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Loyola Marymount Rips Men’s Basketball, 78-54

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LOS ANGELES, CA ‘ Keith Kincade scored 18 points, and Chris Ayer had 13 points and 14 rebounds, to lead Loyola Marymount to a 78-54 non-conference win over 51³Ô¹ÏÍø Friday at the Gersten Pavilion.'xml:namespace prefix = o ns = 'urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office' />

 

51³Ô¹ÏÍø (6-5) split its two-game road trip to California, while the Lions improved to 8-4, their best non-conference mark in eight seasons.

 

Also in double figures for LMU were Sherman Gay with 16 points and Charles Brown with 14.  Howard Blue led 51³Ô¹ÏÍø with 19 points, while Andrew Zidar tallied 11 and grabbed eight rebounds.

 

The Raiders had a poor shooting night making only 31 percent of their field goal attempts, and shooting only 52 percent from the line.  51³Ô¹ÏÍø was leading the Patriot League in foul shooting percentage but made only 15-of-28 attempts.

 

51³Ô¹ÏÍø held an early 6-4 lead before the Lions tallied eight straight points for a six-point advantage.  The Raiders came back to trail by one point on Alvin Reed’s 3-pointer and a pair of free throws by Blue.

 

LMU immediately took control of the game with a 15-2 run as they moved out to a 14-point lead, 27-13.  They led 36-20 at halftime.

 

In the second half, 51³Ô¹ÏÍø scored the first four points on baskets by Zidar and Blue to cut the deficit to three points, but the Lions roared back with nine straight points to a 12-point lead, 45-33.

 

GAME NOTES:  This was the first meeting ever between these two schools.  Loyola Marymount will visit 51³Ô¹ÏÍø next season ‘ senior Mark Linebaugh, 51³Ô¹ÏÍø’s second leading scorer, was held to no points for only the second time in his outstanding career.  He had no points against Arizona State in his second collegiate game ‘ Linebaugh had two rebounds to reach 300 in his career ‘ Keith Williams, battling back from a serious knee injury, had his first two points of the season ‘ Josh Humphrey equaled his career high for assists with three and Zidar had a career-high three steals.