Mooney at the buzzer sends UC Davis past Loyola Marymount

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DAVIS, Calif. (AP) — Joe Mooney buried a 3-pointer at the buzzer and UC Davis capped a 67-65 second-half comeback win against Loyola Marymount on Monday night.

Erik Johansson's layup with three seconds left put the Lions up 65-64. Prior to those points, neither team had scored in 81 seconds.

The Lions led 61-50 with 6:57 remaining before a 14-2 run by the Aggies over the next 51/2 minutes gave UC Davis (5-8) a 64-63 lead.

Loyola Marymount (5-6) built a 38-24 halftime lead on the strength of 15-of-20 shooting including 7-of-11 from 3-point range.

Stefan Gonzalez and Kennedy Koehler each scored 13, Mooney 11 and Elijah Pepper 10.

Johansson scored 15, Ivan Alipiev had 14, Eli Scott 13 and Parker Dortch 10.

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