SB Nation Los Angeles - Loyola Marymount 2012-2013 basketball: Lions look to make noise in WCChttps://cdn.vox-cdn.com/community_logos/48949/la-fave.png2013-01-05T17:00:51-08:00http://losangeles.sbnation.com/rss/stream/33381012013-01-05T17:00:51-08:002013-01-05T17:00:51-08:00Saint Mary's tops Loyola Marymount
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<p>Loyola Marymount dropped their second consecutive conference game on Saturday, after the Lions couldn't get a stop on the road against the St. Mary Gaels.</p> <p>Looking to make some noise in conference play, the <a class="sbn-auto-link" href="http://www.sbnation.com/ncaa-basketball/teams/loyola-marymount-lions">Loyola Marymount Lions</a> are now 0-for-2 in the WCC, dropping their second consecutive conference game on Saturday, this time falling by the score of 74-61 to the <a class="sbn-auto-link" href="http://www.sbnation.com/ncaa-basketball/teams/st-mary-s-calif-gaels">St. Mary's Gaels</a> at the McKeon Pavilion.</p>
<p>The Lions put themselves in position to escape with a road win, opening up the second half down just three points. However, St. Mary's outscored Loyola Marymount by 10 in the second half, putting the game out of reach for the Lions.</p>
<p>Loyola received double-digit points from four of its starters, but the bench contributed just two points in the entire game. St. Mary's, meanwhile, received 38 points from its bench unit.</p>
<p>But it was <a href="http://www.sbnation.com/ncaa-basketball/players/101282/matthew-dellavedova" class="sbn-auto-link">Matthew Dellavedova</a> who was the biggest thorn for the Lions, as the senior guard scored 17 points while handing out eight assists and collecting five rebounds.</p>
<p>Loyola will play its third conference game and the first at home on Thursday when Santa Clara comes to visit.</p>
https://losangeles.sbnation.com/loyola-marymount-basketbal/2013/1/5/3840716/lmu-st-marys-final-scoreRon Shah2012-12-05T20:19:46-08:002012-12-05T20:19:46-08:00LMU blows lead, but wins in overtime
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<p>Loyala Marymount lost an 18-point second-half lead but the Lions were still able to come away with a victory.</p> <p>Despite blowing an 18-point second-half lead, Loyala Marymount was able to come away with a 92-86 victory against Northern Arizona on Wednesday.</p>
<p>The Lions led for much of the first half and used a late run to take a 49-38 lead into halftime. The second half began the same way the first half ended as Loyala Marymount extended its lead to as many as 18 points. While the Lions appeared on their way to an easy victory, Northern Arizona came storming back. Northern Arizona used an 18-5 run to cut the lead to just five points.</p>
<p>Loyala Marymount led by seven with less than five minutes to play, but once again Northern Arizona made a run. The the Lumberjacks used a 9-0 run to take a lead for the first time in the second half. Northern Arizona led, 80-77, with 49 seconds to play. After leading the majority of the game, the Lions needed a three-pointer by <a href="http://www.sbnation.com/ncaa-basketball/players/123829/anthony-ireland" class="sbn-auto-link">Anthony Ireland</a> just to tie the game and force overtime. In overtime, Loyala once again built a lead but this time they were able to maintain it.</p>
<p>Ireland scored 28 points to lead the Lions while <a href="http://www.sbnation.com/ncaa-basketball/players/53831/ashley-hamilton" class="sbn-auto-link">Ashley Hamilton</a> scored 24 points on 8-of-11 shooting.</p>
https://losangeles.sbnation.com/loyola-marymount-basketbal/2012/12/5/3734468/lmu-nau-final-scoreMark Sandritter2012-11-29T21:18:18-08:002012-11-29T21:18:18-08:00Long Beach St. pulls out nail-biter against LMU
