Jason Rowe

LeVar Folk scored a career-high 17 points as host Boston University coasted to a 73-43 win over Towson last night in men's college basketball.The win ended a four-game losing streak for the Terriers (7-11, 3-7 America East), whose offense was powered by 9-for-19 shooting from three-point range.Towson (5-14, 4-7) trailed 40-19 at the break after Boston University jumped out to a 19-4 lead capped by Mike Costello's three-pointer with 11: 10 remaining in the first half. The gap widened to 60-27 with 9: 18 left.

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Loyola College's academic board expelled basketball standout Jason Rowe yesterday, ending the college career for the Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference's Preseason Player of the Year. A senior guard who averaged 17.9 points, 5.2 assists and 3.0 steals for the Greyhounds this season, Rowe was suspended from Loyola two weeks ago after his grade-point average fell below school standards during the fall semester, according to sources close to the situation. Before the beginning of each semester, the academic board meets to discuss the status of students whose performance falls below the school's standards.

Morgan State (8-17, 7-10) at Howard (7-18, 7-10)Site: Burr Gymnasium, WashingtonTime: 4 p.m.Radio: WEAA (88.9 FM)Outlook: Morgan needs a repeat victory over the Bison to avert the play-in game of the Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference tournament. If the Bears lose, they likely will meet Maryland-Eastern Shore, the ninth seed, Monday at Morgan. F Chris Watson, the team's top scorer, is expected back from a sprained ankle that forced him to miss Monday's win over South Carolina State. Morgan won the first game, 88-69, on Feb. 3 with Tremaine Byrd scoring 28 points and Rasheed Sparks adding 19 points and nine rebounds.

Senior guard Nathan Smith returned from a one-game layoff to score a season-high 28 points and lift American University to its first win, 72-65 over Loyola, last night at Bender Arena in Washington.Smith, AU's leading scorer whose 86-game playing streak ended with the Eagles' 16-point loss to Texas on Dec. 3, hit five of 12 three-pointers. His scoring total was two points short of his career high.American (1-5), playing without two starters, led nearly the entire game, but Loyola (1-6) forced the Eagles to hang on down the stretch to bring first-year coach Art Perry, a former Maryland assistant, his initial win.Matt Brown's basket gave AU a 60-51 lead with 3: 03 left, but Loyola followed with a 7-0 run and had a chance to tie before Jason Rowe missed a three-pointer with about 1: 30 left.

Geoff Billet scored nine of his season-high 23 points in a 20-0 run as Rutgers (6-4) defeated Loyola (3-7) for its fifth straight win, 89-67, last night in Piscataway, N.J.Billet's defense also helped throttle Loyola's high-scoring tandem of Mike Powell and Jason Rowe. The guards entered the game averaging a combined 45 points but combined to shoot 14-for-31. Powell, who was averaging 26.2 points entering the game, had 18, and Rowe led Loyola with 20.UMBC 57, Robert Morris 56: Rod Harrison hit a three-point shot with three seconds left to give visiting UMBC the win in Coraopolis, Pa.There were four lead changes in the final 47 seconds of the game, but the second of Harrison's two three-pointers were enough to give the Retreivers (5-5)

Loyola hit 65 percent of its shots in the first half, Jason Rowe nearly logged a triple double, and Brian Carroll foiled an old nemesis during a 101-90 win over Canisius last night at Reitz Arena. It was the first time the Greyhounds had topped 100 points since a 103-102 loss at Siena on Feb. 15, 1998, an outing vaguely memorable to Rowe. Rowe, who finished with 25 points, 10 assists and eight rebounds, said he couldn't remember the score of the Siena game. "Whatever it was, it was a long time ago. I can't tell you the last time we had 100 in this building, so it was a good feeling."

Their idyll of summer pickup games abruptly interrupted, those on the Loyola men's basketball team recently forsook the charms of a warm day to run drills at Reitz Arena under the tutelage of coach Dino Gaudio.Tomorrow, the Greyhounds are headed to France to play four games against club teams over an eight-day period. So players ran their drills with aplomb, smiling more often than not.Even a chronic ankle sprain couldn't douse the spirits of the team's star player, Jason Rowe, who sat out practice and instead operated the scoreboard in his temporary role of de facto team manager.

Loyola coach Dino Gaudio walked into the locker room at halftime last night, screamed at his players for 15 seconds and suddenly disappeared."It was really kind of scary," sophomore point guard Jason Rowe said. "That is the quickest he's ever yelled at us at halftime and then he walked right out the door. He was more or less trying to get us going."Gaudio got results in a big way as Loyola came out and probably played its best half of the season to rout Marist, 80-61, in a Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference game at Reitz Arena.

Freshman Jason Rowe led all scorers with 20 points, helping Loyola roll to a 75-55 victory over Siena in a Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference game last night in Loudonville, N.Y.The win was the first for the Greyhounds at Siena since the 1951-52 season.Erik Cooper and Darren Kelly, also freshmen, scored 13 apiece for the Greyhounds, who are tied for third place in the conference with St. Peter's.Siena (8-16, 3-9) took an 11-6 lead, but Loyola (11-13, 8-4) would score 32 of the next 41 points to take a 38-20 halftime lead.