BOSTON – Aside from two early ties, Loyola University Maryland lead Patriot League preseason favorite Boston University for the entire game Friday, handing the Terriers a 66-58 loss on their home floor.
 
The Greyhounds (8-6 overall, 2-1 Patriot League) held Boston University (10-5, 1-2) to 33.9 percent from the field and won for the first time in nine tries on the Terriers' home floor.
 
Cam Spencer a game-high 19 points, Jaylin Andrews added 12, and Kenneth Jones tallied 10 points to go with five assists. Golden Dike grabbed a game-high nine rebounds, helping Loyola to a 39-30 advantage on the boards.
 
Jones hit a deep three just under six minutes into the game to break a 4-4 tie, and Loyola would lead the rest of the way. His bucket started an 11-0 Greyhounds run, a stretch in which they would hold the Terriers without a field goal for more than seven minutes.
 
Dike caught an Andrews feed as he slipped a screen and shot down the paint for a dunk at 2:30 to stretch the lead to 12, 23-11. At that point, the Terriers had made just four of their first 26 shots from the field and none from 3-point range.
 
Boston University's Javante McCoy did hit a three on the Terriers' next possession, but after two baskets by Andrews, Loyola took a 27-17 lead into the locker room at halftime.
 
McCoy hit his second three of the game 3:09 into the second half, cutting the deficit to seven, but Jones responded with one in kind to put Loyola back up by 10.
 
Ethan Brittain-Watts made a three at 12:57, and the Greyhounds' advantage was down to four, but Alonso Faure scored in the paint 25 ticks of the clock later, and Wade Jackson converted an and-one at 11:45, pushing the gap to 44-35.
 
A Spencer jumper at 10:17 off a Boston University turnover gave the Greyhounds an 11-point edge, but the Terriers quickly scored the next seven over two minutes to make it a four-point game after a Sukhmail Mathon traditional 3-point play.
 
Andrews converted a pair of free throws at 6:18, and it was 51-44 in the Greyhounds favor, but a McCoy three started a stretch of triples on three of the Terriers' next four possessions. Loyola stayed in the lead by converting two-point makes by Spencer and Jones, but Jonas Harper knocked down a three from the right corner at 3:05, and it was 58-56 Loyola.
 
After the Greyhounds called a 30-second timeout, Spencer floated in a pair of points on a runner, and Dike blocked a Mathon layup attempt. Andrews then beat his defender off the dribble from the top of the perimeter to score at 1:22, pushing the lead to six.
 
The Greyhounds got another stop as a Boston University 3-pointer fell short, and Jones made two free throws with 58.1 on the clock.
 
Thirty seconds later, Jones blocked a McCoy 3-point attempt, grabbing the defensive rebound before giving an outlet pass to Spencer who was fouled and made two from the line to give Loyola a 10-point lead.
 
Loyola shot 52.9 percent from the field while holding the Terriers to 33.9 percent cumulatively, 20.7 in the first half. The Greyhounds also finished with 12 turnovers after posting eight in the game's first 12 minutes.
 
Four Loyola players had four or more rebounds, led by Dike's nine and eight from Faure.
 
The Greyhounds return to Reitz Arena on Monday, January 10, to start a two-game homestand with a 7 p.m. game against Bucknell University.