BALTIMORE – Boston University went on a 13-0 run over four minutes early in the first half and extended that stretch to a 42-17 halftime lead on Monday night, dealing Loyola University Maryland an 85-53 defeat in Reitz Arena.
 
Back-to-back Terriers baskets in the paint by Sukhmail Mathon and Alex Vilarino put Boston University (10-8 overall, 4-1 Patriot League) in front, 17-2 with 12:04 to go in the first half, and while four-straight got the deficit back to four, the Terriers were soon up by more than 14 minutes into the game.
 
Boston University then scored the first four points of the second half before Jaylin Andrews had two steals, and Andrew Kostecka scored six in a row for Loyola (9-9, 1-4). KaVaughn Scott then made the second of two at the free-throw line to close within 46-24 less than three minutes into the stanza, but it was as close as Loyola would draw the rest of the game.
 
Kostecka tied for game-high honors with 13 points, and he was joined by three other Greyhounds – Golden Dike (11), Kenneth Jones (10) and Garren Davis (9) – who had nine or more points.
 
Javante McCoy matched Kostecka's 13 points, while Mathon and Walter Whyte each scored 12 for the Terriers.
 
Loyola heads on the road for its next game, a Patriot League contest at the U.S. Military Academy on Saturday, January 18, in a 1 p.m. game.