HAMILTON, N.Y. – After a first half that saw the lead change hands 12 times, Colgate University started the second with a 23-2 run to build a 55-29 lead with less than 12 minutes to play in what would become a 78-55 Patriot League victory over Loyola University Maryland on Wednesday night.
Deon Perry scored a season- and game-high 25 points, making 9 of 18 field goals and 5 of 10 3-point attempts, to lead the Greyhounds. Perry's 25 were three shy of his career-high 28 from a year ago.
Nicolas Louis-Jacques made a three for the Raiders (7-7 overall, 1-0 Patriot League) 40 seconds into the second half, pushing the lead to 35-27, but Perry scored on a pull-up jumper on the Greyhounds' next possession.
That was the last basket the Greyhounds (2-12, 0-1) would score, however, until he connected on a three with 11:36 left in regulation, ending a 20-0 stretch for Colgate.
Louis-Jacques finished with 14 points for Colgate, and Braeden Smith scored 16 to lead the Raiders.
Milos Ilic added nine for Loyola, and
Alonso Faure scored eight.
D'Angelo Stines and
Golden Dike each grabbed six rebounds for Loyola, and
David Brown III had a career-best four assists.
Loyola returns to Reitz Arena on Saturday, January 6, for its first home Patriot League game of the season. The Greyhounds will host Lehigh University in a game slated for 5 p.m.
