BALTIMORE –
Golden Dike rebounded a missed Loyola University Maryland shot and scored on a putback to tie the game at 63-63 late in regulation, but Delaware State University pulled away in the extra period for a 79-73 non-conference victory.
Deon Perry launched an off-balance three with the shot-clock winding down, but it went off the rim. Dike was there to grab the board and score. He was fouled, but the ensuing free throw was missed.
David Brown III chased down that rebound with 18 seconds to play, giving the Greyhounds the last opportunity in the half-court to score. Perry's attempt with three seconds left, however, was long, and the game went to overtime.
Baskets by
D'Angelo Stines and Dike in the first two minutes, wrapped around a Raymond Somerville basket for the Hornets, gave Loyola a 67-65 lead with 3:19 on the clock. Khyrie Staten, however, made a three at the shot-clock buzzer for the Hornets to put them in front by a point with 2:46 on the clock, and they would stretch the lead to the end of overtime.
Delaware State led by seven, 61-54, after a Wesley Oba 3-point play with 5:20 to go in regulation, but Loyola scored the next seven points to tie the game at 61-61 with 3:11 to play. Two
Alonso Faure buckets provided the final points of the 7-0 run.
Somerville scored in the paint for Delaware State with 2:15 left, and the Hornets were up two, but Dike's basket knotted the game before overtime.
Faure led Loyola with 16 points, making 7 of 10 shots from the field, and he also had three blocked shots, three assists and six rebounds. Perry scored 13 and had a game-high seven assists. Dike scored eight and led Loyola with nine rebounds.
Loyola returns to the road on Wednesday night with a 6:30 game at La Salle University in Philadelphia.
