DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. – Ohio struggled to score in the second half as its losing streak reached five straight with a 70-58 loss to Loyola Marymount in the consolation game of the Sunshine Slam on Tuesday evening at the Ocean Center.

The Bobcats (1-6) led 32-21 at the half but shot just 31.5% for the game and could not hold their lead.

Aidan Hadaway led Ohio with 12 points and five rebounds, while Jackson Paveletke scored 10 points with six rebounds.

AJ Thomas paced the Lions (7-1) with 15 points, and Aaron McBride added 14 points and eight rebounds.

Dior Conners hit a 3-pointer – his only made field goal in eight attempts – to extend Ohio’s advantage to four points to star the second half, but LMU scored the next five points to take the lead and later got separation with a 14-0 run to go up 53-38 with 12:48 remaining.

Javan Simmons had nine points, and Ajay Sheldon had eight points on 2-of-8 shooting for the Bobcats. Elijah Elliott had a team-best eight rebounds but went just 1 of 6 from the field.

Ohio returns to Athens to face Maine at 7 p.m. Dec. 3 at The Convo.