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Opponent	Lafayette Leopards
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Game Notes	Loyola
Date	Wednesday, February 15, 2023
Time	7:00 p.m.
Location	Baltimore, Md. | Reitz Arena
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Quick Hits About The Hounds

• Loyola University Maryland opens a stretch of three out of four games at home to close the 2022-2023 regular-season on Wednesday, February 15, when it hosts Lafayette.
• The 7 p.m. game will stream live on ESPN+.
• Deon Perry was named the Patriot League Rookie of the Week, the second time this year he's won the honor.
• Perry has raised his scoring average throughout conference play and is averaging 12.5 points in 13 Patriot League games. In 13 non-conference outings, he averaged 7.8 per game.
• Golden Dike has increased his rebounding numbers over his last 16 games, averaging 7.6 boards per game since December 10. During that stretch, he has four games with 10 or more rebounds.
• Kenneth Jones is the only Patriot League player to have 10 assists in a game this season, a feat he's accomplished twice.
• The Greyhounds lead the conference in steals going into the 15th game of League play with an average of 7.7 per game. Jones is third individually with 49 total and 1.8 per game.
• Tavaras Hardy is in his fifth season on the Loyola sidelines after he was named the 21st head coach in Loyola men's basketball history on March 28, 2018.

Watch The Action

• Wednesday's game, along with all non-televised Patriot League contests, will stream live on ESPN+.

Series History Versus Lehigh

• Loyola and Lafayette will meet for the 28th time in series history, and the 26th time since the Greyhounds joined the Patriot League in 2013-14, on Wednesday night.
• The Leopards hold a 15-12 advantage in the all-time series after they claimed a 62-46 victory last month in this year's first meeting.
• The teams split the 2021-22 meetings with each winning on its home floor.
• Loyola took the first game last year, winning, 74-60, in Baltimore on January 13, 2022, before Lafayette won, 77-68, on February 16 in Easton.
• The Leopards are 9-3 in the series in games played on their home floor, but Loyola has won 9-6 in Baltimore.

Last Time Out

• Deon Perry scored 19 of his career-high 28 points in the second half as Loyola rallied from a 13-point deficit to beat Lehigh, 91-82, on the road Saturday in Patriot League play.
• Perry knocked down a career-best six 3-pointers, three in the second half, and he was 6 of 6 from the free-throw line.
• Jaylin Andrews added 19 points, while Alonso Faure had his second career double-double with 16 points and 10 rebounds. Chris Kuzemka tallied 11 off the bench, and Golden Dike added six while tying Faure for game-high honors with 10 rebounds.
• Lehigh, which entered the game in second place in the conference, took a 46-40 halftime lead and extended it to a 13-point margin by scoring the second half's first seven points.
• Three minutes after the Mountain Hawks took their 53-40 lead, a Perry three trimmed Loyola's deficit to four, 57-53, at 13:30. A traditional 3-point play by Faure then made it a one-point game, and a Faure basket at 10:06 gave Loyola its first lead in over 21 minutes.
• The lead changed hands seven times between Faure's basket and a Keith Higgins, Jr., three that put Lehigh on top, 81-79, with 3:19 on the clock. That would be the last field goal the Greyhounds would yield in the game, however, as the Mountain Hawks went 0 of 4 from the field and 1 of 4 from the line in the final 3:19. 
• Perry made a three and was fouled, hitting the free throw for a four-point play, and Loyola was back in front, 83-81, at 3:02. The Greyhounds never trailed for the remainder of the game.
• Perry and Andrews combined to go 6 of 6 from the line in the last minute after a Kenneth Jones jumper gave Loyola a four-point cushion.

Playing Big

• Deon Perry has been the Greyhounds' leading scorer over their last 10 games, averaging 15.5 points in a stretch that opened January 11 with a then-career-high 22 at Bucknell.
• The 5-foot-8 guard has shot 46.5 percent (33 of 71) from 3-point range during the nine games, raising his per-game scoring average from 6.9 after the January 8 game at Holy Cross to its current mark of 10.1.
• Perry has been more aggressive in getting into the paint during the stretch of nine games and has gone to the free-throw line 29 times, making 26. Prior to the first Bucknell game, he had taken only 16 free throws this year.
• In his last five games, Perry has averaged 19.0 points per game and is 22 of 41 from 3-point range (53.7 percent).
• Defensively, Perry has 18 steals in Loyola's last five games to raise his season total to 44, a number that is tied for fourth in the Patriot League. He is third in the conference in steals in League games with 25.

