Excerpt from the Dayton Daily News
By Tom Archdeacon
Loudon Love has a complete new look this year. You see it in his game, his body and especially on his head.
After Wright State had fended off Miami, 88-81, Saturday afternoon at Millett Hall, the Raiders big man stood outside the visitors dressing room and talked about the latter:
His new ‘do.
The sides of his head are shaved and up top, the hair is braided and pulled into a little top knot. It ends up looking a little bit like a tilted pineapple.
“It was just something different, something random,” the 6-foot-8 redshirt junior was explaining. “It’s just a …”
He stopped in mid-sentence as Raiders no-nonsense head coach Scott Nagy walked over from his post-game radio comments and stood next to him.
“Oooh…aaaah…I’m not answering any more with him right here,” a stammering, half-smiling Love said as he backed away toward the dressing quarters.
It was the first-time all afternoon that he had been flustered and didn’t know what to do.
Once Love was out of earshot, Nagy was asked what he thought of his big man’s haircut.
“When you get 27 and 16 you can wear your hair however you want,” he laughed.
Love’s 27 points were a career-high. His 16 rebounds were three off his all-time best.
“He was clearly a dominant player tonight,” Nagy said. “He owned the middle. That’s what he needs to do for us and he needs to do it more consistently.”
