 21 points and 10 rebounds.

Graduate student guard Jairus Lyles put the Retrievers ahead for good at 70-69 with a 3-pointer from the right wing at the 6:28 mark. Junior post Nolan Gerrity hit a pair of layups on feeds from a double-teamed Lyles and senior guard Jourdan Grant (Archbishop Spalding) added to the run with his third 3-pointer of the game from the right corner.

MOUNT ST. MARY’S 73, WAGNER 62: Junior Robinson scored 22 points, Chris Wray blocked a career-best six shots and the host Mount (18-13, 12-6 Northeast Conference) broke away in the second half to beat the conference champion Seawolves (21-8, 14-4).

The victory secured the second-seed for the Mount in the conference tournament.

HAMPTON 57, MORGAN STATE 38: The host Pirates (16-14, 1104 Mid Eastern Athletic Conference) won when the game was halted with 13:33 left. The Bears fell to 10-17, 6-8.

NORFOLK STATE 74, UMES 63: Tyler Jones had a game-high 21 points, but the host Hawks (6-24, 2-13 MEAC) fell to the Spartnas (12-17, 10-4).

HOFSTRA 91, TOWSON 86: Justin Wright-Foreman scored 27 points and the host Pride (19-11, 12-6 Colonial Athletic Association) pulled away in the final four minutes to beat the Tigers (18-13, 8-10) in the regular-season finale.

Hofstra has won five of its last six games, and finishes in third place in the conference. Towson entered having secured no better than fifth place.

JOHNS HOPKINS 61, SWARTHMORE 57: Michael Gardner had 15 points and a second-half surge carried the Blue Jays (22-4) past the host Red Garnet (22-4) in the Centennial Conference Championship.

With the win, Hopkins gets an automatic bid to the NCAA Division III tournament.