LOS ANGELES (AP) - Anthony Ireland scored 29 points and Loyola Marymount rallied from a 9-point halftime deficit for an 84-80 victory over Santa Clara on Thursday night.
Ireland also dished out eight assists for Loyola Marymount (8-8, 1-2 West Coast). Ashley Hamilton scored 17 points, including three 3-pointers, and Ayodeji Egbeyemi scored 13. Godwin Okonji grabbed nine rebounds and blocked four shots.
Evan Roquemore scored 21 points to lead Santa Clara (12-5, 1-2). Brandon Clark scored 17. Both men made 4 of 5 attempts from 3-point range.
Raymond Cowels III scored 15 points and grabbed 11 rebounds. Kevin Foster scored 11 points, but was 3 of 15 from 3-point range. Foster had seven assists and four steals.
| Scoreboard | |||
| Final | 1 | 2 | T |
| Santa Clara (12-5) | 44 | 36 | 80 |
| Loyola Marymount (8-8) « | 35 | 49 | 84 |
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| STARTERS | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| M. Trasolini, F | 28 | 3-9 | 1-3 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 7 |
| R. Garrett, C | 12 | 2-3 | 0-1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| K. Foster, G | 39 | 4-18 | 0-0 | 2 | 7 | 3 | 11 |
| E. Roquemore, G | 31 | 7-11 | 3-3 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 21 |
| R. Cowels III, G | 29 | 5-9 | 3-3 | 11 | 2 | 4 | 15 |
| BENCH | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| Y. Atanga | 27 | 1-6 | 3-4 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 5 |
| B. Clark | 23 | 4-7 | 5-6 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 17 |
| J. McArthur | 8 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| D. Johnson | 3 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Totals | 26-65 | 15-20 | 43 | 18 | 21 | 80 | |
| 40% | 75% | ||||||
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| STARTERS | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| A. Osborne, F | 28 | 4-9 | 0-0 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 8 |
| G. Okonji, F | 22 | 1-2 | 2-2 | 9 | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| A. Egbeyemi, G | 40 | 3-11 | 5-6 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 13 |
| A. Ireland, G | 38 | 9-21 | 8-9 | 1 | 8 | 3 | 29 |
| B. English, G | 24 | 1-3 | 4-6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 7 |
| BENCH | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| A. Hamilton | 33 | 7-11 | 2-2 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 17 |
| N. Stover | 13 | 2-2 | 0-0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 6 |
| T. Walker | 2 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 27-59 | 21-25 | 33 | 15 | 16 | 84 | |
| 45.8% | 84% | ||||||
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