NCAA Game Summary - Cleveland State at Loyola-Chicago
(Saturday, March 2)
Final Score: Loyola-Chicago 87, Cleveland State 60
Chicago, IL (Sports Network) - Jordan Hicks netted a career-best 26 points to lead the Loyola-Chicago Ramblers to an 87-60 win over the Cleveland State Vikings at Gentile Arena to close out Horizon League regular season action.
Christian Thomas made 8-of-12 from the stripe and scored 19 points for Loyola (15-15, 5-11 Horizon), which had lost its previous three contests. Jeff White added 13 points and six assists.
Bryn Forbes led Cleveland State (14-17, 5-11) with 15 points. Charlie Lee and Devon Long had 13 and 12 points, respectively.
Loyola shot 14-of-24 from the field in the first half while holding Cleveland State to 2-of-13 from long distance. Both teams had just three turnovers at halftime as Loyola led, 37-26.
The Ramblers scored the first five points of the second half and led by double figures throughout after shooting 60.7 percent from the floor.
With the win, Loyola completed a season sweep of the Vikings after being swept a season ago.
03/02 17:34:38 ET