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BALTIMORE, Md. – Reggie Holmes scored 19 of his game-high 31 points in the first half, but Morgan State was unable to recover from a second half spurt as Loyola University Maryland pulled away with a 78-66 victory Tuesday night at Reitz Arena in a regionally televised non-conference contest.
Loyola guard Brett Harvey scored five of his 15 points during a 7-0 Greyhounds run seven minutes into the second half, helping the Greyhounds turn a one-point lead into eight.
Jamal Barney was a spark off of the bench as he led the Greyhounds with a season-high 22 points. Starters Harvey (15) and forward Anthony Winbush (13) were the only other Greyhounds in double figures.
Morgan State (4-3) careless turnovers helped the Greyhounds engineer its largest lead of the night, and Harvey hit a 3-pointer to give his team a 57-49 advantage with 11:53 remaining in the game.
Loyola (4-2) extended its lead to 65-54 when Barney scored on a layup with just under 7 minutes to go. Holmes helped trim the lead to 65-60 on a pair of free throws with just over six left, but it was as close as the Bears would get.
Morgan State outrebounded the Greyhounds by a 41-37 margin, but the Bears had a hard time keeping Loyola outside of the paint. Loyola ended up scoring 42 points inside the lane and the bench outscored MSU 32-1.
MSU raced out to a 7-1 lead in the opening minutes, and much of the capacity crowd was silenced as the Greyhounds were looking to notch its first home game since winning their home-opener on Nov. 13th against Vermont.
The Greyhounds answered with a 10-2 run and Brian Rudolph's layup gave Loyola its first lead of the ballgame at 11-9 with 10:99 left to play in the first half.
There were nine lead changes in the 1st half and 13 for the game.
Reggie Holmes scored his 19
th point of the game when he hit a 3-pointer with 33 seconds remaining, but Brett Harvey nailed a 3-pointer as time expired to give the Greyhounds a 35-34 advantage at the break.
Loyola struggled from the free throw line where they managed to convert 20-of-39 (51.3 percent) from the stripe, while MSU shot 90.9 percent (20-22).
Morgan State will open conference play when they tip-off against Coppin State at the Eagles' brand new arena on Saturday. The game is scheduled to begin at 4 p.m.
BEAR NOTE
Reggie Holmes' 31 point outing against Loyola moves helped him become the No. 8 all-time scorer at Morgan State with 1,405 career points. Holmes will need to score 96 points in order to move in front of Harry Johnson (1958-62) for No. 7 all-time. Marvin Webster (1971-75) is MSU's all-time scoring leader with 1,990 points.