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<p>49ers rely on protecting the ball and forcing turnovers to get the win over the Lions. </p> <p>The <a href="http://www.sbnation.com/ncaa-basketball/teams/long-beach-st-49ers" class="sbn-auto-link">Long Beach St. 49ers</a> pulled out the come-from-behind win over the <a href="http://www.sbnation.com/ncaa-basketball/teams/loyola-marymount-lions" class="sbn-auto-link">Loyola Marymount Lions</a>, 72-68, on Thursday night.</p>
<p>The 49ers trailed by six at halftime, but outscored LMU by 10 points in the second half to knock off the Lions in their gym. The 49ers were led by a balanced attack that featured four players in double-figures. Guard Mike Caffey finished with 15 points and five assists while <a href="http://www.sbnation.com/ncaa-basketball/players/145604/kris-gulley" class="sbn-auto-link">Kris Gulley</a> added a double-double of 12 points and 10 rebounds. <a href="http://www.sbnation.com/ncaa-basketball/players/145603/james-ennis" class="sbn-auto-link">James Ennis</a> added 14 points and seven rebounds. <a href="http://www.sbnation.com/ncaa-basketball/players/175183/deng-deng" class="sbn-auto-link">Deng Deng</a> pitched in 13 points off the bench.</p>
<p>The Lions were steadied by <a href="http://www.sbnation.com/ncaa-basketball/players/53831/ashley-hamilton" class="sbn-auto-link">Ashley Hamilton</a> (17 points, nine rebounds), <a href="http://www.sbnation.com/ncaa-basketball/players/123831/ayodeji-egbeyemi" class="sbn-auto-link">Ayodeji Egbeyemi</a> (16 points, 11 rebounds) and <a href="http://www.sbnation.com/ncaa-basketball/players/145622/c-j-blackwell" class="sbn-auto-link">C.J. Blackwell</a> (15 points). Egbeyemi and Blackwell combined to hit nine threes.</p>
<p>The 49ers made up for allowing 13 three-pointers by only turning the ball over six times compared to the Lions' 14 turnovers.</p>
<p>The win moved Long Beach to 3-3 on the season while LMU dropped to 3-4.</p>
https://losangeles.sbnation.com/long-beach-state-basketball/2012/11/29/3709406/long-beach-state-loyola-marymount-final-scoreRonald Clark2012-11-09T21:14:23-08:002012-11-09T21:14:23-08:00LMU trounces Pacifica in early tune-up, 108-49
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<p>The Lions used lock-down defense and strong guard play to down upstart Pacifica in their season opener. </p> <p>Led by a huge night from junior guard <a href="http://www.sbnation.com/ncaa-basketball/players/123831/ayodeji-egbeyemi" class="sbn-auto-link">Ayodeji Egbeyemi</a>, the <a href="http://www.sbnation.com/ncaa-basketball/teams/loyola-marymount-lions" class="sbn-auto-link">Loyola Marymount Lions</a> <a target="_blank" href="http://www.lmulions.com/gametracker/launch/gt_mbaskbl.html?event=1161957&school=loyo&sport=mbaskbl&camefrom=&startschool=&">made quick work </a>of third-year program Pacifica, 108-49, at the Gersten Pavilion in Los Angeles on Friday night. Egbeyemi scored a game-high 20 points on 9 of 16 shooting and added eight rebounds and six assists in the Lions' season opener.</p>
<p><a href="http://www.sbnation.com/ncaa-basketball/players/123829/anthony-ireland" class="sbn-auto-link">Anthony Ireland</a>, another junior guard, added 19 points, going 8 of 10 from the field and making his only attempt from behind the three-point line. LMU shot 57.7 percent as a team and used stifling defense to hold Pacifica to a dismal 23.1 percent.</p>
<p>LMU used 32 points off turnovers and 16 fast break points to pull away from their overmatched opponents. They scored 36 bench points, and a total of six players scored in double figures.</p>
<p>The road for LMU figures to get more difficult as the Lions travel to SMU to take on the Mustangs on the road on Sunday. They will open conference play on Jan. 3 at BYU.</p>
https://losangeles.sbnation.com/loyola-marymount-basketbal/2012/11/9/3625984/lmu-pacifica-final-score-recapMichael Jones2012-11-09T06:20:02-08:002012-11-09T06:20:02-08:00LMU opens 2012-2013 season against Pacifica
