BALTIMORE (AP) - Erik Etherly led four players in double figures with 22 points as Loyola (MD) defeated Maryland-Baltimore County 86-70 Wednesday night in a nonconference meeting.
Tyler Hubbard and Dylon Cormier scored 17 points apiece for the Greyhounds while Robert Olson chipped in with 10.
UMBC (1-2) led 15-14 early in the first half before Hubbard knocked down a 3-pointer and converted a three-point play on back-to-back possessions to put Loyola up 20-15.
The Retrievers cut the deficit to one, 20-19, but Loyola closed the half on a 25-11 run to take a 15-point advantage, 45-30, into halftime.
UMBC never got any closer than 11 in the second half.
Loyola (2-1) shot 50 percent (28 of 56) from the field -including 7 of 14 from deep - and dominated the boards 44-29.
Chase Plummer led UMBC with 28 points but shot just 9 of 17 from the field.
| Scoreboard | |||
| Final | 1 | 2 | T |
| Maryland-Baltimore County (1-2) | 30 | 40 | 70 |
| Loyola-Maryland (2-1) « | 45 | 41 | 86 |
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| Maryland-Baltimore County Retrievers | |||||||
| STARTERS | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| C. Plummer, F | 33 | 9-17 | 8-11 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 28 |
| B. Roseboro, F | 26 | 2-9 | 0-2 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 4 |
| A. Morgan, G | 37 | 3-9 | 0-0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 9 |
| R. Cook, G | 33 | 5-13 | 2-3 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 12 |
| B. Neller, G | 23 | 0-5 | 1-2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| BENCH | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| J. Getz | 24 | 5-9 | 0-0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 10 |
| A. Satchell | 12 | 2-2 | 0-0 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 4 |
| J. Lane | 7 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| M. Garner | 5 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| W. Wise | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 27-66 | 11-18 | 29 | 11 | 21 | 70 | |
| 40.9% | 61.1% | ||||||
| Loyola-Maryland Greyhounds | |||||||
| STARTERS | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| E. Etherly, F | 36 | 6-14 | 9-10 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 22 |
| J. Brooks, F | 16 | 0-2 | 3-4 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 3 |
| D. Cormier, G | 36 | 6-13 | 3-6 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 17 |
| R. Olson, G | 32 | 5-9 | 0-2 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 10 |
| J. Jones, G | 25 | 3-4 | 3-4 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 9 |
| BENCH | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| T. Hubbard | 25 | 6-7 | 1-1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 17 |
| W. Rassman | 20 | 2-4 | 4-4 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 8 |
| E. Laster | 6 | 0-3 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| C. Onyiuke | 2 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| L. Wandrusch | 2 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 28-56 | 23-31 | 44 | 14 | 14 | 86 | |
| 50% | 74.2% | ||||||
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