BALTIMORE (AP) - Juan'ya Green scored four of his 19 points in the final 56 seconds as Niagara held off Loyola (MD) 62-61 Wednesday night in Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference action, snapping a three-game skid.
The Purple Eagles (3-5, 1-1) trailed 25-17 at the 7:50 mark, then launched an 11-2 spurt to lead 28-27 at halftime.
Niagara built a 56-46 lead, but the Greyhounds (7-3, 0-1) chipped away and used an 8-0 run to tie it at 58 with 1:41 left.
Loyola had a chance to pull ahead when Dylan Cormier stole the ball from Green, but his layup was blocked by Ameen Tanksley.
Green made a layup with 26 seconds to go, then got his revenge on Cormier with a steal. After Green's two foul shots made it 62-58, Anthony Winbush hit a 3 with 1 second left.
Antoine Mason added 14 points for the Purple Eagles.
Cormier's 17 points led Loyola.
| Scoreboard | |||
| Final | 1 | 2 | T |
| Niagara (3-5) « | 28 | 34 | 62 |
| Loyola-Maryland (7-3) | 27 | 34 | 61 |
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| Niagara Purple Eagles | |||||||
| STARTERS | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| J. Thomas, F | 16 | 2-5 | 0-0 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 4 |
| J. Green, G | 39 | 6-11 | 4-5 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 19 |
| A. Mason, G | 36 | 5-14 | 4-6 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 14 |
| M. Lemmons, G | 28 | 2-4 | 3-4 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 7 |
| A. Tanksley, G | 26 | 4-6 | 1-2 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 10 |
| BENCH | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| T. Cline | 28 | 2-6 | 0-1 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 5 |
| T. McCall | 26 | 1-4 | 1-6 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 3 |
| S. Jones | 1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 22-50 | 13-24 | 32 | 11 | 21 | 62 | |
| 44% | 54.2% | ||||||
| Loyola-Maryland Greyhounds | |||||||
| STARTERS | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| A. Winbush, F | 33 | 4-9 | 0-0 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 9 |
| J. Latham, F | 25 | 0-4 | 2-2 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 2 |
| D. Cormier, G | 39 | 6-11 | 5-8 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 17 |
| R. Olson, G | 36 | 3-7 | 2-2 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 10 |
| J. Jones, G | 14 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| BENCH | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| W. Rassman | 17 | 3-6 | 2-3 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 8 |
| J. Brooks | 16 | 3-5 | 0-1 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 6 |
| T. Hubbard | 16 | 1-7 | 4-5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 7 |
| E. Laster | 2 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| L. Wandrusch | 2 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 21-52 | 15-21 | 32 | 5 | 19 | 61 | |
| 40.4% | 71.4% | ||||||
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