BALTIMORE – Cam Spencer scored seven of his game-high 19 points during a 14-0 Loyola University Maryland run midway through the second half that shot the Greyhounds into the lead for good during a 79-70 Patriot League victory over visiting College of the Holy Cross on Tuesday night in Reitz Arena.
 
Two Holy Cross free throws put the Crusaders in front, 51-50, at 13:44, but after an Alonso Faure blocked shot and Jaylin Andrews steal on the offensive end, Andrews hit a 3-pointer that put Loyola (7-6 overall, 1-1 Patriot League) in front 58 seconds later.
 
Spencer then scored on a pair of paint field goals before a David Brown III basket in transition gave the Greyhounds a 59-51 advantage at 10:52.
 
Holy Cross (2-12, 0-2) misfired on its next two possessions, the second time by virtue of another Faure block, and Loyola got out in transition after Faure grabbed that rebound. Kenneth Jones hit Spencer trailing down the left side, and Spencer hit a 3-pointer that would make it an 11-point lead at 10:07.
 
Spencer then assisted on a Golden Dike layup at 9:13, stretching the advantage to 13, 64-51.
 
Andrews finished with 17 points, while Nick Marshall came off the bench and scored one off his career-best with 11. Milos Ilic added nine points, and Dike tallied eight with a team-high seven rebounds.
 
Jones scored seven points and had a game-high seven assists, while Spencer dished out six and matched Dike for game-high honors with seven rebounds.
 
After Dike's basket, Holy Cross scored four-straight points to get back within nine, but Marshall drained a three off a Jones inbound pass, and the lead was back in double digits.
 
Andrews had two free throws at 4:41 to make it 73-58, the largest gap in the game.
 
The Greyhounds finished the game with 21 assists, its second-straight contest with 20 or more. Loyola also had a 37-30 rebounding advantage. Andrews and Faure each had five behind the combined 14 from Spencer and Dike.
 
Loyola will return to the road for its next game, a Friday, January 7, game at Boston University that will tip-off at 5 p.m.