Game Information
Opponent	Navy Midshipmen
Game Notes	Loyola
Date	Wednesday, February 25, 2026
Time	7:00 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's men's basketball plays its final home game of the 2025-26 regular-season on Wednesday, February 25, when it hosts the U.S. Naval Academy at 7 p.m. in Reitz Arena.
• Wednesday's game is the penultimate of the regular-season for both teams.
• The Loyola-Navy contest will be streamed live on ESPN+
• The Greyhounds are the only Patriot League team with three players averaging 14 or more points per game. 
• 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 Navy will meet for the 52nd time in series history, and the 28th time since the Greyhounds joined the Patriot League in 2013-14, when the teams take the floor on Wednesday night.
• Navy holds a 38-13 lead in the all-time series having won the last two meetings.
• The teams split the 2024-2025 regular-season outings, and Navy took an 87-71 decision on January 31, 2026, in Annapolis, Maryland.
• Navy used a 22-6 first-half run to build a 13-point margin midway through the period, and the Midshipmen later opened the second half with an 11-2 stretch to build another double-digit margin that it would hold throughout much of an 87-71 victory in the first game this year. 
• Emmett Adair finished one off his career-high with 28 points for Loyola, and Braeden Speed scored 25, but Navy shot 66.5 percent from the field overall.
• Loyola led 11-8 just over five minutes into the game after two Speed free throws, but a Cam Cole jumper for Navy kicked off the scoring run that would build a 30-17 lead with 9:29 when Cole bookended it with a three.
• The teams first met during the 1910-11 season making Navy the first-ever current Patriot League team that Loyola faced.

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

• Jacob Theodosiou scored two of his team-high 25 points on a driving layup with 17 seconds left in regulation to the game, and Tyson Commander solid defense on a Jalen Cox drive in the final seconds helped Loyola force overtime on Saturday, but Colgate used the extra five minutes for a 101-98 Patriot League win on its home court.
• Loyola trailed by 10, 80-70, with 2:46 left in regulation after Cox made the second of two at the free-throw line, but the Greyhound scored the next eight points, and a Troy Cicero Jr. 3-pointer with 87 seconds left made it a two-point gap.
• Cox scored two of his 38 points on Colgate's next possession for an 82-78 Raiders lead. Loyola had a held-ball call with the possession arrow on its next possession, and off the baseline out-of-bounds play, Braeden Speed threw it to Jordan Stiemke at the top of the perimeter, and Stiemke immediately drove past his defender and got to the rim for a dunk with 54 seconds on the clock.
• The Greyhounds held Colgate without points on its next possession, and Theodosiou drove the left side, finishing for two for an 82-82 tie. Cox drove on the right for Colgate looking to win the game in regulation, but Commander stayed horizontal and blocked Cox's attempt, sending the game to overtime.
• After back-and-forth in the first two-plus minutes of overtime, Colgate went up four, 90-86, on a Cox layup, but Cicero cut it back to a one-point game with a 3-pointer with 2:02 on the clock.
• Andrew Alekseyenko converted a jumper 20 seconds later for Colgate, and on the next possession, Loyola was whistled for an offensive foul. Cox made two free throws at the 46-second mark, and the margin was five or more until a Theodosiou three as time expired.
• In addition to Theodosiou's 25 points that were two off his season-high, Adair had 23 and Speed 19. Stiemke scored 13, and Cicero had 11 off the bench for the Greyhounds. Speed also had seven assists, and Adair just missed a double-double with nine rebounds.

Back To Speed

• Braeden Speed leads the team in scoring at 15.5 points per game, a mark that is up more than four points since the start of December over Loyola's last 20 games. He has led the Greyhounds in scoring in nine of the last 17 games, including eight of 16 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 19 of 20 outings with seven 20-plus games and 11 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 20 outings, Speed has averaged a team-high 17.4 points per game to go with 4.8 rebounds and a team-best 3.75 assists. He has shot 45.2 percent from the field, making 38.7 percent (41 of 106) from 3-point range.
• Overall this year, he is also first on the team in total rebounds (134) and assists (105).
• 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 68.6 per KenPom's tempo rankings. 

Speed In The League

• Braeden Speed is the Greyhounds' leading scorer in Patriot League games, averaging 17.7 over 16 contests. Getting to the line has been a big part of helping those scoring numbers. He leads the conference in free throws made (79) and is second in free throws attempted (95) during conference games (.832). 

Adair Among Freshmen

• Emmett Adair is second on the Greyhounds in scoring during Patriot League games, averaging 15.1 points and 5.5 rebounds per game.
• He is one of two Patriot League freshmen  (Colgate's Andrew Alekseyenko) – and 13 freshmen nationally – to average 14-plus points and five or more rebounds per game this year. Overall, he's at 14.2 points and 5.3 rebounds per game.
• Adair has scored 25 or more points in four games this year, something only 13 other NCAA Division I freshmen have accomplished this season. He has seven games with 20 or more, one of 29 freshmen to do so.

All By Himself

• Emmett Adair is the only Loyola freshman since 2010-2011 to have seven games with 20 or more points (per Stathead).
• In the same time span, he is one of 10 Patriot League freshmen with seven or more 20-plus point games, joining Bucknell's Amon Dörries (8) this season. 

Second Half Sparks

• Through 29 games this year, the Greyhounds' offense has been better during the second half of games, averaging 40.1 points to 34.2 in the first half.
• Loyola has shot .458 from the field after the break, compared with .413 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 31 more shots after halftime this season and is averaging 9.6 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 14.2 points, a team-high 5.3 rebounds and 1.0 assists in his 24 games played while averaging 24.8 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 46.9 percent from the field in those games, 57.8 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 two weeks ago, Jordan Stiemke averaged 13.5.
• The games, coupled with last week's against Army West Point and Colgate, extended his streak of 11 or more points per game to six, 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 eight, he has averaged 12.8.

Community Affair

• Loyola is third in the Patriot League in rebounds per game at 35.6, but the Greyhounds have only one player ranked in the top 10 of league individual rebounding.
• Three Greyhounds – Emmett Adair (5.3), Braeden Speed (4.6) and Jacob Theodosiou (4.1) – average 4.0 or more rebounds per game, and two others – Jordan Stiemke (3.2) and Sebastien Emenalo (3.4) – 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 29 outings. 
• Emmett Adair has played in 24 games thus far, but he fourth in the conference with 58 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 10.3 in their 16 Patriot League outings.

Helping Trains Run On Time

• Tyson Commander's stats do not pop off the sheet as he's averaging a modest 3.8 points and 2.4 rebounds per game this season, but his contributions to Loyola's efficiency come on the court.
• The senior has started the last 14 games for Loyola, contests in which the Greyhounds' KenPom offensive efficiency is 109.5, more than five points higher than its season average of 104.2. Loyola's defensive number is 107.7, more than 11 points less than the season average of 118.9.

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 14.1 points 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 18.6.
• Emenalo has averaged 4.4 rebounds per game in 16.7 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 22 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 11.4 points and 5.7 assists in 53 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 86 games over the last three years for Golden State. This year, he's averaging 6.3 points and 3.3 assists in 41 outings. 

Up Next

• The Greyhounds go on the road for their final game of the regular-season, heading to Worcester, Massachusetts, to play College of the Holy Cross on Saturday, February 28, at 12 noon.