VALPARAISO, Ind. (AP) - Ben Averkamp scored 16 points and had four blocked shots Wednesday night as Loyola of Chicago beat Valparaiso 63-54 in the Horizon League opener for both schools.
Christian Thomas had 14 points and six rebounds, and Cully Payne had 13 points and seven assists for the Ramblers (10-3).
Ryan Broekhoff led Valparaiso (10-5) with 15 points and seven rebounds. Kevin Van Wijk also had seven rebounds, and contributed 10 points. LaVonte Dority also scored 10 points for the Crusaders, going 8 for 8 from the free-throw line.
Loyola led 26-24 at halftime. Broekhoff made a 3-pointer for Valparaiso early in the second half, but Thomas' layup with 18 1/2 minutes to go put the Ramblers ahead for good.
| Scoreboard | |||
| Final | 1 | 2 | T |
| Loyola-Chicago (10-3) « | 26 | 37 | 63 |
| Valparaiso (10-5) | 24 | 30 | 54 |
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| Loyola-Chicago Ramblers | |||||||
| STARTERS | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| B. Averkamp, F | 36 | 4-10 | 8-9 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 16 |
| J. Hicks, F | 32 | 2-3 | 0-0 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 4 |
| C. Payne, G | 33 | 4-9 | 2-3 | 2 | 7 | 2 | 13 |
| C. Thomas, G | 28 | 6-10 | 2-4 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 14 |
| J. Crisman, G | 27 | 2-4 | 0-0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| BENCH | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| D. Turk | 22 | 3-6 | 1-2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 9 |
| J. White | 11 | 1-3 | 0-0 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| N. Osborne | 6 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| M. O'Leary | 5 | 0-2 | 0-0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Totals | 22-47 | 13-18 | 34 | 17 | 14 | 63 | |
| 46.8% | 72.2% | ||||||
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| STARTERS | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| R. Broekhoff, F | 36 | 6-12 | 0-0 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 15 |
| K. Van Wijk, F | 25 | 4-8 | 2-4 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 10 |
| B. Boggs, G | 25 | 2-6 | 0-0 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| L. Dority, G | 23 | 1-7 | 8-8 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 10 |
| M. Kenney, G | 21 | 1-3 | 0-0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| BENCH | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| E. Buggs | 24 | 4-8 | 0-0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 9 |
| J. Coleman | 18 | 1-4 | 0-0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| B. Capobianco | 15 | 1-5 | 0-0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 2 |
| W. Bogan | 13 | 0-3 | 0-0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| V. Fernandez | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 20-56 | 10-12 | 32 | 8 | 17 | 54 | |
| 35.7% | 83.3% | ||||||
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