BOSTON – Four Loyola University Maryland men's basketball players scored 12 or more points, and a fifth finished with nine, but Boston University finished with a 92-77 Patriot League victory on Wednesday night in Case Gymnasium.
 
Jaylin Andrews and Andrew Kostecka led Loyola with 17 points each, while Isaiah Hart had 14, KaVaughn Scott 12 and Golden Dike nine.
 
Max Mahoney spearheaded the Terriers' game with a double-double, posting 29 points on 11 of 15 shooting to go with 10 rebounds. Javante McCoy added 24 points, 18 in the second half.
 
Boston University (12-10 overall, 6-3 Patriot League) went up 10 in the game's first five minutes thanks to a 9-0 run, but threes on consecutive possessions by Kostecka brought the deficit to four, 18-14, for Loyola (9-13, 1-8).
 
A Kenneth Jones three with 9:54 left in the first half made it a 25-20 Boston University lead, and Kostecka knocked down two free throws to pull Loyola within a possession, 25-22, moments later.
 
The Terriers, however, used a 10-2 run in which Mahoney scored six, to push the lead back to double-digits; they would lead 44-34 at halftime.
 
Loyola immediately got within seven on an Andrews three to start the second half, but a McCoy three at 18:16 pushed the Terriers' advantage back to 13.
 
The lead stayed at 12 or higher until two Dike free throws with 4:34 left cut it to 78-68.
 
A Kostecka steal and dunk with 1:26 on the clock had the margin at 10 once again, 85-75, but it was the last field goal the Greyhounds would have in the game.
 
Andrews and Scott tied for the team-lead with seven rebounds, and Hart had a game-high six assists.