Game Information
Opponent	Colgate Raiders
Game Notes	Loyola
Date	Saturday, February 21, 2026
Time	2:00 p.m.
Location	Hamilton, N.Y. | Cotterell Court
Tickets	Purchase
Getting There	Directions
Online Media	ESPN+ | Live Stats | International Video Feed

Quick Hits

• The Loyola University Maryland men's basketball heads on the road for its penultimate road trip of the regular-season. The Greyhounds will play at Colgate University on Saturday, February 21, in a 2 p.m. tip-off.
• The Greyhounds have won three of their last five games and five of their last eight contests.
• Loyola committed a season-low four turnovers in Sunday's game against Holy Cross.
• 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

• The Greyhounds and Colgate will play for the 28th time in series history when the teams take the floor on Saturday afternoon with Colgate holding a 20-7 lead in the series.
• All seven of the Greyhounds' victories have come in the 13 games played in Baltimore with six of those wins taking place in Reitz Arena.
• Last year, the teams split the season series with Colgate winning the opening game, 82-68, on February 8, 2025, in Hamilton, New York.
• The Greyhounds returned the favor, snapping a nine-game losing streak to the Raiders, by winning the February 23 meeting, 84-65.
• This year, when the teams played on January 14 in Baltimore, Colgate led by nine with less than five minutes to play, but Loyola got the margin to one with 68 seconds left only to see the Raiders hold on for an 86-80 win.
• Braeden Speed had his first collegiate double-double in the game with 20 points and 10 rebounds, and Sebastien Emenalo scored a to-date career-high 19 points, shooting 7 of 9 from the field and 3 of 3 from 3-point range. Emmett Adair added 13, and Jordan Stiemke had 12 for Loyola, while Jalen Cox led the Raiders with 17.

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

• Army West Point held Loyola scoreless for more than six minutes in the opening 10 of the first half Wednesday night and used a 16-0 run to build a lead it would not give up in an 87-77 win at Reitz Arena.
• Emmett Adair and Tyson Commander scored baskets in the first two minutes for the Greyhounds, but the Black Knights scored the next 16 and led 18-4 on a Kevin McCarthy layup at 11:25.
• The Greyhounds rallied quickly with 11 of the next 15 points to close within five, 20-15, on two Troy Cicero Jr. free throws at 8:39. The next seven points, however, came from Army West Point to put a cap on the momentum.
• The Black Knights led 48-31 in the first two minutes of the second half, but Loyola would again draw closer. 
• Braeden Speed scored on a layup and free throw at 10:58 to move the gap to nine, 58-49, and Cicero three at 8:55 got the Greyhounds within seven, 62-55.
• Army West Point, however, shot 50 percent from the field after halftime to hold off Loyola.
• Jacob Theodosiou led the Greyhounds with 15 points, while Speed had 13 and Jordan Stiemke 11. Sebastien Emenalo had a team-best eight rebounds and three blocked shots.

Guards Seeing Red (Maroon Actually)

• A pair of Loyola guards have experienced a good bit of success against Colgate over the last three games with three combined games of 20 or more.
• Braeden Speed was the latest, logging his first collegiate double-double on January 14, 2026, in Baltimore, scoring 20 to go with 10 rebounds. Speed left the game with an injury in the first half only to return in the second and score all of his 20 points.
• Jacob Theodosiou had two of the best long-distance shooting games of his career against the Raiders last season. In Hamilton, New York, on February 8, 2025, he made 6 of 12 from 3-point range and scored a to-date career-high 32 points. He followed that on February 23 with 22 points, making 6 of 9 from three.
• Theodosiou also went down with an injury in this year's first game – he finished the game but missed the next five –but scored six. He has averaged 20.0 points and 6.0 rebounds in three games against the Raiders.
• Speed scored eight and 11 in two games in 2025-26 versus the Raiders and has averaged 13 points in the three games.

Back To Speed

• Braeden Speed leads the team in scoring at 15.4 points per game, a mark that is up more than four points since the start of December over Loyola's last 19 games. He has led the Greyhounds in scoring in nine of the last 16 games, including eight of 15 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 18 of 19 outings with seven 20-plus games and 10 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. Speed logged his second double-double with 13 points and 11 rebounds at Lafayette, falling three assist short of a triple-double, and he backed that up with 25 points, nine rebounds and seven assists versus Holy Cross.
• During the last 19 outings, Speed has averaged a team-high 17.3 points per game to go with 4.8 rebounds and a team-best 3.6 assists. He has shot 45.6 percent from the field, making 39 percent (39 of 100) from 3-point range. Overall this year, he is also first on the team in total rebounds (130) and assists (98).
• 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. 

