The Siena Saints (8-10, 3-5) fell to the Loyola Greyhounds (13-5, 6-2) by a final score of 66-55 on Thursday Night in Baltimore.
The Saints led 47-40 with about ten and a half minutes remaining, but as we’ve seen in recent games, the Saints just couldn’t keep their legs past 30 minutes. Kyle Downey (knee) turned the ball over 9 times out of Siena’s 16 total and eventually fouled out of the game. He’s really feeling the effects of his injury and inability to practice during the week. Kyle finished the night with 15 points. Evan Hymes (hand) was just 1-9, a slight regression from his 2-10 performance against Manhattan.
The turning point in the game was Loyola’s 15-0 run midway through the second. At one point in the second half, Siena was 8-10 from the field to Loyola’s 4-16, however that turned around quickly when Loyola went on their run. Also notable is the fact that Loyola out-rebounded the Saints 40-29.
Dylon Cormier and Robert Olsen added 17 and 16 points respectively, and Junior Erik Etherly had a double double with 12 points. OD Anosike (back) continues his streak of double doubles, with 15 points and 11 rebounds. Rob Poole saw just 14 minutes tonight, despite averaging nearly double that on the season.
That’s what they do, they get you in spurts, they got us 3 or 4 times… We played so hard and so well, but they got us with that one run.
The Saints had previously won 5 in a row in Maryland. The team will travel back by bus to Siena tonight, and look to avenge their biggest conference loss in school history on Saturday night.
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