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Men's Basketball

Pirates Host Men's Hoops For Wednesday Night Game

Game Information
Opponent Hampton Pirates
Game Notes Loyola Get Acrobat Reader
Date Wednesday, December 3, 2025
Time 7:00 p.m.
Location Hampton, Va. | Convocation Center
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Online Media Flo College (Streaming) | Monumental Sports Network 2 (TV)Live Stats

Quick Facts

  • The Loyola University Maryland men's basketball team heads on the road for the first of two-straight in the Commonwealth of Virginia, starting with a Wednesday, December 3, game at Hampton University at 7 p.m.
  • Wednesday's contest at the Hampton Convocation Center will tip just after 7 p.m. and stream live on Flo College. It will also air in the Mid-Atlantic region on television on Monumental Sports Network 2.
  • Josh Loeffler is in his second year as the Greyhounds' head coach after taking the position as Loyola's 22nd all-time head coach in March 2024. Last year, he led the Greyhounds to a five-win improvement over the 2023-24 season.
  • Loyola returns nine players to its roster from a year ago and features three seniors, four juniors, four sophomores and four freshmen.

Series History

  • Loyola and Hampton will meet for the fifth time in series history when the teams play on Wednesday night. Both programs have won twice in the previous four games.
  • The Greyhounds won the first two games between the programs, first taking a 75-66 neutral-site decision on November 20, 2018, and then winning 67-54, at home on December 12, 2021.
  • Hampton took a 66-61 win on its home floor in December 2022 and then came to Loyola's Reitz Arena for a 76-68 win last year.
  • This game is the second of a two-year home-and-home set between the teams.

Watch The Action

  • Wednesday's game will stream live on FloCollege. Fans in the Mid-Atlantic region can catch the game on television with a live simulcast on Monumental Sports Network 2.

Last Time Out

  • Emmett Adair and Jordan Stiemke combined for make 18 of 27 shots from the field and scored a total of 50 points on Sunday evening, leading Loyola to a 95-84 win over Coppin State in Reitz Arena.
  • Adair scored 29 points off the bench and led Loyola with seven rebounds, while Stiemke knocked down 5 of 8 from 3-point range and had a season-best 21 points. Jacob Theodosiou had his first career double-double with 18 points and a career-high 10 assists.
  • Loyola led by as many as 11 in the first half, thanks in large part to Stiemke scoring 15 before halftime, but the Eagles (2-8) got within a pair, 41-39 with a Nelson Lamizana three with 30 seconds on the clock.
  • The Greyhounds got a Stiemke an open three from the top of the perimeter on the first play of the second half, a shot he made, and Loyola led by at least five for the rest of the game.
  • An Adair layup at 17:26 pushed the advantage to 10, 52-42, part of his 23 points in the second half. Coppin State got within four, 62-58 on a Hassan Perkins three with 11:32 left in the half, and the Loyola lead was seven with 8:33 remaining before the Greyhounds used a 16-6 run over the next four minutes to break the game open.
  • Adair hit a three off one of Braeden Speed's seven assists at 4:44 to make it an 85-68 advantage.
  • Both teams shot 56 percent or better from the field with the Eagles at an even 56 and the Greyhounds going 31 of 55 for 56.4 percent. 

Second Half Sparks

  • Through nine games this year, the Greyhounds' offense has been better during the second half of games, averaging 42.6 points to 34.3 in the first half.
  • Loyola has shot .505 from the field after the break, compared with .428 in the first.
  • On the defensive end, Loyola has limited opponents to 35.7 points after halftime, compared to 37.2 in the opening 20.

Shots Have Been Falling

  • Loyola has made 69 of 121 shots over its last two games, a pair of wins against Washington College and Coppin State, good for a .570 mark from the field.
  • The Greyhounds shot .576 (38 of 66) against the Shoremen before going 31 of 55 Sunday night against Coppin State. It is the first time Loyola has made 55 percent or better of its shots in back-to-back games since December 5-8, 2018, when it shot .579 in a loss at Drexel and .552 in a win at Binghamton.

Ninety-Five Plus

  • Loyola's last two games with 101 points (Washington College) and 95 (Coppin State) represent the first time since January 1989 that the Greyhounds have posted 95 or more points in consecutive games. In that stretch, they beat LIU Brooklyn, 104-93, and Monmouth, 97-77.

Adair Up There

  • Emmett Adair had the best game of his young career against Coppin State making 11 of 17 shots from the field, 3 of 6 from 3-point range, en route to scoring 29 points. He was named Patriot League Rookie of the Week after that game and a 10-point, 7-rebound performance against Washington College.
  • He is one of just 11 freshmen in NCAA Division I to score 29 or more points in a game this year (per Stathead). Only 12 players, regardless of class year, who are 6-foot-9 or taller have scored 29 or more. His 29 points are second-most by a Patriot League player this season.
  • Adair missed the first five games of Loyola's season with an illness, but he's been a key contributor since making his debut November 19 at Duquesne. The Sydney, Australia, native has averaged 14.0 points, 5.2 rebounds and 2.0 assists in his four games played while averaging just 20.6 minutes.
  • Adair, who played for the Australian Senior National Team this summer as it went 6-0 to qualify for in FIBA Asia Cup qualifying, has shot 52.4 percent from the field in those games.

