Loyola Md. men rout Delaware St.

Longwood edges UMES men; Loyola women fall to Hoyas

Chuck Champion scored 15 points, James Fives scored 14 and Andrew Kostecka had 13 and host Loyola Maryland beat Delaware State, 91-62, on Tuesday night, giving Tavaras Hardy his first win as a head coach.

The Greyhounds (1-2) took advantage of their size on the inside for a 51-38 rebounding advantage while outscoring Delaware State 36-14 in the paint.

Loyola held a slight 35-29 lead at the half, in large part because of its ineffective shooting from outside. The Greyhounds were 4-for-17 from 3-point range while taking 15 shots within the 3-point arc. In the second half, they pounded the interior and turned the game one-sided.

Kostecka’s layup with 11:49 left made it 51-41 with 11:49 left. A little more than three minutes later he made a pair of free throws and the lead was 61-42. Loyola made six of nine from 3-point range in the second half.

Saleik Edwards led the Hornets (0-3) with 16 points and Fahim Jenneto scored 11.

Loyola finished with 21 assists and 11 turnovers, while it also had seven steals. Isaiah Hart had eight points and four assists without a turnover. Luke Johnson and Jan Dornik each scored five points, and Brandon Bradsher scored the first three points of his collegiate career with an and-one off one of Ethan Norton’s two assists.

LONGWOOD 66, UMES 63: Isaiah Walton had his third 20-point game to lead the visiting Lancers (3-0) past the Hawks (0-3).

AJ Cheesman had 17 points for UMES. Longwood improved to 3-0 for the first time in its 15-year Division I history.

Lorenzo Phillips made five free throws in the closing 16 seconds for the Lancers to prevail. Longwood shot a season-best 12-for-26 (.462) from beyond the arc and 18-for-22 (.818) from the free-throw line.

Women

GEORGETOWN 45, LOYOLA MARYLAND 30: The host Hoyas (3-0) outscored the Greyhounds 25-9 in the second half to seal the victory.

Isabella Therien scored her game-high 17 points in the first half for Loyola Maryland (0-3). Therien also had a game-high 11 rebounds for her first collegiate doubledouble. Redshirt senior Bri Betz-White had eight points for the Greyhounds, while Ashley Hunter and Stephanie Karcz had six rebounds each.

Georgetown made back-to-back 3-pointers to start the game, but Betz-White answered to cut the Hoyas’ lead to two, 6-4. Therien countered the Hoyas’ next field goal with her first points of the game, but a five-point Georgetown run put the Hoyas back in front by seven, 13-6.

It would be all Therien after that as she closed out the quarter with eight-straight points to give Loyola its first lead 14-13.