Jan. 3, 2011
Box Score
BALTIMORE, Md. - The Marist basketball team dropped a Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference (MAAC) game at Loyola by a score of 83-67 on Monday. The Greyhounds led the game wire-to-wire as the Red Foxes suffered their first conference loss of the season.
Junior guard R.J. Hall (East Orange, N.J.) led Marist with 17 points, shooting 5-for-7 from the field, 2-for-3 from three-point range and 5-for-5 from the free-throw line. Sophomore guard Candon Rusin (Surf City, N.C.) added 15 while shooting 4-for-8 from the field and 6-for-6 from the free-throw line. Red-shirt senior guard Dejuan Goodwin (Baltimore, Md.) led the Red Foxes in rebounds with four and assists with three.
The Greyhounds started hot, scoring the game's first seven points and running the lead to 16-2 before Marist called a timeout at the 15:59 mark. A three-pointer by Robert Olson at the 12:40 mark gave Loyola its largest lead of the first half at 25-6. Marist cut Loyola's lead to 10 on two occasions in the first half, but never drew closer than 12 in the second half.
Marist shot .488 (20-for-41) from the field and .828 (24-for-29) from the free-throw line, but Loyola shot .491 (28-for-57) from the field and .750 (21-for-28) from the line. The Greyhounds also shot 6-for-14 from three-point range, while the Red Foxes were just 3-for-10.
Loyola outrebounded Marist 31-19. The Greyhounds grabbed 14 offensive rebounds, while the Red Foxes collected just 14 defensive rebounds. Loyola also committed just nine turnovers, while forcing 13 from Marist.
Five Greyhounds scored in double digits, paced by Shane Walker, who had 19 to go along with a game-high eight rebounds, two steals, a blocked shot and an assist. Olson scored 17, and shot 4-for-5 from three-point range. Erik Etherly added 14, all of which came in the second half.
Marist fell to 3-11 overall and 2-1 in MAAC play; Loyola is now 5-8 overall and 1-2 in the MAAC.
The Red Foxes continue their stretch of four games in seven days on Wednesday, when they travel to Princeton of the Ivy League for a non-conference game. Tip-off is set for 7 p.m.
