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KenPom: Gives us a 41% chance of winning.
GMU - 96
Loyola Chicago - 105
NET:
Mason - 85
Loyola - 99
We are 1-2 (.333) against Loyola Chicago all-time.
We lost the first meeting of the season 85-79 at EBA on February 7. We had an 8 point lead at the half and then gave up 49 points in the 2nd half. A disappointing defensive effort to say the least. They shot 15-21 (71%) overall and 5-7 (71%) from 3 in the second half. We held them to 37.5% shooting in the first half. Sheldon Edwards scored a career high 27 points to lead the Ramblers, he averages 6.6. Keyshawn Hall and Darius Maddox paced us with 20 and 18 respectively. Baraka Okojie scored 15 coming off the bench in 29 minutes of action.
Box Score: https://gomason.com/sports/mens-basketball/stats/2023-24/massachusetts/boxscore/12645
Loyola Chicago is currently 19-7 on the season and 11-2 in A10 play. They are 12-2 at home, 6-3 on the road, and 1-2 at neutral sites.
Wins: Eastern Illinois (89-65), New Orleans (73-70), Boston College (71-68), Chicago St. (62-53), Harvard (75-53), Goshen College (115-64), Charleston southern (72-59), Central Michigan (73-35), St. Louis (80-73), Duquesne (72-67), St. Joe’s (78-75), UMass (79-78), Fordham (65-61), St. Louis (77-62), Davidson (76-63), GMU (85-79), GW (81-73), St. Joe’s (64-59), Rhode Island (77-67)
Losses: #10 Florida Atlantic (75-62), UIC (72-67), #8 Creighton (88-65), Tulsa (88-77), South Florida (77-64), Richmond (58-56), vcu (74-67),
Schedule: https://loyolaramblers.com/sports/mens-basketball/schedule
Roster: https://loyolaramblers.com/sports/mens-basketball/roster
Stats: https://loyolaramblers.com/sports/mens-basketball/stats/2023-24
Probable Starters:
6’5” Des Watson (13.1 ppg) - Junior
6’6” Phillip Alston (13.0ppg) - Senior
6’0” Braden Norris (8.5 ppg) - Grad Student
6’10” Miles Rubin (5.8 ppg) - Freshman
6’4” Sheldon Edwards (6.6 ppg) - Senior
Reserves averaging double figure minutes:
6’4” Jayden Dawson (8.2 ppg) - Sophomore
6’8” Dame Adelekun (9.3 ppg) - Grad Student
6’4” Greg Dolan (4.1 ppg) - Grad Student
6’7” Patrick Mwamba (2.8 ppg) - Grad Student
Team Stats:
Loyola averages 73.9 points per game while giving up 67.5.
The Ramblers shoot 46.1% from the floor and 35.5% from 3.
Opponents are shooting 39.9% from the field and 34.7% from 3.
The Ramblers shoot 70.6% from the free throw line.
They have out rebounded opponents by 3.4 boards per game and average 12.8 turnovers per contest.
Thoughts: They find a way to win both low and high scoring games. On paper they don’t look that tough but they have been to date. “The total is truly greater than the sum of its parts”, is pretty accurate in their case. Tough one on the road. Win this and things get real interesting.
Discuss.
KenPom: Gives us a 41% chance of winning.
GMU - 96
Loyola Chicago - 105
NET:
Mason - 85
Loyola - 99
We are 1-2 (.333) against Loyola Chicago all-time.
We lost the first meeting of the season 85-79 at EBA on February 7. We had an 8 point lead at the half and then gave up 49 points in the 2nd half. A disappointing defensive effort to say the least. They shot 15-21 (71%) overall and 5-7 (71%) from 3 in the second half. We held them to 37.5% shooting in the first half. Sheldon Edwards scored a career high 27 points to lead the Ramblers, he averages 6.6. Keyshawn Hall and Darius Maddox paced us with 20 and 18 respectively. Baraka Okojie scored 15 coming off the bench in 29 minutes of action.
Box Score: https://gomason.com/sports/mens-basketball/stats/2023-24/massachusetts/boxscore/12645
Loyola Chicago is currently 19-7 on the season and 11-2 in A10 play. They are 12-2 at home, 6-3 on the road, and 1-2 at neutral sites.
Wins: Eastern Illinois (89-65), New Orleans (73-70), Boston College (71-68), Chicago St. (62-53), Harvard (75-53), Goshen College (115-64), Charleston southern (72-59), Central Michigan (73-35), St. Louis (80-73), Duquesne (72-67), St. Joe’s (78-75), UMass (79-78), Fordham (65-61), St. Louis (77-62), Davidson (76-63), GMU (85-79), GW (81-73), St. Joe’s (64-59), Rhode Island (77-67)
Losses: #10 Florida Atlantic (75-62), UIC (72-67), #8 Creighton (88-65), Tulsa (88-77), South Florida (77-64), Richmond (58-56), vcu (74-67),
Schedule: https://loyolaramblers.com/sports/mens-basketball/schedule
Roster: https://loyolaramblers.com/sports/mens-basketball/roster
Stats: https://loyolaramblers.com/sports/mens-basketball/stats/2023-24
Probable Starters:
6’5” Des Watson (13.1 ppg) - Junior
6’6” Phillip Alston (13.0ppg) - Senior
6’0” Braden Norris (8.5 ppg) - Grad Student
6’10” Miles Rubin (5.8 ppg) - Freshman
6’4” Sheldon Edwards (6.6 ppg) - Senior
Reserves averaging double figure minutes:
6’4” Jayden Dawson (8.2 ppg) - Sophomore
6’8” Dame Adelekun (9.3 ppg) - Grad Student
6’4” Greg Dolan (4.1 ppg) - Grad Student
6’7” Patrick Mwamba (2.8 ppg) - Grad Student
Team Stats:
Loyola averages 73.9 points per game while giving up 67.5.
The Ramblers shoot 46.1% from the floor and 35.5% from 3.
Opponents are shooting 39.9% from the field and 34.7% from 3.
The Ramblers shoot 70.6% from the free throw line.
They have out rebounded opponents by 3.4 boards per game and average 12.8 turnovers per contest.
Thoughts: They find a way to win both low and high scoring games. On paper they don’t look that tough but they have been to date. “The total is truly greater than the sum of its parts”, is pretty accurate in their case. Tough one on the road. Win this and things get real interesting.
Discuss.
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