Playing With Pace

• Loyola ranks first in the Patriot League with in possessions per game in conference games, averaging 67.5 per KenPom's tempo rankings. 

Speed In The League

• Braeden Speed is the Greyhounds' leading scorer in Patriot League games, averaging 17.6 over 15 contests. Getting to the line has been a big part of helping those scoring numbers. He leads the conference in free throws made (72) and is second in free throws attempted (88) during conference games (.818). 

Adair Among Freshmen

• Emmett Adair is second on the Greyhounds in scoring during Patriot League games, averaging 14.5 points and is tied for the team-lead with Speed with 5.3 rebounds per game.
• He is one of three Patriot League freshmen – and 27 freshmen nationally – to average 13-plus points and five or more rebounds per game this year. Overall, he's at 13.8 points and 5.2 rebounds per game.
• Adair has scored 25 or more points in four games this year, something only six other NCAA Division I freshmen have accomplished this season.
• The Australian is fourth among Patriot League freshmen in points and rebounds per game.

Second Half Sparks

• Through 28 games this year, the Greyhounds' offense has been better during the second half of games, averaging 39.8 points to 34.2 in the first half.
• Loyola has shot .458 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 29 more shots after halftime this season and is averaging 9.4 following the break to 5.8 in the first 20 minutes.

Adair Up There

• Emmett Adair had the first 20-plus point 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. 
• He put up 26 points with nine boards a week later at Lafayette, and he followed that with 24 points against Holy Cross, earning Patriot League Player and Rookie of the Week honors.
• 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 14.0 points, a team-high 5.3 rebounds and 1.1 assists in his 22 games played while averaging 24.4 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 47.8 percent from the field in those games, 59.1 percent from 2-point range.

Stiemke Scoring

• While Emmett Adair (25.0 points per game) and Braeden Speed (19.0) put up the biggest scoring numbers in wins over Lafayette and Holy Cross last week, Jordan Stiemke had 13 against the Leopards, 14 versus the Crusaders to average 13.5.
• The games, coupled with Wednesday night's against Army West Point, extended his streak of 11 or more points per game to five, dating back to a 19-point game against Lehigh on February 4. 
• Stiemke started Patriot League play averaging 4.3 points over the first eight conference games, but in the last seven, he has averaged 12.7.

Community Affair

• Loyola is third in the Patriot League in rebounds per game at 35.4, but the Greyhounds have only one player ranked in the top 10 of league individual rebounding.
• Three Greyhounds – Emmett Adair (5.2), Braeden Speed (4.6) and Jacob Theodosiou (4.2) – average 4.0 or more rebounds per game, and two others – Jordan Stiemke (3.1) and Sebastien Emenalo (3.3) – average more than three per game.

On The Offensive Glass

• Loyola is second in the Patriot League in offensive rebounds per game, averaging 10.6 through 28 outings. 
• Emmett Adair has played in 23 games thus far, but he is tied for fourth in the conference with 55 pulls off the offensive glass. 

Better With The Ball

• Loyola's turnover numbers have improved since the start of Patriot League games on December 31.
• The Greyhounds averaged 12.8 a game in 13 non-conference outings, but since then they have averaged only 10.5 in their 15 Patriot League outings.

Helping Trains Run On Time

• Tyson Commander's stats do not pop off the sheet as he's averaging a modest 3.7 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 13 games for Loyola, contests in which the Greyhounds' KenPom offensive efficiency is 109.3, more than five points higher than its season average of 103.3. Loyola's defensive number is 107.1, more than 11 points less than the season average of 118.1.
• Commander has shot 43.8 percent from 3-point range as a starter and averages 4.7 points and 2.6 boards.

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.
• Adair is averaging 14.5 in the conference after posting 12.4 pre-League.
• Berg-McLean is second on the team in assists (35) in Patriot League games and has seen his minutes per game rise from 6.9 to 19.3.
• Emenalo has averaged 4.3 rebounds per game in 16.3 minutes of conference action after grabbing 2.0 in 11.4 minutes during non-conference.

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 19 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 11.6 points and 5.6 assists in 51 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 84 games over the last three years for Golden State. This year, he's averaging 6.3 points and 3.2 assists in 39 outings.