Los Angeles – Chris Ayer scored a career-high 22 points and Brandon Worthy added 20 to lead Loyola Marymount to a 76-63 victory over Northern Colorado on Saturday night.
Northern Colorado (0-12) tied a school record dating back to the 1944-45 season with 12 consecutive losses to start the season and has lost 15 straight games since Feb. 22.
Sean Taibi made five 3-pointers and led the Bears with 21 points.
Ayer made 10-of-17 shots and had eight rebounds.
Worthy scored nine points in a three-minute span midway through the second half as the Lions built a 57-44 lead. He tied a career high with eight assists and had four steals as Loyola Marymount led by as many as 18 in the second half.
The Bears have lost 23 of their past 24 road games during the past two seasons and are one of 11 Division I teams still winless this season.
Regis 81, New Mexico Highlands 63
Brandon Butler hit a game-high 22 points to lead the Raiders over New Mexico Highlands at Regis Fieldhouse.
Regis, which improved to 4-5 overall and 2-2 in the Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference, shot better than 62 percent from the field on 33-of-53 shooting and never trailed.
Highlands dropped to 5-5 and 1-3. Robert Franklin scored 20 points and grabbed a game-high nine rebounds to pace Highlands.
Metro State 82, Colo.-Colo. Springs 50
Metro State led the entire game in a rout of Colorado-Colorado Springs at Auraria Events Center.
Drew Williamson scored 22 points for the Roadrunners to lead all scorers, while Greg Muth added 13 and Michael Bahl and Marquise Carrington each scored 11.
Cody Blessing led the Mountain Lions with 13 points.
Metro dominated defensively, converting 22 UCCS turnovers into 33 points. And the Roadrunners held the Mountain Lions’ starters to a combined 22 points.
Nebraska-Kearney 80, Western State 56
Kearney, Neb. – Dusty Jura scored 18 points and grabbed 11 rebounds to lead Nebraska-Kearney (6-3, 3-0 RMAC).
Chris Dean added 15 points in the win for the Antelopes.
UNK shot almost 60 percent from the field while holding Western State (4-6, 0-3) to just 33 percent shooting.
