ANNAPOLIS, Md. – Loyola University Maryland did not score for more than nine minutes to start the game Saturday, as the U.S. Naval Academy jumped out to a 13-0 lead en route to a 72-50 Patriot League victory at Alumni Hall.
 
The Greyhounds were held to 38.3 percent from the field and did not make their first field goal of the game until Isaiah Hart pulled up for a jumper in the lane 9-minutes, 59-seconds into the contest. At that point, they had missed eight field goals and had six turnovers.
 
Navy (11-2 ovearll, 3-0 Patriot League South Division) built a 24-point lead, 38-14, with 1:59 left before halftime. Two Alonso Faure free throws less than a minute later made it a 22-point gap at the break, but the 16 points in the opening 20 minutes are the fewest by a Loyola team since it scored the same number on November 25, 2014 at Syracuse University.
 
Loyola quickly scored 13 of the first 18 in the second half to get within 14, 43-29, on a putback layup by Kenneth Jones with 16:02 on the clock.
 
Faure, who finished with six points and six rebounds to go with three assists and two steals, knocked down his first collegiate 3-pointer from the right wing at 13:03, and it was a 12-point game, 46-34.
 
Just over two minutes later, Hart converted a layup in the paint to make it 49-38, but Navy scored the next seven points and Loyola would not get closer than 11.
 
Hart saw his first action of the season and had eight points, while Santi Aldama led the team with 190 points and eight rebounds.
 
The teams will return to the court on Sunday, January 31, for a 12 noon game at Loyola's Reitz Arena that will stream live on ESPN+.