BALTIMORE (AP) - Dylon Cormier and Erik Etherly combined for 42 points to lift Loyola (MD) over Rider 71-65 Friday night in Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference play.
Cormier and Etherly posted almost identical stat lines, as each made seven shots from the field, including a 3-pointer, and six free throws en route to 21 points. Cormier added six assists and seven rebounds and Etherly had eight boards for Loyola (10-5, 2-1), which held a 38-29 rebounding advantage.
It was the first time this season Loyola had two players score over 20 points.
Loyola led 31-25 at halftime but Rider (6-9, 1-2) cut the deficit to two, 43-41, behind Dera Nd-Ezuma's layup at the 10:59 mark. However, Loyola rattled off 10 straight points to pull away. Robert Olson (10 points) capped the run with a layup while Cormier and Etherly both hit free throws during the spurt.
Daniel Stewart led Rider with 13 points.
| Scoreboard | |||
| Final | 1 | 2 | T |
| Rider (6-9) | 25 | 40 | 65 |
| Loyola-Maryland (10-5) « | 31 | 40 | 71 |
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| STARTERS | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| D. Stewart, F | 22 | 6-11 | 1-4 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 13 |
| D. Nd-Ezuma, C | 26 | 1-3 | 1-2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| A. Myles, G | 30 | 2-9 | 7-9 | 6 | 2 | 5 | 11 |
| Z. Sadler, G | 29 | 3-6 | 0-0 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 8 |
| N. Lindsey, G | 26 | 2-3 | 1-4 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 5 |
| BENCH | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| J. Thompson | 25 | 5-11 | 0-0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 11 |
| S. Valentine | 23 | 1-3 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 3 |
| T. Pereira | 15 | 4-7 | 0-0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 11 |
| J. Fortunat | 2 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| D. Stewart | 2 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 24-54 | 10-19 | 29 | 12 | 22 | 65 | |
| 44.4% | 52.6% | ||||||
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| STARTERS | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| E. Etherly, F | 38 | 7-13 | 6-9 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 21 |
| A. Winbush, F | 33 | 4-6 | 1-1 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 10 |
| F. Rassman, F | 17 | 0-2 | 1-2 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| D. Cormier, G | 37 | 7-15 | 6-7 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 21 |
| R. Olson, G | 34 | 4-12 | 2-2 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 10 |
| BENCH | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| J. Jones | 23 | 1-2 | 2-4 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| J. Brooks | 7 | 1-3 | 0-0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| J. Latham | 6 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 |
| E. Laster | 4 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| T. Hubbard | 1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 25-54 | 18-25 | 38 | 14 | 14 | 71 | |
| 46.3% | 72% | ||||||
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