Dishing

  • Part of Loyola's high scoring of late can be attributed to high assist numbers. The Greyhounds have posted 49 assists in the last two games with 29 against Washington College and 20 versus Coppin State. It is the first time since January 2022 that the Greyhounds have had back-to-back games with 20 or more.
  • Jacob Theodosiou and Braeden Speed have been responsible for 27 of the dimes. Theodosiou had his first collegiate double-double with 18 points and 10 assists against Coppin State after scoring 20 with seven assists against the Shoremen. Speed had seven in the game against the Eagles.

Inside The Arc

  • Jacob Theodosiou has shot 46.0 percent from the field this year and is third the Patriot League with 52 field goals made through eight games.
  • He has been particularly efficient in converting inside the 3-point line, scoring 2-point field goals at a 59.5-percent clip.
  • The Greyhounds have two players ranked in the top 10 of the Patriot League in two-point field-goal percentage with Jonas Sirtautas leading the conference at 80.6-percent. Sirtautas has made 29 of 36 shots from inside the arc.
  • As a team, the Greyhounds are second in the conference in 2-point percentage, making 57.4 percent through nine games. That is the best 2-point percentage for the program in at least 45 years (per Stathead).

Theodosiou's Last Six

  • Jacob Theodosiou put together the best pair of games, statistically, in a three-game stretch against Stonehill, Fairfield and Duquesne, averaging 23.0 points, 4.7 rebounds, 4.3 assists and 3.3 steals, but his numbers have been robust over the last six. 
  • The junior guard scored 21 on November 15 against Stonehill before posting 27 the next day versus host Fairfield. He was named Patriot League Player of the Week following those games before scoring 21 against Duquesne on November 19.
  • The three games represent the first time in his career that he's scored 20 or more in three-straight games and the first time a Loyola player has done so since Deon Perry did in January 2024.
  • Including a game with six points at then-No. 12/13 Kentucky, one with 20 against Washington College, and then an 18-point, 10-assist night against Coppin State, Theodosiou has averaged 18.8 points, 5.0 assists, 4.2 rebounds and 2.7 steals in Loyola's last six games.
  • He has done his scoring in an efficient manner, shooting 53.9 percent from the field and 84.4 percent from the free-throw line. During that stretch, Theodosiou has gone to the line 32 times.

Trending Up

  • Loyola started the year by shooting 40.8 percent in its first three games of the year, a number that has gone up over its last six. The Greyhounds are now shooting 46.7 percent overall after shooting 49.7 percent in the last six outings (including shooting 29.0 percent at then-No. 12/13 Kentucky).
  • The Greyhounds' field-goal percentage last season went up to 43.6 percent from 41.7 percent in 2023-24.

Stiemke's Shots Fall

  • Jordan Stiemke had his best shooting performance of the season thus far on Sunday night against Coppin State, making 7 of 10 shots overall and 5 of 8 from 3-point range to score a season-high 21.
  • The game was the fourth of his career above the 20-point mark and six more than his previous best this season.
  • Loyola is 3-1 in the four games Stiemke has scored 20 or more points during his career.

Field Goals In Bulk

  • Jacob Theodosiou (10) and Braeden Speed (9) combined for 19 made field goals against Stonehill, marking the first time since the 2017-18 season that two Loyola players had nine or more in a game. The last time it occurred was on January 24, 2018, in a 91-88 win over Lehigh when Andre Walker scored 32 on 11 of 30 shooting, and Cam Gregory added 24 while making 9 of 15. 
  • Speed and Theodosiou went 9 of 14 and 10 of 18, respectively, and shot a combined .594 against the Skyhawks.

Theodosiou's Thievery

  • Jacob Theodosiou had a career-high five steals on November 15 against Stonehill, four which came in the second half and three on back-to-back-to-back possessions that led to his fast-break layups.
  • He led the Patriot League in steals per game a year ago, averaging 1.7 with 54 total steals. This year, he has 21 swipes in nine games and leads the conference at 2.3 per game. He is 15th nationally in total steals.

Sirtautas' Swats

  • Jonas Sirtautas blocked five NJIT shots on November 11, and he now has five games at Loyola with multiple blocks including knocking away four at Kentucky.
  • His five blocks were the most by a Loyola player since Chancellor Barnard had five exactly nine years prior (November 11, 2016, at Duquesne). It is also the seventh time since 2010 that a Loyola player has blocked five or more shots in a game.
  • Through nine games, he leads the Patriot League with 19 blocks, a total that ranks 19th in NCAA Division I.

Perimeter Defense

  • The Greyhounds have yielded just 52 made 3-pointers in five games with opponents shooting .291 (52 of 179) from behind the arc.
  • Loyola's 3-point percentage defense leads the Patriot League and is 70th nationally.

