Box Score Zach Wrightsil nearly earns a quadruple-double with 16 points, 11 boards, eight assists, eight steals and four blocks.
NEW ORLEANS – The Loyola University New Orleans men's basketball team improved to 6-2 at home as they defeated the University of Mobile 87-79 on Saturday evening in The Den.
The Rams (5-7, 2-4 SSAC) opened up the game's scoring with an and-one, but Cameron Dumas responded with a deep triple on the first shot for the Wolf Pack (8-5, 3-3 SSAC) to tie the game. The early minutes of the contest were close, with the score tying five times before the first media timeout. Mobile would then gain a lead which became as large as 11 points midway through the first half, but the Pack came back, trailing 43-41 at halftime.
Myles Burns began the second half with a demonstrative dunk to tie the score, but the teams would keep it close until about midway through the period. Loyola pulled away however, jumping out in front with a 14-0 run, taking a 63-51 lead at the 10:57 mark. The Pack would keep at least a six-point lead throughout the remainder of the game, holding on for the 87-79 victory.
The Wolf Pack will now hit the road for two away matchups, beginning with Bethel on Thursday, January 10 at 7:30 p.m.
Wolf Pack Head Coach Stacy Hollowell
"It's nice to get a win, especially a conference win against a tough, hard-nosed Mobile team. I was a little concerned coming into today about how we would respond coming off of a tough, emotional overtime loss against Stillman, but I feel like we responded well. From start to finish, Mobile was physical and guarded us, got off to a nice start, and went up 11 midway though the first half."
"We had some early foul trouble, Myles picked up two within the first six to seven minutes of the game and had to sit. It was good to get strong minutes from Trey LaForge and Tre'Von Jasmine. I thought Zach Wrightsil had a phenomenal game, with close to a quadruple-double. Trey LaForge hit some big threes for us and gave us good minutes defensively. Our turnover margin tonight was great, we were able to go out and force some turnovers early in the second half to get us going."
Pack Facts
The Wolf Pack have now won eight consecutive matchups with the Rams.
Trey LaForge scored a season-best 19 points tonight, nearly touching his career-best of 20.
Zach Wrightsil was two assists and two steals shy of a quadruple-double, scoring 16 points and grabbing 11 rebounds for his fifth double-double of the year.
The freshman's eight steals give him 28 on the year, placing him second in the SSAC only behind teammate Myles Burns at 37.
Ethan Turner was active defensively as well tonight, trying his career-high for steals in a game with five.
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