NEW ORLEANS – The Loyola University New Orleans men's basketball team suffered a tough Southern States Athletic Conference loss on Saturday, losing to the Mobile Rams 80-77 in The Den. The loss snapped an incredible 23-game home winning streak for the Wolf Pack men's basketball program, but the team is still 17-4 overall and 12-2 in league play and holding the top spot in the league standings by one game over second-place Faulkner. 
 

Loyola and Faulkner meet one more time in the regular season next Thursday, too. Tip-off for that contest is set for 7:30 p.m.
 

Mobile got off to a 6-2 start, eventually pushing its lead to 14-4 in the first four and a half minutes, but two scores by Jalen Galloway and a 3-pointer by Milan Mejia kept things manageable, 17-11, near the 13-minute mark. Michael Harden and Matthew Mondesir each scored to cut the deficit to five 20-15, and Bradley Alcime did the same thing, 22-17, a couple of minutes later. 
 

Another score by Alcime and a 3-pointer from Zach Muller brought the Pack to within three, 26-23, with eight-plus minutes left until halftime, and Leonard Jackson got his team to be down by one, during the possession. However, the Rams closed the first half on a 16-8 run to take a 42-33 advantage into the break. 
 

Harden got the Pack off to a good start in the second half with two 3s in the first 90 seconds, then buckets by Galloway and Alex Hammond kept Loyola in striking distance, 47-43, with more than 16 minutes left in the game. Mobile answered everything Loyola did, though, eventually making it an 11-point lead, 56-45, with 13 minutes to go. 
 

A quick 9-2 Loyola run made it a 58-54 game, but the Rams answered with the next six points, 64-54, with less than eight minutes on the clock. Trailing 69-63 with less than five minutes left, Harden, Muller and Mejia all scored to cut it to two, 71-69, then Mondesir kept it at two, 73-71 with a big made shot at the 1:57 mark. Mobile got a 3-pointer to extend its lead back out to two possessions, and like how most of the game went, Mobile answered everything Loyola did to hold on to the win. 
 

Pack Facts

• Loyola was led in scoring by Jalen Galloway, who also had team highs in rebounds (9) and blocks (2).

• Five different players scored in double figures for the Pack, including Galloway. Michael Harden was second on the team with 12 points and six assists, while Alex Hammond, Milan Mejia, and Matthew Mondesir each scored 10. 

• Zach Muller set a new career high with eight assists. 

• Overall, Loyola had 23 assists on 31 made baskets, the third-highest assist total of the season.

• The wolf Pack shot 31-for-59 from the field for 52.5 percent. Two of Loyola's top four shooting games of the season have come against Mobile. 

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