BALTIMORE – Loyola University Maryland guards Andrew Kostecka and Isaiah Hart combined to score 43 points Saturday afternoon, and the Greyhounds won their 174^th meeting with Mount St. Mary's University, 75-65, in Reitz Arena.
 
Kostecka scored 29 points and had his first collegiate double-double with 11 rebounds, while Hart added a season-best 14 points. Kostecka's 29 were one off his career-high of 30 set on Sunday night at Towson University, and the point-total was his third of 23 or more in four games.
 
Mount St. Mary's led 27-24 on a Jalen Gibbs transition layup with 5:52 left in the first half, but Loyola took a 32-29 lead on a Hart 3-pointer at 3:49, an advantage it would build on for the remainder of the first half and not relinquish throughout the game.
  Four-straight by Kostecka, on two free throws at 1:37 and a layup with 61 seconds to go before halftime, stretched the lead to eight for Loyola (3-5 overall). Malik Jefferson scored two of his team-high 22 for Mount St. Mary's (0-7) on the Mountaineers' next possession, but Sam Norton converted in the paint just before the break, and Loyola took a 40-32 lead into the locker room.
 
Hart pushed the lead to double-digits, 45-34, less than four minutes into the second half, and the Greyhounds' advantage stayed at seven or more for the remainder of the game.
 
Mount St. Mary's cut it to seven, 57-50, on two Vado Morse free throws with 7:33 on the clock, but Loyola reeled off eight of the next 10 points to lead 65-52 on two Norton free throws with less than five minutes on the clock.
 
Loyola took a season-high 37 free throws during the game, making 28, as Kostecka was 12 of 12 from the stripe. Kostecka's game-high 11 rebounds helped Loyola to a 39-36 advantage on the glass.
 
Brent Holcombe added nine points for Loyola, and KaVaughn Scott had seven in limited minutes due to foul trouble.
 
The Greyhounds now start a stretch of five-straight away from Reitz Arena, commencing with a Wednesday, December 5, contest at Drexel University.