HAMILTON, N.Y. – Loyola University Maryland held a one-point halftime lead and was up 34-31 four-plus minutes into the second on Monday night, but Colgate University went on a 15-2 run over more than six minutes and pulled away for a 65-52 Patriot League victory.
 
The Greyhounds were 0 of 8 from the field during the stretch and shot 32.1 percent from the field overall, 30.4 percent in the second half.
 
Colgate (8-10 overall, 4-1 Patriot League) took a 17-13 lead with 8:48 to go in the first half on a traditional 3-point play by Sam Thomson, but an Alonso Faure steal started a fast break that say Jaylin Andrews sink a tricky runner in the lane, get fouled and make the free throw to begin a 9-0 run for Loyola.
 
Kenneth Jones made a driving layup on the left side, and Andrews added two more free throws before Faure scored on the baseline with 6:11 to play, giving Loyola (12-8, 6-3) a 22-17 lead, the largest for either team in the first half.
 
Ryan Moffatt gave the Raiders a one-point edge, 27-26, with less than two minutes left in the half, but Veljko Ilic was fouled after grabbing an offensive rebound, and he made both at the line to put Loyola up, 28-27, at the break.
 
After Colgate scored the second half's first two points to take a lead, Cam Spencer scored baskets on back-to-back possessions, and the Greyhounds were up three, 32-29, at 17:18.  Another Spencer basket at 15:47 made it 34-31 Loyola, but that was the last field goal the Greyhounds would connect on until one by Andrews with 8:32 left in regulation.
 
That bucket made it a 46-40 Colgate lead, but the Raiders scored the next five point to put the margin in double figures for the first time in the game.
 
Spencer scored 16 of his game-high 19 points in the second half, and Veljko Ilic added 10 points off the bench, making the first two 3-point attempts of his collegiate career. Andrews added seven points and a team-best nine rebounds.
 
Tucker Richardson had 12 points for Colgate, which had eight players score five or more points.
 
The game wrapped up a stretch of nine contests in the span of 24 days as the Greyhounds completed the first half of conference play in less than four weeks.
 
They will now have six days off before playing their next contest, a Sunday, January 30, game at Bucknell University at 6 p.m. that will air live nationally on CBS Sports Network.