Loyola easily dispatches Lehigh
Loyola Maryland held host Lehigh University to 30.8% shooting from the field, and the Greyhounds led the entire game for a 75-47 victory Saturday in Stabler Arena.
Santi Aldama played just 23 minutes, but he scored 27 points and had seven rebounds. He made 11 of 18 shots from the field and 4 of 6 from 3-point range.
Luke Johnson matched his careerhigh with 10 points, knocking down 5 of 6 shots. Jaylin Andrews (Boys’ Latin) added eight points, and Brent Holcombe had seven as 11 Greyhounds scored in the game.
Golden Dike led Loyola with eight rebounds and six assists.
Aldama scored 19 of his points in the first half, as Loyola (3-7 overall) steadily increased its lead.
The Greyhounds and Mountain Hawks (3-8) play the second of a two-game set on Sunday at 6 p.m. at Loyola’s Reitz Arena.
Navy 72, American 60: Junior guard Greg Summers led a dominant second half performance as the Navy men’s basketball team rallied to beat American, 72-60, at Bender Arena in Washington, D.C.
Summers did most of his damage after intermission in posting a double-double with 19 points and 10 rebounds. The 6-foot-4, 200-pounder made 7 of 10 field goals and went 5-for-5 from the free throw line.
Sophomore forward Patrick Dorsey drained three 3-pointers in scoring 15 points for Navy, which improved to 12-2 overall and 9-1 in the Patriot League. Senior combination guard Cam Davis recovered from a rough start to finish with 10 points and eight rebounds for the Midshipmen, who outscored the host Eagles 44-26 in the second half.
Sophomore forward Daniel Deaver came off the bench to contribute 10 points and seven rebounds for Navy, which continues to lead the South Division with a 4-1 record. The Midshipmen can sweep the regular season series by beating the Eagles again on Sunday (6 p.m.) in a game being televised by the CBS Sports Network.
Junior forward Josh Alexander scored 19 points and grabbed six rebounds to lead American (2-3), which could not hold a 34-28 halftime lead.
FDU 76, Mount St. Mary’s 71: Mount St. Mary’s had a halftime lead over Fairleigh Dickinson, and was up by six points with less than 6 minutes to play in Saturday’s Northeast Conference clash. But the Mount needed a 3-pointer from Damian Chong Qui in the final seconds of regulation just to force overtime, and from there FDU pulled away for a victory.
Women
Howard 79, Coppin State 60: Aliyah Lawson scored a game-high 21 points as Coppin State (2-9, 2-7 MEAC) fell to Howard (11-3, 7-2) at PEC Arena. Lawson continued her impressive play with her second-straight 20-plus point game and her third in the last five games.
A junior from Whitby, Ontario, Canada, Lawson made five 3-pointers to match a season high and grabbed four rebounds.
Mt. St. Mary’s 92, Bryant 54: Michaela Harrison scored 35 points and Bridget Birkhead added 16 for the Mount (10-4, 9-2 NEC).
Drexel 71, Towson 55: The Tigers (11-5, 6-3 CAA) lost their second straight after having a six-game win streak halted. Towson’s leading scorer Kionna Jeter, averaging 32.1 points a game, was held scoreless in 20 minutes. Shavonne Smith led the Tigers with 15 points and 11 rebounds.
American 51, Loyola Maryland 50: Taylor Brown hit a pair of free throws with five seconds remaining to lift the Eagles (4-3) past the Greyhounds (0-9) in the Patriot League.
Today will be sunny with highs in the upper 30s before turning mostly cloudy tonight with lows in the upper 20s. There will be snow and rain Monday morning before becoming all rain in the afternoon. Highs will be in the lower 40s. Monday night will be partly cloudy with lows in the lower 30s. -
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