Progress Made

  • Loyola picked up its seventh win of the 2024-25 season in its 15th game, matching the Greyhounds' win total from the 2023-24 season (32 total games). Loyola then eclipsed the previous year's total in its 17th game this season. Through 31 games, the Greyhounds made a five-win improvement over 2023-24.
  • In Josh Loeffler's first year as Loyola's head coach, the Greyhounds saw improvements in just about every statistical category from the season prior, notably: field-goal percentage (.436 from .417), scoring offense (69.2, 64.0) and scoring margin (-1.9, -7.9).

From Afar

Contributions In Many Areas

  • Jacob Theodosiou led the team last in minutes (31.1) as a first-year player on the Greyhounds' roster.
  • The native of Waterloo, Ontario, put up a new high of 27 points in a one-point win at home over Navy, going 6 of 11 from 3-point range and 7 of 8 at the free-throw line. His 22-point game at Bucknell marked his fourth with 20 or more this year, and he set a new career-best with 32 on February 8, 2025, at Colgate.
  • He finished second on the team in scoring (13.1) and assists (2.7), was first in steals (1.8) and third in rebounds (4.0). 

At The Next Level

  • As a school of less than 4,000 undergraduate students, Loyola University Maryland boasted three former student-athletes on NBA rosters as players last month on opening night. Two members of the men's basketball incoming class of 2019, Santi Aldama (SAHN-tee ALL-dah-muh) and Cam Spencer are on the Memphis Grizzlies' roster, and four-time men's lacrosse All-American Pat Spencer is a member of the Golden State Warriors.
  • Aldama was a first-round draft pick in the 2021 NBA Draft after leading the Patriot League in scoring and rebounding in 2020-21, and Cam Spencer led the conference in scoring the following season. He has played in 255 NBA games through November 28 and is averaging 13.4 points and 6.6 rebounds in 21 outings this season after signing a four-year contract during the summer. He has starred for his native Spain, earning TISSOT Most Outstanding Player honors at the 2024 Olympic Qualifying Tournament before averaging 17.7 points and 9.3 rebounds in three games during the Olympics.
  • Cam Spencer, who was a three-year starter for the Greyhounds from 2019-22, and won an NCAA Championship at Connecticut in 2023-24, made his NBA debut on November 20, 2024 for the Grizzlies and is averaging 10.3 points in 21 games this year.
  • Pat Spencer holds the Loyola men's lacrosse records for career assists and points and was the 2019 NCAA Division I Player of the Year for the Greyhounds. He switched to basketball after graduating from Loyola and has seen action in 58 games over the last three years for Golden State. This year, he's averaging 4.8 points in 13 outings.
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Players Mentioned

Garrett Brennan

#14 Garrett Brennan

Guard
6' 4"
Senior
Troy Cicero Jr.

#2 Troy Cicero Jr.

Guard
6' 2"
Junior
Tyson Commander

#15 Tyson Commander

Guard
6' 4"
Senior
Goap Kodi

#8 Goap Kodi

Forward
6' 10"
Sophomore
Ben Menker

#13 Ben Menker

Guard
6' 5"
Sophomore
Braeden Speed

#0 Braeden Speed

Guard
6' 3"
Sophomore
Peter Sposito

#5 Peter Sposito

Guard
6' 2"
Senior
Jordan Stiemke

#3 Jordan Stiemke

Guard
6' 5"
Junior
Jacob Theodosiou

#6 Jacob Theodosiou

Guard
6' 4"
Junior
Carter Berg-McLean

#1 Carter Berg-McLean

Guard
6' 4"
Freshman
Jonas Sirtautas

#7 Jonas Sirtautas

Forward
6' 10"
Junior
Everett Barnes

#17 Everett Barnes

Forward
6' 9"
Freshman

Players Mentioned

Garrett Brennan

#14 Garrett Brennan

6' 4"
Senior
Guard
Troy Cicero Jr.

#2 Troy Cicero Jr.

6' 2"
Junior
Guard
Tyson Commander

#15 Tyson Commander

6' 4"
Senior
Guard
Goap Kodi

#8 Goap Kodi

6' 10"
Sophomore
Forward
Ben Menker

#13 Ben Menker

6' 5"
Sophomore
Guard
Braeden Speed

#0 Braeden Speed

6' 3"
Sophomore
Guard
Peter Sposito

#5 Peter Sposito

6' 2"
Senior
Guard
Jordan Stiemke

#3 Jordan Stiemke

6' 5"
Junior
Guard
Jacob Theodosiou

#6 Jacob Theodosiou

6' 4"
Junior
Guard
Carter Berg-McLean

#1 Carter Berg-McLean

6' 4"
Freshman
Guard
Jonas Sirtautas

#7 Jonas Sirtautas

6' 10"
Junior
Forward
Everett Barnes

#17 Everett Barnes

6' 9"
Freshman
Forward