Loyola Marymount

One of the best sports rivalries in Southern California high school sports is set to unfold on Friday night, with Los Angeles Loyola taking on Manhattan Beach Mira Costa in a nonleague volleyball match at 7 p.m. at Loyola Marymount. The two schools have combined to win 17 Southern Section volleyball championships. Many of the players and ex-players grew up as neighbors in the South Bay. For the first time, Loyola Coach Michael Boehle will have two sons playing for him, senior Parker and sophomore Hayden.

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Up next for USC VS. LOYOLA MARYMOUNT Saturday, 5 p.m., Galen Center, 710 AM. Loyola Marymount was 3-24 last season but returns its top four scorers, including high scorer Jarred DuBois, who averaged 13.5 points. That has not been much of a benefit during losses to Boise State and Montana. The Lions play host to UC Irvine tonight. -- Pete Thomas

Facing an opponent every bit its equal in talent, the Los Angeles Loyola High boys' volleyball team had to rely on something just as important in the latter stages of Friday night's match: experience. It was that intangible which proved to be the difference as the Cubs won their annual clash of the titans against Southland rival Manhattan Beach Mira Costa, 25-19, 17-25, 25-20, 25-23, in front of a boisterous crowd at Loyola Marymount University's Gersten Pavilion. Next season, UCLA-bound Nick Porterfield and USC signee Alex Slaught will be rivals in the Mountain Pacific Sports Federation, but right now they are happy to be playing on the same side of the net, and the Cubs' senior outside hitters led the attack with 14 and 13 kills, respectively.

at Gonzaga 91, Loyola Marymount 54: Steven Gray scored a career-high 23 points and No. 17 Gonzaga won its ninth consecutive West Coast Conference regular season title. Josh Heytvelt added 18 points as Gonzaga, 20-5 overall and 11-0 in the West Coast Conference, won at least 20 games for a 12th consecutive season. Loyola Marymount (2-25, 1-10) came in as the worst shooting team in the nation at 34.8%, and made 31% against the nation's top team in field-goal defense (37.1%).

San Diego — Loyola Marymount defeated five-time defending national champion and top-ranked UCLA, 5-4, in the first round of the National Collegiate Women's Water Polo Championships at the Aztec Aquaplex on Friday afternoon to advance to its first semifinal appearance since 2004 and claim one of the biggest victories in the program's history. The Lions will next face USC, which was tied with UCLA for first in the latest national poll, in a semifinal match at 5:45 p.m. Saturday.

Was it worth it? Loyola Marymount shelled out a five-figure sum to play in the postseason for the first time in 20 years, and its performance might have left some wishing for a refund. The Lions came out jittery in falling behind by 20 points and never recovered during an 86-76 loss to Pacific on Wednesday night at Gersten Pavilion in the first round of the CollegeInsider.com tournament. There was nothing spine-tingling about Loyola Marymount's first postseason game since its run to the NCAA tournament's Elite Eight in 1990.

Drew Viney scored a career-high 35 points to lead visiting Loyola Marymount to its third win in a row, a 72-69 decision over San Diego on Thursday night. Loyola Marymount (16-13, 7-6 West Coast Conference) has won five of six and has its highest win total since the Lions went 18-11 in 1995-96. Viney, who also had eight rebounds, made 13 of 18 shots from the field, including four of his seven tries from three-point range. Kevin Young finished with 13 points. Chris Lewis scored all 13 of his points in the first half for San Diego (9-20, 2-11)

Drew Viney scored 23 points, and Anthony Ireland had 20 points and 10 assists to lead Loyola Marymount over Weber State, 84-78, in overtime in the second round of the CollegeInsider.com tournament on Sunday at Gersten Pavilion. The Lions (21-12) advance to play at Utah State (19-15) in the quarterfinals on Wednesday at 6 p.m. PDT. Damian Lillard of the Weber State (25-7) scored 27 points and made a three-point shot with 23 seconds left in regulation to force overtime. Loyola Marymount outrebounded the Wildcats, 44-31.

Loyola Marymount 87, at Notre Dame 85: Jarred DuBois made a three-point basket with eight seconds left to lift the Lions (4-7) over the Irish (9-2). A three-pointer by Ben Hansbrough with 1:50 left had given Notre Dame an 85-82 lead. But Loyola cut the lead to one when Vernon Teel scored on a fast-break layup after stealing the ball from Hansbrough. The Lions eventually got the ball back on a five-second violation. Teel led Loyola with 24 points and 11 rebounds, and Drew Viney scored 18. Loyola shot 52% from the field and out-rebounded Notre Dame, 40-33.

One of the best sports rivalries in Southern California high school sports is set to unfold on Friday night, with Los Angeles Loyola taking on Manhattan Beach Mira Costa in a nonleague volleyball match at 7 p.m. at Loyola Marymount. The two schools have combined to win 17 Southern Section volleyball championships. Many of the players and ex-players grew up as neighbors in the South Bay. For the first time, Loyola Coach Michael Boehle will have two sons playing for him, senior Parker and sophomore Hayden.