In Terms Of Freshmen

• Perry's 28 points on February 11 at Lehigh are a to-date career-high, and they're the most by a Loyola freshman since Lucious Jordan scored 28 in February 2002, a stretch of 21 years.
• Perry has three games with 20 or more points, the most by a Loyola freshman since Jordan posted four in the 2001-02 campaign.
• Amongst a strong crop of Patriot League freshmen this season, Perry's 12.2 points during conference play ranks third behind Holy Cross's Will Batchelder (16.1) and Army West Point's Ethan Roberts (15.5). Overall, Perry's scoring average ranks 15th among all players.

Righting The Ship

• Jaylin Andrews had his best game of the conference season on January 28 against Bucknell on January 28, scoring 24 points on 7 of 8 from the field and 9 of 12 from the line.
• The game, and five subsequent outings, raised his conference scoring average to 10.9 points after he entered averaging 8.1 points in nine games. Andrews has also boosted his field-goal percentage to 42.7 percent in Patriot League play after he was shooting 37.3 percent through nine games.
• Andrews is averaging 13.8 points in Loyola's wins this year, 9.9 in its losses.

Dealing Dimes

• Loyola's record-setting 30 assists on December 22 against Goucher broke the previous school-best of 27 from a January 8, 1994, game against the University of Maine.
• It 32nd time in record history that the Greyhounds have had 20 or more in a game and sixth time with 25-plus. It was the first time Loyola had 25 or more since January 5, 2000, when it had 25 against Canisius University.
• In Tavaras Hardy's four-plus years as Loyola's head coach, the Greyhounds have 19 games with 20 or more assists. In the prior eight years, they had just three such games.

Ten Dimes

• Kenneth Jones dished out 10 assists for the first time in his career on November 30 at Binghamton, posting his first double-double in the process (13 points). He repeated the performance less than two weeks later when he had 16 points, 10 assists and six steals on December 13 against UMBC.
• Jones is one of 23 players nationally to have two games with 10 or more assists this season.
• Jones had nine assists in a pair of games last season while leading the Patriot League in helpers. His 10 in the two games this year are the most by a player in the conference. He is one of 29 players in Loyola history with 10 or more assists in a game.

Swiping Steals

• The Greyhounds lead the Patriot League in steals per game through 27 contests, averaging 7.7 per game with 208 total. Loyola's steals per game rank 70th in the nation.
• Kenneth Jones is third in the conference, averaging 1.81 per game, an average that ranks No. 81 in NCAA Division I. His 49 total steals are 46th in the nation. Deon Perry is fifth in the conference with 1.69 steals per game. He's 91st nationally with 44 total steals.
• Loyola also ranks first in the conference, and 77th in the nation, in turnovers forced per game, averaging 14.33.

Taking Advantage Of Time

• Chris Kuzemka missed two-thirds of his freshman season with an ankle injury suffered during the preseason, but he came back to average 7.8 minutes in 11 outings late in the year.
• He opened the season with seven points and four rebounds at DePaul and has continued to contribute significantly since. 
• In the finale of the Emerald Coast Classic, Kuzemka made 4 of 7 from 3-point range and scored 12 points to go with three assists in 27 minutes during the win.
• Then, for the second game in a row, Kuzemka had a career-high night in the points column, making 6 of 7 shots, 5 of 6 from 3-point range, finishing with 18 points at Binghamton. He posted his third double-digit scoring night at Hampton, making 4 of 5 from three and scoring 14, a point total he matched on December 13 against UMBC. He led Loyola with 14 points on January 8 at Holy Cross, and he added 12 in a win at Bucknell. Kuzemka scored 11 of his 15 in the second half of a win over Navy.
• In 27 games this year, Kuzemka has averaged 7.3 points per game. Kuzemka, who has started 3 of 27 games, is the conference's top-scoring bench player who has opened less than half of his team's games.

