Anderson (50) Is High-Tech Against Lions : Loyola Marymount: Sophomore guard sets Georgia Tech scoring record in 135-94 victory, perhaps causing his mother to worry about him even more.

Say this for Kenny Anderson: He doesn’t rest on his laurels.

Georgia Tech’s sophomore guard scored a career-high 40 points in a triple-overtime game earlier in the week. Saturday night, in his next game, he scored a school-record 50 points to lead the Yellow Jackets to a 135-94 victory over Loyola Marymount before 15,374 at the Omni.

Representatives from about 20 NBA teams were on hand scouting Anderson, and many feel he has little left to prove on the college level.

However, he came into Saturday’s game shooting 42% for the season. Against the Lions, he made 18 of 27 shots, including six of eight from three-point range.

Anderson said: “I talked to my mom today (in New York) and she was concerned, she told me this team ran a lot and she was worried I’d fatigue. She thinks Coach (Bobby Cremins) plays me too much. I was fatigued in the first half, and Coach took me out for about two minutes. But when I came back I was fine. I think I found my shot tonight.”

For the Lions (2-7), it seems most of the players are still looking for their shot. At least they are through the most rugged part of their schedule, having lost their other most recent games at UCLA, Oklahoma and Louisiana State.

Loyola is giving up more than 130 points a game, but Coach Jay Hillock said the problem is the offense.

On Saturday the only consistent Loyola scorers were Terrell Lowery, who had 26 points, and Richard Petruska with 25. But Lowery, who had scored 40 points or more in three of his previous four games, made only 10 of 27 shots, and the team shot 36%.

The Lions stayed within 53-44 at halftime, but Georgia Tech (5-3) steadily pulled away in the second half, setting school records for points in a half (82) and total points.

Hillock hopes the team’s next games--at Pacific and home against St. Joseph’s--will be truer barometers of the Lions than the top 20-type teams they have played lately.

“The second half we had some offensive problems and then got out of sync,” he said.

“Our full-court game didn’t hurt them at all. I thought we fatigued them a little bit, but didn’t take advantage.”

Yellow Jacket guard Jon Barry, son of former NBA star Rick Barry, had a career-high 27 points. Forward Malcolm Mackey added 18 points and 14 rebounds. For the Lions, John O’Connell had 15 points off the bench. Lowery had 10 assists and barely missed his first triple double, grabbing nine rebounds.

Cremins said: “They play a different game. I knew they run, but I didn’t know it’d be so wide open. After about five minutes, I said we’re gonna just play, we’re gonna run with them. So I told Kenny, ‘Let’s run, let’s run, run, run, and just play a little bit of a wild game.’ This is the kind of game I expect of Kenny. I have a lot of confidence in Kenny in the open court.”

Hillock also preferred to talk about Anderson, calling him the best sophomore point guard he has ever seen. “He’s truly a great player,” Hillock said. “I’m glad to see Kenny get the record against us. We see those kind of situations all the time and they don’t bother us.”