EASTON, Pa. – Jaylin Andrews became the 39^th player in Loyola University Maryland history to score 1,000 career points when he made a driving layup in the second half, but his Lafayette College held off the Greyhounds for a 77-68 Patriot League win at the Kirby Sports Center.
 
Andrews used a high ball-screen from Golden Dike to drive the left side of the lane. He got into the paint and finished with a floating layup at 15:27 to score his 1,000^th career point.
 
He ended with 13 points, while Cam Spencer had a team-high 17 and Golden Dike added 12 for the Greyhounds.
 
Early 3-point shooting by Lafayette, however, provided the Leopards with a gap that Loyola could not overcome during the game.
 
Jon Brantley hit threes on back-to-back Lafayette possessions in the first eight minutes, and a Neal Quinn layup at 10:45 gave the Leopards an eight-point advantage, 18-10.

Spencer scored at 10:26 to get Loyola back within six, but Brantley hit his third three in a four-minute stretch to enhance the Leopards leads to nine.
 
Lafayette would go up by 11 on three occasions later in the half, but Loyola pared its deficit back to five four times before the break.
 
Andrews' layup for his 1,000^th point made it a three-point game, 43-40, early in the second half, and a Dike dunk had the margin the same at 14:56, but a Tomas Verbinskis three at 14:29 stretched the Lafayette advantage back to six.
 
A three by Andrews at 12:17 got Loyola within three, 51-48, but that was as close as it would be the rest of the game.
 
Brantley led Lafayette with 19 points, while Quinn added 18.
 
Loyola had a 35-30 advantage on the boards, led by seven each from Jones and Dike. Jones' seven rebounds were a career-high that he paired with seven points and seven assists.
 
The Greyhounds return to Reitz Arena on Sunday, February 20, to host Lehigh University at 5 p.m.