# 2018–19 Loyola Marymount Lions men's basketball team

The 2018–19 Loyola Marymount Lions men's basketball team represented Loyola Marymount University during the 2018–19 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Lions are led by fifth-year head coach Mike Dunlap. They played their home games at Gersten Pavilion in Los Angeles, California as members of the West Coast Conference. They finished the season 22–12, 8–8 in WCC Play to tie for 5th place. They lost in the second round of the WCC tournament to Pepperdine. They received an at-large bid to the College Basketball Invitational, where they defeated California Baptist and Brown to advance to the semifinals. They then lost to South Florida.

## Previous season

The Lions finished the 2017–18 season finished the season 11–20, 5–13 in WCC play to finish in eighth place. They defeated Portland in the first round of the WCC tournament before losing in the quarterfinals to Gonzaga.

## Offseason
### Departures

| Name | Number | Pos. | Height | Weight | Year | Hometown | Reason for departure |
| Steven Haney | 12 | G/F | 6'6" | 197 | RS Senior | Fort Lauderdale, FL | Graduated |
| Mikail Simmons | 13 | F | 6'8" | 212 | Freshman | Plano, TX | Transferred to Bossier Parish CC |
| Dylan Causwell | 22 | F | 6'7" | 197 | Junior | Johns Creek, GA | Graduate transferred to Southeastern |
| Liam Eberhardt | 34 | F | 6'7" | 190 | Freshman | Seattle, WA | Walk-on; didn't return |

### Incoming transfers

| Name | Number | Pos. | Height | Weight | Year | Hometown | Notes |
| Jordan Bell | 23 | G/F | 6'8" | 225 | RS Sophomore | Inglewood, CA | Junior college transferred from Compton College. |

### 2018 recruiting class

US college sports recruiting information for high school athletes :
| Name | Hometown | High school / college | Height | Weight | Commit date |
| Dameane Douglas SF | Fresno, CA | San Joaquin Memorial High School | 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) | N/A | Aug 7, 2017 |
| Recruiting star ratings: Scout: N/A Rivals: N/A 247Sports: N/A ESPN grade: 0 ||||||
| Ivan Alipiev SF | Bulgaria | BC Levski Sofia | 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) | N/A | Mar 30, 2018 |
| Recruiting star ratings: Scout: N/A Rivals: N/A 247Sports: N/A ESPN grade: 0 ||||||
| Overall recruiting rankings: Scout: nr Rivals: nr ESPN: nr ||||||
| Note: In many cases, Scout, Rivals, 247Sports, and ESPN may conflict in their listings of height and weight. In these cases, the average was taken. ESPN grades are on a 100-point scale. Sources: "Loyola Marymount Lions 2018 Basketball Commitments". Rivals.com. "2018 Loyola Marymount Lions Basketball Commits". Scout.com. "ESPN 2018 Loyola Marymount Lions Basketball recruits". ESPN.com. "Scout.com Team Recruiting Rankings". Scout.com. "2018 Team Ranking". Rivals.com. ||||||