Faure Rounding Into Form

• Alonso Faure did not play in the Greyhounds' preseason scrimmage or exhibition due to an injury, and he played just nine minutes in the opener against DePaul before a hand injury forced him out for the second half and the following game at Penn State. 
• The native of Alicante, Spain, scored eight in 19 minutes versus Brown and then had a career-best 18 points – making 8 of 11 shots – and three steals in 20 minutes versus Washington College.
• He then saw 26 minutes of action against Clemson and went 6 of 9 from the field to score a game-high 15 points while leading Loyola with six rebounds. In the first game of the Emerald Coast Classic in Florida, Faure went 5 of 7 from the field and scored 10 to go with seven rebounds.
• He continued to convert from the field, making 7 of 10 for 17 points and a team-high seven rebounds at Binghamton. Faure logged his first collegiate double-double with 17 points and 13 rebounds against Goucher, making 7 of 9 baskets in 21 minutes. He posted his second double-double with 16 points and 10 boards at Lehigh in February.
• Faure is shooting a team-best 58.2 percent from the field this year, making 89 of 153 shots, and his 2-point field goal percentage is 63.8 percent (83 of 130). His field-goal percentage this season ranks fifth in the Patriot League. Entering this year, he was shooting 50.7 percent in his career after putting up nearly identical numbers of 34 of 67 (.5074) in 2020-2021 and 35 of 69 (.5072) last year.

Chart Climbers

• Jaylin Andrews and Kenneth Jones both took advantage of their fifth years of eligibility, and they are continuing to climb the Loyola career-record charts.
• Andrews is 19th in points (1,309), 11th in 3-pointers made (129) and tied for seventh in steals (161).
• Jones is  fifth in 3-pointers made (188), tied for sixth in assists (386) and eighth in steals (154). On February 4, he became the 41st player in school history with 1,000 points and now has 1,023.
• Against Lafayette on January 28, Jones became Loyola's all-time leader in games played with 128 (now 133). Andrews is now second at 132.
• Golden Dike, meanwhile, is now 15th in rebounds (607) and second in career field-goal percentage (.564).

Jaylin's Game

• Jaylin Andrews was the Greyhounds' top returning scorer last year, after averaging 11.6 points per game as a junior in the shortened 2020-2021 season, and he showed his ability to step into a leading role during Loyola's 2021-2022 opener at North Carolina. Andrews started his senior year with a team-high 17 points, knocking down 4 of 8 shots from 3-point range.
• He finished the 2021-22 season ranked ninth in the Patriot League in points per game at 13.7, while he also averaged 1.4 steals and 4.1 rebounds per game. Andrews became the 39th player in school history to score 1,000 points in a career when on February 16, 2022, at Lafayette, his 104th career game.
• Through 132 career games, of which he has started 109, Andrews is averaging 9.9 points and 3.9 rebounds per game.

On The Right Track

• Kenneth Jones was a consistent member of the Greyhounds' rotation throughout the first three years of his career, averaging 20.8 minutes over 76 games heading into his senior season. In 2021-22, however, Jones stepped into the role of a full-time starter and saw his minutes, and production, soar.
• He averaged 33.3 minutes per game, while producing 8.9 points, 2.6 rebounds and 4.6 assists per contest, all career-highs. He had a 2.21:1 assist-to-turnover ratio that ranks third in the Patriot League and is a career-high, as well. His 4.6 assists were 58th in NCAA Division I.
• His 139 assists were 10th in school single-season history.
• Jones averaged 4.6 assists in 18 Patriot League regular-season games last year, and his total of 83 dimes were 14 more than any other player in conference play.
• Over his career, Jones has played in 133 games, starting 67, and averages 7.7 points and 2.9 assists per game. 

At The Next Level

• Former Loyola standout Santi Aldama has made a considerable impact in his second NBA season. Aldama, who played for the Greyhounds from 2018-2020, earning 2019 Patriot League All-Rookie honors and then 2020 All-Patriot League First Team recognition, was a first-round pick of the Memphis Grizzlies in the 2021 NBA Draft.
• After seeing action in 32 games as a rookie, Aldama stepped into Memphis' starting lineup early this year at the four spot and is averaging 9.5 points and 4.7 rebounds per game for the Grizzlies in 53 games played.

Up Next

• Loyola plays its last road game of the 2022-2023 regular-season on Saturday, November 18, when it heads to the U.S. Naval Academy in Annapolis, Maryland, for a 4 p.m. game.