Game Information
Opponent	Lafayette Leopards
Game Notes	Loyola
Date	Wednesday, February 11, 2026
Time	7:00 p.m.
Location	Easton, Pa. | Kirby Sports Center
Tickets	Purchase
Getting There	Directions
Online Media	ESPN+ | Live Stats | International Video Feed

Quick Hits

• Loyola University Maryland men's basketball wraps up a two-game road trip on Wednesday, February 11, when it heads to Lafayette College for a 7 p.m. tip at the Kirby Sports Center.
• Wednesday's game starts the final three weeks of the regular-season during which Loyola will split its six games between home and the road.
• The Leopards are fifth fourth team Loyola will play twice in Patriot League round-robin.
• 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 34th time in series history and 32nd time since the Greyhounds became members of the Patriot League in 2013-14. The Leopards hold an 18-15 advantage in the previous 33 games. Lafayette has won nine of 14 contests in Easton.
• Lafayette won the first meeting of this season after taking a 25-6 lead less than 10 minutes into the game. The Leopards never trailed and took a 79-64 final decision on January 3 in Baltimore.
• Caleb Williams and Shareed Jackson each had 20 for the Leopards, and Braeden Speed scored 18 for Loyola.
• 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 own 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

• Wednesday'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

• Boston University pulled away in the second half to defeat Loyola, 78–69, on Saturday afternoon at Case Gymnasium.
• The Terriers used a balanced scoring effort and a decisive run early in the half. Boston University took a 37–33 advantage into halftime before extending the margin after the break and then scored the first seven after halftime.
• Jacob Theodosiou led Loyola with a game-high 25 points on 10-of-13 shooting with three 3-pointers, and added five rebounds. Jordan Stiemke scored 15 points, while Emmett Adair added nine points and five rebounds for the Greyhounds.
• The Terriers were led by Ben Defty's 18 points and nine rebounds, while Chance Gladden finished with 15 points and seven assists and Sam Hughes added 14 points. 
• Michael McNair chipped in 15 points and 12 rebounds for the Terriers, scoring 12 of his points in the game's first eight minutes.

Back To Speed

• Braeden Speed leads the team in scoring at 15.2 points per game, a mark that is up almost four points since the start of December over Loyola's last 16 games. He has led the Greyhounds in scoring in eight of the last 13 games, including seven of 12 conference 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 in double figures in 15 of 16 outings with six 20-plus games and nine with 15 or more mixed in. He dropped his first 30-point game of his career on January 28 with 30 in a win over American.
• He had his first collegiate double-double with 20 points and 10 rebounds against Colgate. The game against the Raiders was the third 20-plus point game of Speed's collegiate career, joining his November 15 game against Stonehill when he had 21 and the December 21 contest at George Mason.
• During the last 16 outings, Speed has averaged a team-high 17.4 points per game to go with 4.3 rebounds and a team-best 3.2 assists. He has shot 45 cpercent from the field, making 40 percent (34 of 85) from 3-point range. Overall this year, he is also first on the team in total rebounds (107) and assists (81).
• Speed scored 20 or more in four-straight recent games (at Lehigh, Bucknell, American, at Navy). He was the first Loyola player to do so since Deon Perry did in January-February 2024. 

Speed In The League

• Braeden Speed is the Greyhounds' leading scorer in Patriot League games, averaging 17.8 over 12 contests. Getting to the line has been a big part of helping those scoring numbers. He leads the conference in free throws made (62) and is first in free throws attempted (75) during conference games (.827). 

Back To Form

• Jacob Theodosiou returned to the Loyola lineup on February 4 against Lehigh after missing five games with an injury. He did not score in five minutes of action, but his play popped three days later at Boston University.
• The junior guard, who is second on the team in scoring with 14.8 points per game, finished 10 of 13 from the field and scored a game-high 25 points against the Terriers. He also had three steals and tied for a team-best five rebounds.
• In the 15 games prior to his injury on January 14, Theodosiou had averaged 15.8 points, 3.9 assists, 4.3 rebounds and 2.1 steals.

Second Half Sparks

• Through 25 games this year, the Greyhounds' offense has been better during the second half of games, averaging 39.5 points to 34.3 in the first half.
• Loyola has shot .453 from the field after the break, compared with .415 in the first.
• On an individual basis, Braeden Speed has been the Greyhounds player with the biggest jump in the second half. Speed has taken 26 more shots after halftime this season and is averaging 9.4 following the break to 5.6 in the first 20 minutes.

