Game Information
Opponent	Mount St. Mary's Mountaineers
Game Notes	Loyola
Date	Saturday, December 13, 2025
Time	6:00 p.m.
Location	Baltimore, Md. | Reitz Arena
Tickets	Purchase
Getting There	Directions
Online Media	ESPN+ | Live Stats | International Video Stream

Quick Hits

• The Loyola University Maryland men's basketball team returns to Reitz Arena for its final home game of the 2025 calendar year when it hosts Mount St. Mary's University on Sunday, December 13.
• Tip-off between the two teams is slated for 6 p.m. The game will stream live on ESPN+.
• After playing nine games in November, Loyola will play five games in the final month of the calendar.
• 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 Mount St. Mary's will meet for the 180th time in program history when the teams take the floor on Saturday evening in Reitz Arena.
• The 180 meetings make it the most-played matchup in State of Maryland history, eclipsing the 176 times that Johns Hopkins and McDaniel (formerly Western Maryland) have played.
• Loyola scored a 77-69 victory in Emmittsburg, Maryland, last year,but Mount St. Mary's holds a 102-77 all-time lead in the series.
• In the 2024 game at Mount St. Mary's, the Greyhounds built a 35-24 halftime lead, but the Mountaineers came back to tie the score at 35-35 just 2:38 into the half.
• Loyola would go back up 12, 51-39, with less than 12 minutest to go in regulation, but the gap would shrink to three on two occasions in the final minute, but Loyola converted five free throws in the final 30 seconds to seal the win.
• Jordan Stiemke scored 22 for Loyola, while Jacob Theodosiou added 13, and Braeden Speed scored 11.

Watch The Action

• Saturday's game will stream live on ESPN+.
• All Loyola home games this season will also stream live on ESPN+ and be available internationally on Sidearm.

Last Time Out

• Virginia Military Institute made 12 first-half 3-pointers on Tuesday night and carried a 51-32 halftime advantage to an 86-70 non-conference win over Loyola on Tuesday night.
• Linus Holmstrom made 7 of 9 from behind the arc before halftime, knocking down his final of the seven with 11 ticks left in the stanza to give the Keydets their 19-point lead at the break.
• Loyola held VMI to 1 of 11 from 3-point range in the second half, but the Greyhounds only cut into the lead by three by the end of the game.
• Emmett Adair scored a team-high 21 points for the Greyhounds, making 10 of 18 shots from the field. Braeden Speed added 17, hitting four 3-pointers of his own, and Jordan Stiemke finished with 11 for Loyola. Holmstrom led all players with 23 points as one of four Keydets in double figures.
• Loyola did have a 36-33 advantage on the boards, led by Jacob Theodosiou's eight and Everett Barnes' seven, and Loyola had 18 assists in the game.

Second Half Sparks

• Through 11 games this year, the Greyhounds' offense has been better during the second half of games, averaging 42.3 points to 33.5 in the first half.
• Loyola has shot .499 from the field after the break, compared with .418 in the first.
• On the defensive end, Loyola has limited opponents to 36.6 points after halftime, compared to 39.3 in the opening 20.

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 13 freshmen in NCAA Division I to score 29 or more points in a game this year (per Stathead). Only 17 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 had the second 20-plus point game of the season on December 9 at VMI, making 10 of 18 from the field to finish with 21 points.
• 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 13.3 points, 5.0 rebounds and 1.8 assists in his six games played while averaging just 22.1 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 47.9 percent from the field in those games.

Back To Speed

• Braeden Speed is third on the team in scoring at 12.1 points per game, a mark that is up almost a point after Loyola's last two outings.
• The sophomore guard from Arizona had a stretch of five-straight games with 11 points or more (Nov. 6-19) snapped when he finished with five at then-No. 12 Kentucky, a game that started a three-game stretch where he totaled just 20 (six in limited action versus Washington College and nine against Coppin State).
• Since then, Speed has scored 14 at Hampton and his second-best total of the year, 17 at VMI.

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.
• The junior wing followed that with a 16-point performance on December 3 against Hampton, followed by 11 on December 9 at VMI.
• Over Loyola's last four, Stiemke has scored at least 10 points in each outing and is averaging 14.5 and is shooting an even 50 percent from the field.

Theodosiou's Last Eight

• 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.
• Over Loyola's last eight games, Theodosiou has averaged 16.8 points, 4.3 assists, 4.5 rebounds and 2.3 steals.
• He has done his scoring in an efficient manner, shooting 51.1 percent from the field, 62.1 percent from two-point range.

On The Offensive Glass

• Loyola is up to second in the Patriot League in offensive rebounds per game, averaging 11.55 through 11 outings. 
• Emmett Adair has played in just six games thus far, but he ranks 10th in the conference with 19 pulls off the offensive glass. In those six games, Loyola is averaging 13 offensive rebounds in those six games after averaging 9.8 in the year's first five.

Shots Were Falling

• Loyola has made 69 of 121 shots over a two-game stretch, 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.
• The hot shooting came to an end in the first-half at Hampton, however, when Loyola made just 8 of 25 (.320). The Greyhounds did come back to shoot .469 in the second half against the Pirates. Loyola then shot .439 at VMI, .467 in the second half.

Ninety-Five Plus

• Loyola's 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.

Inside The Arc

• Jacob Theodosiou has shot 44.9 percent from the field this year and is seventh the Patriot League with 57 field goals made through 11 games.
• He has been particularly efficient in converting inside the 3-point line, scoring 2-point field goals at a 58.0-percent clip.
• The Greyhounds have two players ranked in the top 11 of the Patriot League in two-point field-goal percentage with Jonas Sirtautas leading the conference at 81.6-percent. Sirtautas has made 31 of 38 shots from inside the arc.
• As a team, the Greyhounds are second in the conference in 2-point percentage, making 56.6 percent through nine games. That is the best 2-point percentage for the program in at least 45 years (per Stathead).

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 22 swipes in nine games and leads the conference at 2.2 per game. He is 33rd nationally in total steals.

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

• Loyola's roster of 15 players will represent six different nations by nationality this season: Australia (Emmett Adair), Canada (Jacob Theodosiou), England (Sebastien Emenalo), Lithuania (Jonas Sirtautus), New Zealand (Carter Berg-McLean) and the United States.
• In addition to the six countries represented, Loyola players hail from seven different states in the U.S.: Arizona (Braeden Speed), Connecticut (Peter Sposito), Illinois (Troy Cicero Jr.), Maryland (Tyson Commander, Jordan Stiemke), New Jersey (Everett Barnes), Ohio (Ben Menker, Sam Springer) and Virginia (Garrett Brennan, Goap Kodi).

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 259 NBA games through December 10 and is averaging 13.1 points and 6.5 rebounds in 24 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 11.1 points in 24 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 62 games over the last three years for Golden State. This year, he's averaging 7.4 points in 17 outings. He has averaged 16.0 points and 5.8 assists over Golden State's last four games (Dec. 2-7).

Up Next

• Loyola closes its 2025-26 non-conference schedule on Sunday, December 21, in Fairfax, Virginia, at George Mason.
• The Greyhounds then start their 13th season of competition in the Patriot League on Wednesday, December 31, with a game at American University.