Jan. 10, 2005

Three Point Record Can't Bury Rams As Mobile Defeats Loyola 84-75

NEW ORLEANS, La. -- The Rams tried a three-point shootout but settled for their bread and butter inside game as UM defeated the Wolfpack of Loyola University 84-75 Monday night at the Den. On a night that saw the Wolfpack's Kiely Schork break the single-game record for most three-pointers with nine, the front-court attack of forwards Kinga Rybarczyk (22 points) and Crystal Coston (16 points) was still too much for Loyola.

Three-pointers told the tale of the first half as the Rams found themselves down 45-39. UM, while shooting a solid a 56 percent from the field, found themselves shooting only 3-of-9 from beyond the arc. Loyola's Schork was shooting the lights out from downtown with 5-of-8 at the break with the rest of the
Wolfpack adding 2-of-4 from no-man's land.

Mobile switched gears in the second half as they used the inside game of Rybarczyk (16 points in the second half) and Coston to open with a 16-8 run. Forcing the Wolfpack to call for timeout with 13:00 minutes remaining, the Rams never looked back as they improved to 12-3 overall and 3-0 in conference play.

UM was also led by senior point guard Jessica Barber's 17 points and Sandra Kostandinovic's 13.

Kiely Schork used 9-of-19 shooting from beyond the arc to lead all scorers with 29 points. Dani Holland's 20 points and Joelle Bordelon's 13-point and 10-assists double-double helped Loyola (9-8, 0-3) nearly pull off the upset over the GCAC top-ranked Rams.

Mobile will return home for a Thursday evening match-up against Belhaven College at 5:30 p.m.

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