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.
• 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.
• He nearly matched his career-high on January 31 at Navy, making 6 of 11 from 3-point range en route to scoring a team-best 28 points. He also grabbed seven offensive rebounds in the game.
• The very next game – February 4 in a double-overtime home win against Lehigh – Adair compiled his first collegiate double-double with 27 points and 11 rebounds. 
• 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 12.9 points, a team-high 5.3 rebounds and 1.2 assists in his 20 games played while averaging just 23.6 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 45.8 percent from the field in those games, 58.5 percent from 2-point range.

Freshman First

• Emmett Adair is the first Loyola freshman in the Greyhounds' Patriot League-era (since 2013-14) to score 25 or more points in back-to-back games after doing so at Navy (28) and Lehigh (27).
• Adair's three total games of 25 or more match Deon Perry's three in 2022-23 for most by a freshman during that span.

The Kids Are Alright

• Loyola's freshmen trio of Emmett Adair, Carter Berg-McLean and Sebastien Emenalo have seen their combined playing time increase significantly during Patriot League games, and they have produced.
• When in the lineup together on January 17 against Boston University for 8:05, Loyola outscored the Terriers by 12 points in what became a 17-point victory.
• Emenalo had the highest individual plus-minus of a Loyola player against a Division I opponent this year in the Boston University game at plus-31. Berg-McLean was a plus-15 against Colgate and plus-14 versus the Terriers.
• The three were a plus-7 together against Lehigh despite a seven-point loss.
• Since December 31 when Patriot League play started, Berg-McLean has averaged 19.8 minutes compared to 6.9 in non-conference games. Emenalo jumped to 17.1 from 11.4. 

Rare Rebounds

• Emmett Adair finished the January 31 game at Navy with seven rebounds, all of which came on the offensive glass. He is the first Loyola or Patriot League player to have seven or more offensive boards and no defensive rebounds since at least 2004-05 (per Stathead). He is one of five NCAA Division I players to have those marks this season.

Community Affair

• Loyola is third in the Patriot League in rebounds per game at 35.2, but the Greyhounds have only one player ranked in the top 10 of league individual rebounding.
• Three Greyhounds – Emmett Adair (5.3), Jacob Theodosiou (4.4) and Braeden Speed (4.3) – average 4.0 or more rebounds per game, and three others – Jonas Sirtautas (3.6), Jordan Stiemke (3.1) and Sebastien Emenalo (3.1) – average more than three per game.

On The Offensive Glass

• Loyola is second in the Patriot League in offensive rebounds per game, averaging 11.0 through 25 outings. 
• Emmett Adair has played in 20 games thus far, but he is third in the conference with 53 pulls off the offensive glass. He recently started to qualify for the league stats (minimum 75 percent of team's games played), and is also second with 2.7 per game.
• The Greyhounds held American to just two offensive rebounds on January 28, the fewest by a Loyola opponent since limiting Holy Cross to two in January 2024. It was the 19th time the Greyhounds have held a Patriot League opponent to three or fewer offensive boards since joining the conference in 2013-14.

Helping Trains Run On Time

• Tyson Commander's stats do not pop off the sheet as he's averaging a modest 3.5 points and 2.3 rebounds per game this season, but his contributions to Loyola's efficiency come on the court.
• The senior has started the last nine games for Loyola, contests in which the Greyhounds' KenPom offensive efficiency is 107.7, more than three points higher than its season average of 104.0. Loyola's defensive number is 107.3, 11+ points less than the season average of 118.8.
• Commander has shot 57.5 percent from 3-point range as a starter and averages 5.0 points and 2.7 boards.

Presence Felt

• Carter Berg-McLean's role has increased since the start of League play with the guard from New Zealand averaging 20.4 minutes in 12 conference games after seeing 6.9 minutes in 11 non-conference appearances.
• Berg-McLean's presence has not solely been reflected in the box score, but can be seen in the Greyhounds' plus-minus when he has been on the floor. He was a plus-15 against Colgate (Loyola scored 15 more points than the Raiders during his 15 minutes of action). He is second on the team with 31 assists in conference games with four coming against Colgate and a to-date career-high seven at Lehigh.

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 278 NBA games through February 9 and is averaging 14.0 points and 6.7 rebounds in 43 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 12.0 points and 5.6 assists in 49 games this season.
• 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 82 games over the last three years for Golden State. This year, he's averaging 6.0 points and 3.0 assists in 37 outings. 

Up Next

• Loyola returns to Reitz Arena on Sunday, February 15, to host College of the Holy Cross in a 1 p.m. game.