## Schedule and results

| Date time, TV | Rank$^#$ | Opponent$^#$ | Result | Record | Site (attendance) city, state |
| Non-conference regular season ||||||
| November 6, 2018* 5:00 pm | | Westcliff University | W 75–43 | 1–0 | Gersten Pavilion (1,106) Los Angeles, CA |
| November 10, 2018* 7:00 pm, ATTSNRM | | at UNLV | W 61–50 | 2–0 | Thomas & Mack Center (8,501) Paradise, NV |
| November 13, 2018* 6:00 pm | | Cal State Northridge | W 79–64 | 3–0 | Gersten Pavilion (862) Los Angeles, CA |
| November 16, 2018* 5:00 pm, CBSSN | | vs. Georgetown Jamaica Classic | W 65–52 | 4–0 | Montego Bay Convention Centre (1,169) Montego Bay, Jamaica |
| November 18, 2018* 4:30 pm, CBSSN | | vs. Ohio Jamaica Classic | W 65–56 | 5–0 | Montego Bay Convention Centre Montego Bay, Jamaica |
| November 21, 2018* 7:00 pm | | Central Connecticut Jamaica Classic | W 76–74 | 6–0 | Gersten Pavilion (644) Los Angeles, CA |
| November 24, 2018* 7:30 pm | | Florida A&M Jamaica Classic | W 71–63 | 7–0 | Gersten Pavilion (685) Los Angeles, CA |
| November 29, 2018* 7:00 pm | | Bethesda | W 106–50 | 8–0 | Gersten Pavilion (980) Los Angeles, CA |
| December 2, 2018* 7:00 pm, P12N | | at UCLA | L 58–82 | 8–1 | Pauley Pavilion (8,242) Los Angeles, CA |
| December 5, 2018* 7:00 pm | | at Cal State Fullerton | W 59–49 | 9–1 | Titan Gym (1,024) Fullerton, CA |
| December 15, 2018* 7:05 pm | | at Portland State | W 85–58 | 10–1 | Viking Pavilion (1,055) Portland, OR |
| December 19, 2018* 7:00 pm | | Boise State | W 70–69 | 11–1 | Gersten Pavilion (1,279) Los Angeles, CA |
| December 22, 2018* 7:00 pm | | at UC Riverside | L 53–60 | 11–2 | SRC Arena (339) Riverside, CA |
| December 28, 2018* 7:00 pm | | UC Davis | W 77–59 | 12–2 | Gersten Pavilion (926) Los Angeles, CA |
| WCC regular season ||||||
| January 3, 2019 7:00 pm, SPCSN | | at Pepperdine | L 62–77 | 12–3 (0–1) | Firestone Fieldhouse (1,118) Malibu, CA |
| January 5, 2019 3:00 pm | | Portland | W 76–64 | 13–3 (1–1) | Gersten Pavilion (815) Los Angeles, CA |
| January 5, 2019 7:00 pm, SPCSN | | Saint Mary's | L 60–71 | 13–4 (1–2) | Gersten Pavilion (1,703) Los Angeles, CA |
| January 17, 2019 6:00 pm, RTNW | | at No. 5 Gonzaga | L 55–73 | 13–5 (1–3) | McCarthey Athletic Center (6,000) Spokane, WA |
| January 19, 2019 1:00 pm, SPCSN | | Pepperdine | W 74–70 | 14–5 (2–3) | Gersten Pavilion (1,646) Los Angeles, CA |
| January 24, 2019 7:00 pm | | at San Diego | L 58–71 | 14–6 (2–4) | Jenny Craig Pavilion (1,519) San Diego, CA |
| January 26, 2019 6:00 pm | | at Santa Clara | W 69–61 | 15–6 (3–4) | Leavey Center (2,133) Santa Clara, CA |
| January 31, 2019 7:30 pm | | Pacific | W 60–42 | 16–6 (4–4) | Gersten Pavilion (861) Los Angeles, CA |
| February 2, 2019 6:00 pm, BYUtv | | at BYU | L 49–67 | 16–7 (4–5) | Marriott Center (11,643) Provo, UT |
| February 7, 2019 7:00 pm | | San Diego | L 63–65 | 16–8 (4–6) | Gersten Pavilion (989) Los Angeles, CA |
| February 9, 2019 7:00 pm | | at Portland | W 72–55 | 17–8 (5–6) | Chiles Center (1,927) Portland, OR |
| February 14, 2019 8:00 pm, ESPN2 | | No. 3 Gonzaga | L 60–73 | 17–9 (5–7) | Gersten Pavilion (4,213) Los Angeles, CA |
| February 16, 2019 1:00 pm, SPCSN | | BYU | L 62–70 | 17–10 (5–8) | Gersten Pavilion (3,692) Los Angeles, CA |
| February 23, 2019 12:30 pm, SPCSN | | Pacific | W 63–56 | 18–10 (6–8) | Alex G. Spanos Center (2,066) Stockton, CA |
| February 28, 2019 8:00 pm, SPCSN | | Santa Clara | W 72–70 | 19–10 (7–8) | Gersten Pavilion (1,150) Los Angeles, CA |
| March 2, 2019 1:00 pm, SPCSN | | at San Francisco | W 74–69 | 20–10 (8–8) | War Memorial Gymnasium (3,005) San Francisco, CA |
| WCC tournament ||||||
| March 8, 2019 10:00 pm, SPCSN | (5) | vs. (8) Pepperdine Second round | L 65–68 | 20–11 | Orleans Arena (1,482) Paradise, NV |
| College Basketball Invitational ||||||
| March 20, 2019* 7:00 pm, WAC DN | | at California Baptist First round | W 56–55 | 21–11 | CBU Events Center (2,346) Riverside, CA |
| March 25, 2019* 7:00 pm, TheW.tv | | Brown Quarterfinals | W 81–63 | 22–11 | Gersten Pavilion (657) Los Angeles, CA |
| March 28, 2019* 4:00 pm | | at South Florida Semifinals | L 47–56 | 22–12 | Yuengling Center (1,658) Tampa, FL |
| *Non-conference game. $^#$Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. ||||||
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