ANNAPOLIS, Md. – Sean Yoder had a steal and fast-break layup with 2.2 seconds left to break a 50-50 tie and give the U.S. Naval Academy a 52-50 win over visiting Loyola University Maryland on Wednesday night in Patriot League action at Alumni Hall.
 
Loyola was working for the last shot in regulation after a Navy (19-9 overall, 12-5 Patriot League) 3-pointer rimmed out and went out of bounds in favor of the Greyhounds (14-14, 8-9) with 29 seconds left.
 
Yoder came up with the loose ball at the top of the perimeter and went the other way for what would be the game-winning layup as a long Loyola three went wide at the buzzer.
 
The Greyhounds had rallied from six points down with less than five minutes to play after John Carter Jr. made a three for Navy with 4:43 left in the game. David Brown III converted a three from the top of the circle for Loyola at 4:12 to cut the deficit to three, and then Cam Spencer hit a long jumper with his foot on the 3-point line to trim it to 47-46 at 3:43.
 
Yoder, however, hit a three at 3:19, and Navy was back up two possessions. Kenneth Jones got into the paint and scored for Loyola at 2:54 to make it 50-48, and then Jones would be the next to score when he converted a jumper at 1:29 to knot the game at 50-50.
 
The last basket by Jones gave him 20 points and new career-high, eclipsing the 19 he scored in November 2019 against Fairfield University.
 
Spencer came up with a steal for the Greyhounds on Navy's next possession, but a three by the Greyhounds was offline, giving the Midshipmen the ball with under a minute to play. Their three, however, also went long, and Loyola had the chance for the win on its last possession.
 
Jones and Carter were the only two players in double-figures as Carter scored 19 for Navy. Spencer added nine for Loyola along with a team-high six rebounds.

 
The Greyhounds close the regular-season on Saturday, February 26, when they head to Washington, D.C., for a 2 p.m. game at American University.