EMMITSBURG, Md. – Jordan Stiemke scored a season-high 22 points, and the Loyola University Maryland men's basketball team made 13 free throws in the final three minutes Saturday night at Mount St. Mary's University to give the Greyhounds a 77-69 win in the 179^th meeting between the two teams.
 
Stiemke, who was one off his career-best in the scoring column, made four 3-pointers and seven field goals overall to help the Greyhounds (5-4 overall) stay in front for almost 88 percent of the game.
 
Jacob Theodosiou added 13 points, making 7 of 8 free throws in the game, and Braeden Speed added 11 with four assists.
 
Tyson Commander had seven steals in the game, the most by a Loyola player since Andrew Kostecka had seven on February 27, 2019, against Army West Point. The seven also are tied for third-most in school single-game history.
 
Milos Ilic scored eight, grabbed eight rebounds and had four assists. David Brown III and Veljko Ilic each scored nine.
 
Loyola used a 10-0 run that covered more than five minutes in the second half to build its first 10-point lead, 16-6 on a Theodosiou three, and Loyola would push the advantage to 14, 33-19 when Commander made a three at 3:20.
 
The gap was 11 at halftime, 35-24, but Mount St. Mary's (6-4) scored the second half's first 11 points to tie the score at 35-35 with a Javon Ervin basket 2:58 into the half.
 
Brown made a three 24 seconds later to put Loyola back in front, and Theodosiou knocked down his second three of the game at 16:04 to push the lead to six.
 
A Stiemke three at 12:37 and a Speed floater in the lane 41 ticks of the clock later gave Loyola a 51-39 advantage, but Mount St. Mary's would quickly get the deficit back to single digits.
 
Speed hit a three at 4:09 to extend the advantage back to 10, 64-54. Milos Ilic made the first of two at the line to stretch the lead to 11, a number where Loyola would push the margin with two Theodosiou free throws at 2:12.
 
Mount St. Mary's scored the next seven, and it was a five-point game, 67-62.
 
Xavier Lipscomb pulled the Mountaineers within three, 70-67, with two free throws, but Theodosiou made a pair with 37 seconds left, and it was a two-possession game.
 
It got within three once more when Arlandus Keyes converted two free throws with seven seconds left. Ilic made three free throws in the waning seconds, and Brown hit a pair to provide the final margin.
 
Dola Adebayo led Mount St. Mary's with 14 points.
 
Loyola's win was its fifth of the season in nine games under first-year Head Coach Josh Loeffler. Last year, the Greyhounds finished the season with a 7-25 record and did not have their fifth win until February 7.
 
The Greyhounds return to Reitz Arena next Saturday after going 2-1 on their current road trip. They will host Hampton University in a 1 p.m. game, their final before Christmas.
 
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