National Basketball Association
Washington 85, Loyola-Maryland 63
When: 8:00 PM ET, Sunday, November 11, 2012
Where: Alaska Airlines Arena at Hec Edmundson Pavilion, Seattle, Washington
Officials:
# Mike Eggers, # Michael Irving, # Brett Nansel
Attendance:
7381
By SportsDirect Inc.
Washington 85, Loyola-Maryland 63: C.J. Wilcox scored 22 points and Abdul Gaddy added 17 as the host Huskies pulled away in the second half to win their season opener.
Washington (1-0) led 48-39 with 14:54 remaining after Desmond Simmons and Wilcox capped a 15-6 run with consecutive 3-pointers, and the Huskies extended their lead to 14 with 5:23 to play.
Dylon Cormier scored 19 points and Erik Etherly added 15 and eight rebounds for Loyola-Maryland (1-1), which is last season’s Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference tournament champion.
Aziz N'Diaye had 10 points and grabbed a career-high 16 rebounds for Washington, which committed 11 turnovers in the first half and just one after halftime. The Huskies shot 54 percent (27 of 50) from the field, including 9 of 17 from beyond the arc.
Washington held a narrow 34-30 rebounding edge over Loyola-Maryland, which opened the season with a win at home over Binghamton on Friday.
GAME NOTEBOOK: Washington improved to 9-2 in season-openers under coach Lorenzo Romar. …Loyola-Maryland was 4-of-16 (25 percent) shooting from 3-point range. … N'Diaye’s double-double was the seventh of his career.
Top Game Performances
| Loyola-Maryland |
|
Washington |
|
Dylon Cormier 19 |
Scoring |
C.J. Wilcox 22 |
|
Robert Olson 2 |
Assists |
Scott Suggs 3 |
|
Erik Etherly 8 |
Rebounds |
Aziz N'Diaye 16 |
|
Dylon Cormier 7 |
Free Throws Made |
Andrew Andrews 7 |
|
Erik Etherly 1 |
Steals |
Desmond Simmons 2 |
|
Erik Etherly 3 |
Blocks |
Aziz N'Diaye 3 |
Team Stats Summary
| Team |
Points |
FG% |
3PM-3PA |
FTM-FTA |
Assists |
Rebounds |
Blocks |
Steals |
Turnovers |
| Loyola-Maryland
|
63 |
36.5 |
4-16 |
13-24 |
6 |
30 |
5 |
3 |
12 |
| Washington
|
85 |
54.0 |
9-17 |
22-30 |
12 |
34 |
8 |
4 |
12 |
