WORCESTER, Mass. – Loyola University Maryland led for less than one second of overtime, but it was all that mattered, as Andrew Kostecka's layup with two-tenths of a second on the clock gave the Greyhounds a 67-65 Patriot League victory at College of the Holy Cross on Saturday afternoon.
 
Loyola (7-12 overall, 3-3 Patriot League), winners of its last three, forced a Crusaders (11-8, 2-4) shot-clock violation with 22 seconds left in overtime, and the Greyhounds called a timeout with just under 10 seconds on the clock.
 
Holy Cross doubled the ball outside the 3-point line, and Isaiah Hart threw over the defender to Kostecka at the top-left of the arc. Kostecka put the ball on the floor and laid it off the glass on the right side to provide the Greyhounds with their second-straight overtime victory.
 
Loyola, which started winless in its first three Patriot League games, beat Army West Point by two in regulation last Saturday and then dropped Boston University, 81-73, in overtime on Wednesday.
 
Kostecka finished with a game-high 26 points to go with team-bests of eight rebounds and four steals.
 
Jaylin Andrews tallied a career-best 12 points, including his last two on a pair of free throws with 18 seconds left in regulation; he also had four rebounds and four assists.
 
Chuck Champion scored 10 points, his last two coming with five seconds left in regulation when he made a pull-up 14-footer to tie the game and send it to overtime. Hart and KaVaughn Scott had nine and eight points, respectively.
 
Andrews gave Loyola a 39-35 lead with a 3-pointer just over four minutes into overtime, but Holy Cross would go on an 18-5 run to take a 53-44 lead on a Jehyve Floyd layup with 8:52 remaining.
 
Floyd's basket capped a stretch of 10-straight points for the Crusaders, but Champion drove to the basket on the ensuing possession, drew a hard foul and scored off the glass to stop the run. He exited the game briefly, and Scott came on to knock down the free throw to complete the 3-point play.
 
Holy Cross was up five, 60-55, on a Floyd layup at 2:17, but that was the last field goal the Crusaders scored in regulation. Kostecka scored grabbed an offensive rebound off his own missed shot in the paint and scored with 71 ticks left, and the teams traded missed 3-pointers over the next 50 seconds.
 
Andrews then drove the left side and was fouled going to the hoop. He converted both shots on a one-and-one opportunity to make it a one-point game.
 
The Greyhounds fouled twice, sending Matt Faw to the line for one-and-one. Faw made the first, but missed the second, and Loyola took possession with just over 15 seconds left.
 
Champion drove on the hit the pull-up from 14 feet with five seconds left. A Holy Cross three at the buzzer did not draw iron, and the game headed to overtime tied at 61-61.
 
Holy Cross scored the extra period's first four points on baskets by Caleb Green and Floyd, and the Greyhounds did not score for nearly three minutes.

Scott, however, hit two free throws at 2:13 to make it a one-possession game; he finished the game 6 of 7 at the foul line.
 
The Crusaders missed another 3-point shot after Scott's free throws made it 65-63, but on Loyola's possession, a Champion three went high off the rim. Scott, however, skied for the rebound and in one motion scored a one-handed put-back dunk to tie the score at 65-65 with 1:23 on the clock.
 
Both teams had turnovers on their next possessions, but Loyola then forced Holy Cross' shot-clock violation, setting up Kostecka's winner.
 
Jacob Grandison led Holy Cross with 23 points, making 5 of 9 from 3-point range. Austin Butler added a double-double with 12 points and 10 rebounds.
 
The Greyhounds take their three-game winning streak to Lewisburg, Pennsylvania, on Wednesday, January 23, where they will face Patriot League-leading Bucknell University at 7 p.m.