Perry’s double-double leads Hounds to win

Jeneh Perry scored a career-high 18 points and grabbed 17 rebounds as Loyola was able to pull away to beat Boston U to improve to 4-2 in Patriot League play.

Jeneh Perry scored a career-high 18 points and grabbed a game-high 17 points as the Loyola women’s basketball team beat the Boston University Terriers, 63-54 on Saturday afternoon. Fellow senior Colleen Marshall also scored a game-high 19 points for her fifth double-digit point performance in the last six games.

Early success from beyond the arc helped give the Greyhounds a decent lead that they were able to carry throughout the game. After the game was tied at three, Marshall hit a 3-pointer and then stole the ball and ran up the floor and finished the play with a layup. Steph Smith them hit two threes as the Greyhounds went ahead 16-9 with 2:25 remaining in the first quarter.

Boston U was able to tie the game just midway through the second quarter after Kara Sheftic hit a jumper to complete a mini 7-0 run, but Diana Logan got inside to re-give the Greyhounds and lead and Perry completed a successful and-one to give Loyola a two-possession lead. Another late steal by Marshall led to another fast break layup for the Greyhounds and Perry made two last free throws to put Loyola ahead by seven points at the break, 31-24.

Loyola continued to build on their lead in the second half. Marshall scored her team’s first seven points out of the break and responded to a three by Sarah Hope as the Greyhounds went ahead by 11 points.

The closest Boston U was able to get after that was six points following another three by Hope, but Loyola took a double-digit lead into the fourth quarter and led by at least seven points the rest of the game.

Loyola was out-shot 44.4% to 36.7% but forced 19 turnovers to make up for it on the way to their win.

It was a seconds-straight win for the Greyhounds and fourth in their last six games as they improved to 4-2 in Patriot League play. They will travel to Bucknell for the start of a three-game conference road trip over the next two weeks.

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