TOWSON, Md. –
Leo Ricketts scored 20 points, and
D'Andre Harrison added a career-high 14, on Thursday night, but a late first-half run helped Towson University pull away from Loyola University Maryland for a 90-60 non-conference victory in the teams' first game of the 410 Invitational powered by Under Armour.
A Ricketts floater in the lane with 7:19 to go in the first half made it a three-point game with Towson (2-2 overall) leading, 19-16, but the Tigers scored the next 10 and closed the half on a 21-8 run to lead 40-24 at halftime.
Loyola (1-3) would get within 13, 58-45, with a Harrison bucket just over six minutes into the second half, but that is as close as the Greyhounds would draw.
The Tigers shot 58.1 percent from the field in the second half and 57.8 percent for the game with ben Roseborough's 24 points leading all scorers.
Loyola will play Morgan State University in the consolation game of the 410 Invitational on Saturday, November 14, at 5 p.m. at Towson's SECU Arena.