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<p>The Lions return three starters from last year's 21-win squad, and open their 2012-2013 season by hosting Pacifica on Friday night.</p> <p>The <a class="sbn-auto-link" href="http://www.sbnation.com/ncaa-basketball/teams/loyola-marymount-lions">Loyola Marymount Lions</a> open their 2012-2013 basketball campaign by hosting the Pacifica Gladiators at Gersten Pavilion. This is the first meeting between the two schools, as Pacifica begins its third year with a basketball team.</p>
<p><a class="sbn-auto-link" href="http://www.sbnation.com/ncaa-basketball/players/123829/anthony-ireland">Anthony Ireland</a>, who was second in the West Coast Conference last season in scoring at 16.1 points per game, is one of three returning starters for LMU. The junior guard is joined by fellow returning starting forwards <a class="sbn-auto-link" href="http://www.sbnation.com/ncaa-basketball/players/53831/ashley-hamilton">Ashley Hamilton</a> and <a class="sbn-auto-link" href="http://www.sbnation.com/ncaa-basketball/players/123830/godwin-okonji">Godwin Okonji</a>.</p>
<p>The Lions won 21 games last season, and welcomes seven new players, including a quartet of talented freshmen forwards in <a class="sbn-auto-link" href="http://www.sbnation.com/ncaa-basketball/players/177437/taj-adams">Taj Adams</a>, <a class="sbn-auto-link" href="http://www.sbnation.com/ncaa-basketball/players/177439/nick-stover">Nick Stover</a>, <a class="sbn-auto-link" href="http://www.sbnation.com/ncaa-basketball/players/177441/adam-drexler">Adam Drexler</a>, and <a class="sbn-auto-link" href="http://www.sbnation.com/ncaa-basketball/players/177445/marin-mornar">Marin Mornar</a>.</p>
<p>Friday's 7 p.m. PT tip-off will not be televised but is available to view online at <a target="_blank" href="http://www.LMULions.com">LMULions.com</a>. The radio broadcast will be on 88.9 FM KXLU, with Jesse Kass on the call. Friday's game is one of six games involving WCC teams on Friday night, with the highlight game likely San Francisco traveling to battle Stanford at Oracle Arena in Oakland.</p>
<p>LMU was 12-8 at home last season.</p>
https://losangeles.sbnation.com/loyola-marymount-basketbal/2012/11/9/3621680/loyola-marymount-vs-pacifica-previewEric Stephen2012-10-29T16:40:56-07:002012-10-29T16:40:56-07:00LMU 4th in WCC preseason poll; Ireland all-WCC
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<p>Loyola Marymount junior guard Anthony Ireland was named as a preseason All WCC selection.</p> <p>The <a class="sbn-auto-link" href="http://www.sbnation.com/ncaa-basketball/teams/loyola-marymount-lions">Loyola Marymount Lions</a> were picked on Monday in <a target="_blank" href="http://www.lmulions.com/sports/m-baskbl/spec-rel/102912aag.html">a vote of West Coast Conference head coaches to finish fourth in the conference</a>. The <a class="sbn-auto-link" href="http://www.sbnation.com/ncaa-basketball/teams/pepperdine-waves">Pepperdine Waves</a> were picked to finish in last place in the nine-team conference.</p>
<p>Loyola Marymount finished in fourth place in the conference in 2011-2012, and return three starters from last season's 21-13 squad. Junior guard <a class="sbn-auto-link" href="http://www.sbnation.com/ncaa-basketball/players/123829/anthony-ireland">Anthony Ireland</a> is the leading returning scorer in the conference, as he averaged 16.1 points per game last season, and on Monday was named to the preseason All WCC team.</p>
<p>The <a class="sbn-auto-link" href="http://www.sbnation.com/ncaa-basketball/teams/gonzaga-bulldogs">Gonzaga Bulldogs</a>, who had their 11-year streak of regular season WCC titles snapped last year by the <a class="sbn-auto-link" href="http://www.sbnation.com/ncaa-basketball/teams/st-mary-s-calif-gaels">Saint Mary's Gaels</a>, was overwhelmingly tabbed by conference coaches as the top team in the league. The Bulldogs captured seven of nine first place votes, and 63 points in all in the preseason poll.</p>
