CLEVELAND (AP) - Christian Thomas scored a career-high 21 points and Ben Averkamp added 18 as Loyola of Chicago defeated Cleveland State 67-55 Wednesday to snap a nine-game losing streak against the Vikings.
Thomas was 9 of 13 from the field and Averkamp sank all eight free throw attempts for Loyola (12-7, 2-4 Horizon League), which converted 18 of 22 shots from the charity stripe.
Both teams made just nine shots in the first half and entered intermission tied 25-all. Cleveland State opened the second half on a 13-4 run and led 48-36 with 13:23 left to play. But Loyola rattled off 12 straight points to tie the game at 48.
Cleveland State (10-11, 2-5) regained the lead 55-51 but was held scoreless over the final 4:58 as Loyola pulled away.
Bryn Forbes had 22 points for Cleveland State and is averaging 16.6 points since being inserted into the starting lineup Jan. 7.
| Scoreboard | |||
| Final | 1 | 2 | T |
| Loyola-Chicago (12-7) « | 25 | 42 | 67 |
| Cleveland State (10-11) | 25 | 30 | 55 |
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| Loyola-Chicago Ramblers | |||||||
| STARTERS | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| B. Averkamp, F | 32 | 5-9 | 8-8 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 18 |
| C. Thomas, F | 28 | 9-13 | 3-4 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 21 |
| J. Crisman, G | 31 | 0-2 | 2-2 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 2 |
| C. Payne, G | 27 | 2-3 | 2-2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 8 |
| J. Hicks, G | 26 | 2-4 | 1-3 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 5 |
| BENCH | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| D. Turk | 27 | 4-6 | 2-2 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 13 |
| L. Dokubo | 14 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| N. Osborne | 9 | 0-2 | 0-1 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| M. O'Leary | 6 | 0-2 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 22-41 | 18-22 | 33 | 17 | 13 | 67 | |
| 53.7% | 81.8% | ||||||
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| STARTERS | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| D. Long, F | 31 | 3-4 | 2-3 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 8 |
| T. Kamczyc, F | 18 | 1-4 | 0-0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 3 |
| B. Forbes, G | 38 | 7-13 | 5-5 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 22 |
| C. Lee, G | 36 | 4-11 | 0-0 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 8 |
| S. Douglas, G | 32 | 2-7 | 0-0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 |
| BENCH | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| M. Mason | 17 | 4-7 | 0-0 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 10 |
| L. Ndaye | 15 | 0-3 | 0-0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| J. Lomomba | 9 | 0-4 | 0-0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| J. Ivory | 4 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Totals | 21-53 | 7-8 | 21 | 12 | 20 | 55 | |
| 39.6% | 87.5% | ||||||
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