Game Information
Opponent	Lafayette Leopards
Game Notes	Loyola
Date	Saturday, January 3, 2026
Time	5:00 p.m.
Location	Baltimore, Md. | Reitz Arena
Tickets	Purchase
Getting There	Directions
Online Media	ESPN+ | Live Stats | International Video Stream

Quick Hits

• Loyola University Maryland makes its 2025-26 Patriot League home debut on Saturday, January 3, with a 5 o'clock game against Lafayette College in Reitz Arena.
• The Greyhounds are in their 13th season of play in the conference.
• Saturday's game, and all home Patriot League contests, will stream live on ESPN+.
• The game is Loyola's second on its home floor since November 26.
• 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 Lafayette will meet for the 33rd time in series history and 31st time since the Greyhounds became members of the Patriot League in 2013-14. The Leopards hold a 17-15 advantage in the previous 32 games with Loyola having won 10 of 18 meetings in Baltimore (nine of 17 in Reitz Arena).
• The teams split two regular-season contests a year ago, each winning on the others' home floor.
• In a January 22, 2025, game at Reitz Arena, Lafayette used an 18-0 run to extend a six-point lead to 24 after Loyola had opened the second half with a 10-4 stretch. The Leopards went on to an 80-59 victory.
• Two weeks later, Loyola committed just six turnovers and had four players score in double figures in a 71-58 victory in Easton, Pennsylvania on February 5. Milos Ilic had 17 points and 13 rebounds in the game, and Tyson Commander made 7 of 10 shots to tie his season-high with 16 points.
• A team last won on its home floor in the series in February 2023 with each winning on the road each of the last two seasons. Overall, the teams have split the last four two-game series since 2021-22.
• The teams first met on December 16, 1930, in Baltimore, a 31-27 Greyhounds' victory.

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

• American used a 25-14 run over seven minutes, 59 seconds in the first half to turn a 10-6 Loyola University into a 31-24 Eagles advantage with 8:11 to go in the opening period.
• American would not trail again in the game and went on to an 84-69 win in the conference opener for both teams.
• Jacob Theodosiou converted in the paint for Loyola at 16:10 to give the Greyhounds a four-point lead, but the run by the Eagles was spurred by hot shooting. American made 16 of its last 22 field-goal attempts (72.7 percent) after that 10-6 Loyola lead, building a 44-36 advantage at halftime. 
• Wyatt Nausadis and Geoff Sprouse scored with a three and a two in the first two minutes of the second half to push the Eagles' advantage to double digits where it would stay the remainder of the game.
• Braeden Speed made a career-high 11 of 12 from the free-throw line and scored a team-best 13 for Loyola (4-10, 0-1) to go with three assists. Emmett Adair and Theodosiou each had 11, and Troy Cicero Jr. scored 10.
• Loyola had a 32-23 advantage on the boards, but the Greyhounds committed 19 turnovers in the game.
• Greg Jones scored 17 points, and Madden Collins added 15, to lead American.

Back To Speed

• Braeden Speed is second on the team in scoring at 12.9 points per game, a mark that is up more than a point after Loyola's last five 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, 10 against Mount St. Mary's a career-best 24 points at George Mason and a team-high 13 at American.
• The game against the Patriots was the second 20-plus point game of Speed's collegiate career, joining his November 15 game against Stonehill when he had 21.
• Speed has led the Greyhounds in scoring over the last five games, averaging 15.6. In those five games, Speed has gotten to the free-throw line 28 times, making 23 (82.1 percent).

Second Half Sparks

• Through 14 games this year, the Greyhounds' offense has been better during the second half of games, averaging 40.9 points to 34.4 in the first half.
• Loyola has shot .471 from the field after the break, compared with .424 in the first.
• On the defensive end, Loyola has limited opponents to 38.4 points after halftime, compared to 39.2 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 15 freshmen in NCAA Division I to score 29 or more points in a game this year (per Stathead). His 29 points are third-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 12.2 points, 5.0 rebounds and 1.4 assists in his nine games played while averaging just 22.7 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 45.3 percent from the field in those games, 59.6 percent from 2-point range.

Sirtautas' Return

• Jonas Sirtautas missed 3-1/2 games with an arm injury suffered in the first half of the December 3 game at Hampton before returning to action on December 31 at American.
• In 11 games played this season, Sirtautas is third in the Patriot League in total blocked shots (22), second in blocks per game (2.0), and he leads the conference in two-point field goal percentage (79.5).

On The Offensive Glass

• Loyola is second in the Patriot League in offensive rebounds per game, averaging 11.4 through 14 outings. 
• Emmett Adair has played in just nine games thus far, but he is fifth in the conference with 28 pulls off the offensive glass. In those nine games, Loyola is averaging 12.3 offensive rebounds after averaging 9.8 in the year's first five.

Stiemke's Shots Fall

• Jordan Stiemke had his best shooting performance of the season to-date against Coppin State, making 7 of 10 shots overall and 5 of 8 from 3-point range to score a season-high 21.
• The junior wing followed that with a 16-point performance on December 3 against Hampton, followed by 11 on December 9 at VMI. He topped the 20-point mark for the second time this season and fifth in his career on December 13 with a 22-point effort against Mount St. Mary's. He made five 3-pointers in that game for the second time this season.
• Over Loyola's last six, Stiemke has scored at least 10 points in each outing and is averaging 14.3. He is 17 of 43 (39.5 percent) from 3-point range in those games.

Theodosiou's Last Eleven

• 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 10. He has scored 20 or more five times during a run in which he is averaging a team-best 16.5 points per game. 
• 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 11 games, Theodosiou has averaged 16.5 points, 4.2 assists, 4.2 rebounds and 2.1 steals.
• In Loyola's games against Mount St. Mary's and at George Mason, Theodosiou has shot 46.7 percent (7 of 15) from 3-point range after opening the year 6 of 30 (20.0 percent) in the first 11 games of the season.

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 45.9 percent from the field this year and is sixth the Patriot League with 72 field goals made through 14 games.
• He has been particularly efficient in converting inside the 3-point line, scoring 2-point field goals at a 57.4-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 79.5-percent. Sirtautas has made 31 of 39 shots from inside the arc.
• As a team, the Greyhounds are third in the conference in 2-point percentage, making 54.5 percent through 14 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 29 swipes in 14 games and leads the conference at 2.1 per game. 

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).

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 268 NBA games through January 1 and is averaging 14.3 points and 6.7 rebounds in 33 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 12.2 points in 32 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 68 games over the last three years for Golden State. This year, he's averaging 6.5 points and 3.0 assists in 23 outings. 

Up Next

• The Greyhounds go on the road for their next Patriot League game, a Wednesday, January 7, game at Army West Point.