<p>The <a class="sbn-auto-link" href="http://www.sbnation.com/ncaa-basketball/teams/byu-cougars">BYU Cougars</a>, in their second year in the WCC, received 55 points and one first place vote, good for second place. The Gaels were close behind in third place with 55 points, including one first place vote. LMU received 37 points, narrowly outpacing the <a class="sbn-auto-link" href="http://www.sbnation.com/ncaa-basketball/teams/san-diego-toreros">San Diego Toreros</a> (36 points) and <a class="sbn-auto-link" href="http://www.sbnation.com/ncaa-basketball/teams/santa-clara-broncos">Santa Clara Broncos</a> (35 points).</p>
<p>The Lions host an exhibition game on Tuesday night at Gersten Pavilion against Point Loma University. The regular season beings for Loyola Marymount on Friday, Nov. 9 with a home game against Pacifica University.</p>
<p>Pepperdine, coming off a 10-19 season including a 4-12 record in conference play, received just 12 points, good for ninth place in the nine-team conference. The Waves host an exhibition game on Saturday against Cal Lutheran, and open their regular season on Nov. 9 with a road game against the <a class="sbn-auto-link" href="http://www.sbnation.com/ncaa-basketball/teams/cal-st-northridge-matadors">Cal State Northridge Matadors</a>.</p>
https://losangeles.sbnation.com/2012/10/29/3573710/west-coast-conference-basketball-preseason-poll-loyola-marymount-pepperdineEric Stephen2012-10-29T15:58:17-07:002012-10-29T15:58:17-07:00WCC basketball to air 15 games on Time Warner
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<p>The new television station, which also carries Los Angeles Lakers and LA Galaxy games, will air at least 15 West Coast Conference basketball games in the 2012-2013 season.</p> <p>The new Time Warner Cable Sportsnet may not yet be on DirecTV, but it continues to add sports programming. On Monday the new network announced a long-term deal with the West Coast Conference to televise men's basketball games, beginning with the 2012-2013 season.</p>
<p>The network will air at least 15 games this season, including a Saturday game of the week. The <a class="sbn-auto-link" href="http://www.sbnation.com/ncaa-basketball/teams/loyola-marymount-lions">Loyola Marymount Lions</a> will be shown six times on the network, while the <a class="sbn-auto-link" href="http://www.sbnation.com/ncaa-basketball/teams/pepperdine-waves">Pepperdine Waves</a> will be televised five times on Time Warner Cable Sportsnet.</p>
<p>"West Coast Conference schools like Loyola Marymount, Pepperdine and the University of San Diego are an integral part of the Southern California sports landscape and we’re happy to give them a local TV home in Time Warner Cable SportsNet," said Mark Shuken, TWC Sports Regional Networks senior VP in a statement. "Our networks promise to give sports fans more access to their teams than they’ve had before, and our partnership with the WCC allows us to do that through more live games as well as more team programming."</p>
<p>Here is the schedule of WCC games on the network this season, beginning with Saturday, January 5:</p>
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<li>Sat., Jan. 5: LMU at Saint Mary's (1:30 p.m.)</li>
<li>Sat., Jan. 12: BYU at Santa Clara (1:30 p.m.)</li>
<li>Wed., Jan. 16: LMU at San Diego (7 p.m.)</li>
<li>Sat., Jan. 19: LMU at San Francisco (1:30 p.m.)</li>
<li>Thu., Jan. 24: Pepperdine at LMU (7 p.m.)</li>
<li>Sat., Jan. 26: Santa Clara at San Diego (1:30 p.m.)</li>
<li>Thu., Jan. 31: BYU at Pepperdine (7 p.m.)</li>
<li>Sat., Feb. 2: Pepperdine at San Francisco (2:30 p.m.)</li>
<li>Mon., Feb. 4: San Diego at LMU (7 p.m.)</li>
<li>Sat., Feb. 9: Pepperdine at Portland (1 p.m.)</li>
<li>Sat., Feb. 16: Gonzaga at San Francisco (1:30 p.m.)</li>
<li>Sat., Feb. 16: Saint Mary's at LMU (4 p.m.)</li>
<li>Sat., Feb. 23: Santa Clara at Portland (2 p.m.)</li>
<li>Sat., Mar. 2: Pepperdine at San Diego (noon)</li>
<li>Sat., Mar. 2: Portland at Gonzaga (2 p.m.)<br>
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https://losangeles.sbnation.com/2012/10/29/3573596/west-coast-conference-basketball-tv-contract-time-warner-cableEric Stephen