Game 12: GMU (10-1) vs Loyola Md. (4-7) on Sunday, December 21, at 2:00 PM.

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The game is on ESPN+.

Loyola plays Mount St. Mary’s at 6PM on the 13th. I’ll update records and stats after the game.

Preseason notes:
Loyola Maryland is a member of the Patriot League.
They were picked to finish 6th out of the 10 teams in preseason polls.
Junior guard Jacob Theodosiou was selected to the preseason All-Patriot League Team.

KenPom: Gives us a 98% chance of winning.
GMU - 68
Loyola Md. - 333
NET:
GMU - 55
Loyola - 339

History:
We are 9-6 against Loyola Md. all-time.

Loyola is currently 4-7 on the season. They are 3-1 at home, 0-5 on the road, and 1-1 at neutral sites.

They are 0-1 against Quad 1 teams, 0-0 against Quad 2, 0-3 against Quad 3, and 2-3 against Quad 4 teams.

Schedule: https://loyolagreyhounds.com/sports/mens-basketball/schedule

Wins: D3 Penn St. Abingdon (96-60), Stonehill (74-63), D3 Washington College (101-51), Coppin St. (95-84),
Losses: Towson (67-56), NJIT (66-64), Fairfield (85-82), Duquesne (92-78), #12 Kentucky (88-46), Hampton (91-73), VMI (86-7

Probable Starters:
6’4” Jacob Theodosiou - 15.3 ppg & 4.8 reb - Junior
6’9” Emmett Adair - 13.3 ppg & 5.0 reb - Freshman
6’3” Braeden Speed - 12.1ppg & 5.0 reb - Sophomore
6’5” Jordan Stiemke - 10.6 ppg - Junior
6’7” Sam Springer - 6.7 ppg - Sophomore

Reserves averaging double figure minutes:
6”10” Jonas Sirtautas - 7.3 ppg - Junior - has 5 starts
6’6” Sebastien Emenalo - 3.0 ppg - Freshman
6’4” Tyson Commander - 3.0 ppg - Senior
6’9” Everett Barnes - 2.4 ppg - Freshman - has 5 starts

Roster: https://loyolagreyhounds.com/sports/mens-basketball/roster

Team Stats:

Loyola averages 75.7 points per game while giving up 75.9.

The Greyhounds shoot 45.9% from the floor and 32.4% from 3.
Opponents are shooting 46.0% from the field and 32.9% from 3.

They shoot 62.3% from the free throw line.

They have out rebounded opponents by 1.9 boards per game and average 13.1 turnovers per contest.

Stats: https://loyolagreyhounds.com/documents/2025/11/4/25-26-loyola-mbb-combined-stats.pdf

Thoughts: Loyola just isn’t very good. They’re also very young with 5 of their top 8 guys being freshmen or sophomores. They have two D3 wins against incredibly weak competition and two D1 wins against weak teams Coppin State (NET 361) and Stonehill (NET 337). They also have a 16 point loss at VMI (NET 342).

This should be a 20+ point win.

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This should be a 20 point win, and nothing more than a tuneup game with the blind and deaf sisters in the late nonconference schedule.

If Emmett Adair is a stud like his stats say he is, I hope he hits the portal and Mason recruits him. Might be a nice fit to move up a level.

Mason 85
Loyola 62
 
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