BALTIMORE – Loyola University Maryland men's basketball set a program record for 3-pointers made on Monday night, and the Greyhounds opened their home schedule with a 106-64 win over visiting Washington College in Reitz Arena.
Leo Ricketts and
Carter Berg-McLean both made five threes as part of 19 for the Greyhounds. The 19 threes made eclipsed the January 24,2008, record of 18 in a game against Siena College.
Ricketts and Berg-McLean both scored career highs in the game with 28 and 17, combining to go 13 of 26 from the field and 10 of 17 from 3-point range. Ricketts also went 9 of 9 from the free-throw line, tying for the 14th-best mark at the line in school history.
Loyola's 106 points are tied for the 13th-most in school history and the fourth-most the Greyhounds have scored in Reitz Arena since it opened in 1984. Loyola's 42 3-pointers attempted were also a school record, two more than the Greyhounds took in a November 19, 2001, game against Coppin State.
The Greyhounds outrebounded the Shoremen, 54-31, with the 54 rebounds the fourth-most in school history.
Robbie Long III had the first double-digit performance of his career with 10 points, while
Troy Cicero Jr. and
D'Andre Harrison both had nine.
Everett Barnes grabbed a career-best 10 rebounds for Loyola, and
Sebastien Emenalo tied his high with nine to go with eight points.
Berg-McLean dished out six assists, while
Max Ortega had five and
Abdullah Amzil four.
Loyola will be back in action on Thursday night when the Greyhounds head to Towson University for a 7 p.m. game at SECU Arena against the Tigers.
