Cody Joyce (Southern) made seven of eight shots from the field, scoring a team-best 16 points, but host UMBC (2-11) fell, 70-55, to New Jersey Institute of Technology (7-9) on Friday night. There were 14 lead changes in the first 20 minutes. UMBC made six of nine field-goal attempts for a 15-14 lead on a layup by Jourdan Grant (Archbishop Spalding) with 13:03 to play. NJIT went up by as many as five points later in the half, but a 6-0 UMBC run reclaimed the lead for the hosts at 24-23 with 2:15 remaining. The Highlanders' Damon Lynn made a 3-pointer with 1:06 left for a 26-24 NJIT lead. The Highlanders started the second half with an 8-0 run and when UMBC drew within six, they responded with an 8-1 run.
Thursday's men: Bowie State defeated visiting Livingstone in its Central Intercollegiate Athletic Association opener, 84-83, as Bulldogs coach Darrell Brooks won his 100th career game. Bowie State's Cameron Knox (W.E.B. DuBois) led all players with a career-high 31 points. Junior Andre Jackson (Western Tech) added 17 points and a team-high seven rebounds off the bench for the Bulldogs, who improved to 9-4 as the Blue Bears fell to 6-4, 0-1.
Thursday's women: Morgan State ended an eight-game losing streak with a 54-46 win over host UMBC. The Retrievers (5-8) shot 25.8 percent overall, while the Bears (3-10) hit just 23.3 percent of their shots. Morgan State's Braennan Farrar had a game-high 15 points on 4-for-16 shooting. … Livingstone remained unbeaten after overwhelming host Bowie State, 98-73, in the teams' CIAA opener. The Blue Bears moved to 10-0, 1-0. The Bulldogs are now 5-5, 0-1.
Laurel Park
Trainer Eppler wins three races on Friday card
Mary Eppler saddled three winners Friday at Laurel Park, visiting the winners' circle with Lily's Peak ($3.40-Race 1), Lovable Lady ($27.20-Race 4) and Lasamanamama ($7.60-Race 6). In the opener, Lily's Peak won for the fifth time in 10 starts with a six-length score. Lovable Lady broke poorly but was able to run down Worldly Charm to win in her debut. Lasamanamama rallied off the pace for her second consecutive victory in starter allowance company. "It is good to have days like this," Eppler said. "I was really impressed with the first-time starter. I wrote her off after the break. I did win with her mother [Summer Notebook] first time out. She had been training well at Pimlico but she is a little on the goofy side." Eppler, 60, who has been training since 1980, had more than $1 million in earnings for the first time in 2014. She has three graded victories on her resume, including the 1996 Futurity (G1) with Traitor. The Baltimore County native conditioned Belmont Stakes winner Victory Gallop to three wins in five starts as a 2-year-old (1997) and once exercised Hall of Famer Spectacular Bid during his 2-year-old campaign (1978).
Varsity basketball
Ceremony set to name Dunbar's court after Wade
Dunbar will dedicate its basketball court in honor of former coach Bob Wade on Tuesday. The ceremony will take place at 4:30 p.m. before the Poets face Edmondson. Wade, the coordinator of athletics for Baltimore City Public Schools, led the Dunbar program to national prominence in his 11 seasons. From the 1975-76 season through 1985-86 season, he went 272-24 with nine Maryland Scholastic Association A Conference titles, four perfect seasons and two national championships.
—Glenn Graham
Et cetera
Adam Jones marries Jean Fugett's daughter in Ariz.
Center fielder Adam Jones became the latest Orioles player to be wed this offseason, marrying Audie Fugett last weekend in Scottsdale, Ariz. Several members of the Orioles organization, including manager Buck Showalter and first base coach Wayne Kirby, were in attendance. Nick Markakis, who played next to Jones in the Orioles outfield for the past seven seasons before signing a four-year contract with the Atlanta Braves last month, also attended. Fugett, a Baltimore native, is the daughter of former NFL player Jean Fugett, now a local lawyer and businessman.
College football: Johns Hopkins placed three players on the Division III All-Eastern College Athletic Conference South football team. Junior guard Colin Egan earned first-team honors, while junior tackle Rowan Cade and senior defensive lineman Michael Longo were named to the second team. This is the sixth consecutive season that Johns Hopkins has placed at least three players on the All-ECAC team and the fourth straight year Johns Hopkins has had two or more offensive linemen selected.