EVANSVILLE, Ind. – Gary, Indiana native Ryan Taylor scored a game-high 27 points but Marques Townes and Clayton Custer combined for 39 tallies to help Loyola earn a 76-66 win over the University of Evansville men's basketball team at the Ford Center on Sunday.
Taylor hit 10 of his 23 attempts to score his 27. It comes on the heels of a 26-point game on Tuesday at UNI. K.J. Riley was next for UE (16-13, 6-10 MVC) with seven tallies. For the second game in a row, Blake Simmons was the top rebounder, posting eight. Box Score (PDF) "In the second half, it seemed like they raised their level of intensity, especially on the defensive end," Aces head coach Marty Simmons said.