Drew Viney scored 23 points, and Anthony Ireland had 20 points and 10 assists to lead Loyola Marymount over Weber State, 84-78, in overtime in the second round of the CollegeInsider.com tournament on Sunday at Gersten Pavilion. The Lions (21-12) advance to play at Utah State (19-15) in the quarterfinals on Wednesday at 6 p.m. PDT. Damian Lillard of the Weber State (25-7) scored 27 points and made a three-point shot with 23 seconds left in regulation to force overtime. Loyola Marymount outrebounded the Wildcats, 44-31.

at Loyola Marymount 67, Pepperdine 57: Jarred DuBois continued his comeback from a concussion with 14 points for the Lions (14-9, 7-3 West Coast). DuBois, who sat out three games after suffering a concussion on Jan. 7, was coming off a season-high 18-point game Tuesday night against Portland that included the game-winning three-pointer with 17 seconds left. On Thursday he came off the bench to make five of nine shots and contribute four assists. Taylor Darby scored 18 points and Joshua Lowery 11 for the Waves (8-14, 2-9)

MEN St. Mary's 74, at Pepperdine 45: The Gaels dominated, scoring 30 points from behind the three-point line on 10-for-23 shooting to the Waves' zero and outrebounding Pepperdine 40-29. Matthew Dellavedova led St. Mary's with 16 points, and Jorden Page and Stephen Holt added 14 each. Jordan Baker had 14 points and Taylor Darby 10 for the Waves (7-6, 1-1 West Coast), who shot 37%. The Gaels (13-2, 2-0) never trailed. Loyola Marymount 77, at San Francisco 76: Anthony Ireland drove for a layup with 1.6 seconds left in overtime, giving the Lions a wild victory.

MEN at Loyola Marymount 80, Idaho State 72 (OT): Jarred Dubois came off the bench to score 18 points and he had five assists for the Lions, who outscored the Bengals 12-4 in overtime. LaRon Armstead added 14 points and five rebounds. Cal State Northridge 73, at Pepperdine 70: Stephan Hicks scored 18 points to lead the Matadors. Joshua Lowery scored 17 for the Waves. at UC Irvine 75, Vanguard 73: Will Davis II had 17 points and 13 rebounds for the Anteaters.

MEN Doubletree Los Angeles Westside Centennial Classic at Loyola Marymount North Texas 76, Loyola Marymount 63: Chris Jones had 22 points, six rebounds and six assists for the Mean Green (3-5), which committed only four turnovers, the school's fewest in a game since 1993. LaRon Armstead had a team-high 16 points for the Lions (5-5), who committed 16 turnovers that led to 16 points for North Texas, which was 2-1 in the tournament. Loyola Marymount was 1-2. Columbia 78, La Sierra 56: Meiko Lyles scored 16 points to lead the Lions (5-4)

vs. Loyola Marymount When: 7:30. Where: Sports Arena. On the air: TV: FS West. Radio: 570. Records: Season opener. Update: UCLA has a 27-game winning streak as the home team at the Sports Arena, where the Bruins will play their first game as the hosts since 1965. Loyola Marymount must go back to 1941 to find its last victory in a series in which it is 2-15. The Lions will be without standout forward Drew Viney, who has a foot injury, and forward Alex Osborne, who must sit out the season's first two games as the result of playing in last season's opener before redshirting.

Loyola Marymount's first foray into college basketball's postseason in two decades is going to cost the Lions. Put the price tag at $31,500. That's how much the school will pay CollegeInsider.com to host Pacific on Wednesday night at 7:30 in the first round of its third-tier tournament. "It's not the NCAA tournament, but it's an opportunity to continue to play and practice," Loyola Marymount Coach Max Good said. "It's a reward for players to play on.... We're not at the point in our program where we can look down at anything."

Swallowed up in the noise and hype of big-time college basketball in our big-time sports metropolis is a delightful gem with a simply perfect name. Meet Max Good. He is the basketball coach at Loyola Marymount. If you have been paying attention to the early-season fortunes of Los Angeles-area Division I basketball teams, you might be inclined, at least at the moment, to rank LMU the region's No. 1. En route to their current 4-2 record, they have beaten two top-25 teams.

St. Louis plays noisy basketball. Shoes squeak because the Billikens are always moving their feet, whether on offense or defense. Players shout. They chatter to each other, call out defenses, bark out what play has been called, warn each other away from screens. The 2,637 who came Sunday to the Anaheim Convention Center for the 76 Classic were rewarded hearing the sounds of a basketball team that has a good plan. St. Louis (6-0) won the championship with an 83-63 win over Oklahoma (4-1)