No. 3 Loyola posts second straight triple-digit scoring win

Hitting the century mark for the second consecutive game and the fifth time this season, Loyola closed out a three-game homestand with a third-straight win

NEW ORLEANS – For the second time in three days, the No. 3-ranked Loyola Wolf Pack men’s basketball team secured a dominant conference victory in The Den, defeating Brewton-Parker 114-69 on Saturday. After winning every game in this three-game homestand, the Wolf Pack (19-1, 8-1 SSAC) will have a road contest at Mobile next Thursday before returning home for five games starting February 5.

It was another wire-to-wire victory for the Wolf Pack, who jumped out to an 8-0 lead barely a minute after tipoff with an alley-oop from Zach Wrightsil to Myles Burns and back-to-back triples from Andrew Fava. Brewton-Parker did come back to cut the lead to just two points, but Loyola stretched their lead back out to double digits, 24-14, by the under-12 minute media timeout with a Burns steal-and-score.

After the early Barons run, the Wolf Pack steadily increased the advantage, amassing 59 points by halftime to lead 59-36. Burns and Wrightsil each put up 11 points in the first half, Fava and Terry Smith Jr. scored nine, while Brandon Davis had seven.

Davis found Fava wide open for a three right after the halftime break ended, and Fava would go on to lead the Pack with 10 points in the second half, finishing with a game-high 19. After Fava made four shots within the first five minutes of the period, jump shots started falling for the rest of the team as well. Milan Mejia followed up with three triples over the next few minutes, and Jalen Galloway connected on his two attempts from long range too. It was a three-point barrage in the second half, as the Wolf Pack shot 10-for-16 from beyond the arc, with Davis, Zach Muller, and Josh Leaney all sinking threes in the half.

Eddie Burgess and Luke Ladner joined the scoring late in the half as the Wolf Pack cruised to their third-straight victory, 114-69.

PACK FACTS
The Wolf Pack scored over 100 points for the second-straight game and the fifth time this season.

Loyola was led in scoring by Andrew Fava, who finished 7-for-9 from the floor and 5-for-7 from deep for a total of 19 points.

With 150 threes made in his time with the Wolf Pack, Andrew Fava now ranks ninth in total three-pointers in Loyola history.

Myles Burns was second on the team with 15 points, vaulting him into ninth place on Loyola’s all-time scoring list with 1,538 total points in his career.

Burns also finished with five assists, and he’s now seventh in career assists in Loyola history with 242.

Loyola’s all-time steals leader, Burns now also owns the top three single-season steals records in Loyola history. He’s stolen the ball already 76 times this season, with the top record being 85 steals in his freshman season.

Zach Wrightsil also moved up in the Loyola record book after finishing with 14 points, seven rebounds, six assists, and three steals. Wrightsil now has 164 steals in his Wolf Pack career, which is second only to teammate Myles Burns.

Three more players scored in double figures for the Pack: Jalen Galloway (14), Milan Mejia (13). And Brandon Davis (12). It was a season-high for Galloway, who made both of his attempts behind the three-point arc.

Zach Muller didn’t score in double figures, but he did fill up the box score with four rebounds, four steals, and seven assists. Muller has dished out a career-best seven assists in back-to-back games.

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