Loyola Marymount Lions

Loyola Marymount Lions
University Loyola Marymount University
Conference West Coast Conference
NCAA Division I
Athletic director William Husak
Location Los Angeles, California
Varsity teams 18
Basketball arena Gersten Pavilion
Baseball stadium George C. Page Stadium
Mascot Iggy the Lion
Nickname Lions
Fight song "Fight on Loyola"
Colors Crimson and Navy[1]
         
Website www.lmulions.com

The Loyola Marymount Lions are the athletic teams that represent Loyola Marymount University, a Jesuit institution in Los Angeles, California.[2] The school competes in NCAA Division I and the West Coast Conference.[3]

Teams

Loyola Marymount University sponsors teams in nine men's and twelve women's NCAA sanctioned sports:[4]

Men's Intercollegiate Sports

Women's Intercollegiate Sports

Men's basketball

The Lions burst onto the national basketball scene in the late 1980s under coach Paul Westhead. His teams led Division I in scoring in 1988 (110.3 points per game), 1989 (112.5) and 1990 (122.4).[6] LMU's 122.4 point per game in 1990 was still a record as of October 2010.[7] As of October 2010, Loyola Marymount held the five highest combined scoring games in Division I history. Four of the five occurred during Westhead's career, including a record 331 in the 181–150 win over United States International University on January 31, 1989.[8]

The team's last appearance in the NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Tournament was in 1990, where they advanced to the Elite Eight. They would lose to eventual national champion UNLV. Prior to the tournament, Lions star player Hank Gathers died during the WCC conference tournament from a heart condition.

LMU's current men's head coach is Mike Dunlap.

Women's basketball

Water polo

The women's water polo team was the WWPA Champion in 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, and 2007.

At the conclusion the 2004 season, Loyola Marymount's women's water polo team lost to the University of Southern California (USC), 10-8, in the NCAA Women's Water Polo Championship game at Stanford University's Avery Aquatic Center.

Athletic facilities

Notes

References

External links

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