JERSEY CITY, N.J. (AP) - Ben Averkamp scored 17 points, 13 from the foul line, to lead Loyola (IL) to a 54-49 victory over St. Peter's Saturday.
The Ramblers (8-3) won it at the foul line, where they had a huge advantage. Averkamp was a perfect 13 for 13 as St. Peter's sank 23 of 31 foul shots. St. Peter's (5-6) went 6 for 19 at the stripe.
Both teams started sluggishly, with the Peacocks leading 17-16 at the break despite shooting 29.6 percent (8 for 27, 0 for 4 on treys). Loyola was even worse, making just 5 of 20 from the field and missing 5 of 6 3-pointers.
Each team warmed up in the second half, but Loyola rode Averkamp and its foul shooting to the win.
Joe Crisman led Loyola with 12 points on 5 for 5 shooting. Yvon Raymond was the lone Peacock in double figures with 17 points.
| Scoreboard | |||
| Final | 1 | 2 | T |
| Loyola-Chicago (8-3) « | 16 | 38 | 54 |
| St. Peter's (5-6) | 17 | 32 | 49 |
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| Loyola-Chicago Ramblers | |||||||
| STARTERS | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| B. Averkamp, F | 35 | 2-7 | 13-13 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 17 |
| C. Thomas, F | 32 | 3-7 | 3-5 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 9 |
| J. Crisman, G | 31 | 5-5 | 2-3 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 12 |
| C. Payne, G | 30 | 1-7 | 4-7 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 6 |
| J. Hicks, G | 25 | 1-4 | 0-0 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| BENCH | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| D. Turk | 21 | 1-5 | 1-1 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| J. White | 15 | 1-4 | 0-2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| N. Osborne | 11 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Totals | 15-41 | 23-31 | 36 | 5 | 14 | 54 | |
| 36.6% | 74.2% | ||||||
| St. Peter's Peacocks | |||||||
| STARTERS | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| D. Conley, F | 25 | 3-7 | 1-2 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 7 |
| P. Jackson, F | 20 | 1-2 | 1-4 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 3 |
| Y. Raymond, G | 37 | 7-12 | 3-7 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 17 |
| D. Washington, G | 35 | 3-13 | 0-0 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 7 |
| B. Ffrench, G | 34 | 2-8 | 1-4 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 5 |
| BENCH | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| C. Burke | 19 | 3-5 | 0-0 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 6 |
| C. Prescott | 13 | 0-2 | 0-2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| M. Tucker | 10 | 2-4 | 0-0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| E. Desport | 4 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| C. Patterson | 3 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Totals | 21-54 | 6-19 | 35 | 10 | 26 | 49 | |
| 38.9% | 31.6% | ||||||
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