EMMITSBURG, Md. (AP) - Shane Walker scored 20 points and Loyola (Md.) defeated Mount St. Mary's 65-54 on Saturday for its eighth win in a row.
Mount St. Mary's leads the series, which is the oldest basketball rivalry in the state of Maryland, 96-71 but Loyola has won the past two meetings.
Robert Olson added 19 points and Dylon Cormier had 15 for the Greyhounds (8-1).
Loyola shot twice as many free throws as Mount St. Mary's, 32-16, and Walker made 10 of 13. Olson hit a 3-pointer to give the Greyhounds their biggest lead at 56-44 with 3:23 remaining and the Mountaineers could get no closer than eight points the rest of the way.
Julian Norfleet scored 23 points and Kristijan Krajina added 10 for the Mountaineers (1-8), who have lost seven in a row. Mount St. Mary's has been held to fewer than 57 points in six games this season.
| Scoreboard | |||
| Final | 1 | 2 | T |
| Loyola-Maryland (8-1) « | 33 | 32 | 65 |
| Mount St. Mary's (1-8) | 26 | 28 | 54 |
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| Loyola-Maryland Greyhounds | |||||||
| STARTERS | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| S. Walker, F | 29 | 4-7 | 10-13 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 20 |
| E. Etherly, F | 20 | 0-5 | 0-0 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 0 |
| R. Olson, G | 32 | 6-11 | 4-5 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 19 |
| D. Cormier, G | 27 | 6-9 | 1-4 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 15 |
| R. Williams, G | 23 | 0-2 | 0-0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 0 |
| BENCH | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| J. Drummond | 24 | 2-6 | 5-6 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 9 |
| A. Winbush | 24 | 0-2 | 0-0 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| J. Latham | 18 | 0-1 | 2-4 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 |
| J. Brooks | 2 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| J. Hall | 1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 18-43 | 22-32 | 31 | 10 | 19 | 65 | |
| 41.9% | 68.8% | ||||||
| Mount St. Mary's Mountaineers | |||||||
| STARTERS | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| K. Krajina, F | 27 | 4-6 | 2-2 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 10 |
| D. Thompson, F | 23 | 0-3 | 0-0 | 8 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| J. Norfleet, G | 39 | 7-15 | 5-10 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 23 |
| J. Castellanos, G | 35 | 0-5 | 0-0 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 0 |
| K. Parker, G | 29 | 2-6 | 0-0 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| BENCH | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| R. Barber | 29 | 4-11 | 0-2 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 8 |
| C. Holley | 18 | 3-5 | 2-2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 9 |
| Totals | 20-51 | 9-16 | 34 | 10 | 23 | 54 | |
| 39.2% | 56.3% | ||||||
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