Loyola Ramblers @Ramblersmbb 2019-20 Game Notes
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LOYOLA RAMBLERS @RAMBLERSMBB 2019-20 GAME NOTES GAME INFORMATION at FURMAN DATE/TIME: Fri., Nov. 8, 2019 / 7 p.m. ET LOYO' SITE: Timmons Arena / Greenville, S.C. RAMBLERS PA'DINS TV/LIVE VIDEO: ESPN3 1-0 1-0 RADIO: Rambler Sports Network LIVE STATS: loyolaramblers.com TWITTER UPDATES: @RamblersMBB 2 - SERIES HISTORY: Furman leads, 2-1 GAME # TIMMONS ARENA - GREENVILLE, S.C. OPENING TIP 2019-20 SCHEDULE 4 Fresh of a convincing 82-48 victory over UC Davis in Tuesday’s season opener, NOVEMBER Loyola makes its frst road trip of 2019-20 when it visits Furman Friday evening. The 5 UC DAVIS (ESPN3) W, 82-48 Ramblers, who have won their road opener in each of the last two seasons, will be look- 8 at Furman (ESPN3) 6 p.m. ing to start a season with back-to-back wins for the sixth time under ninth-year head 12 COPPIN STATE (NBCSCH+) 7 p.m. coach Porter Moser. 16 SAINT JOSEPH’S (NBCSCH+) 1 p.m. 4 Over the last fve-plus seasons, Moser has guided Loyola to three postseason berths 20 IUPUI (NBCSCH+) 7 p.m. (CBI in 2015, NCAA in 2018, NIT in 2019) and a record of 110-64 (.632). 25 vs. South Florida $ (FloHoops) 12:30 p.m. 4 Center Cameron Krutwig nearly recorded a triple-double against UC Davis Tuesday 26 vs. Colorado State/New Mexico St. $ (FloHoops) TBA night, fnishing with 15 points, eight rebounds and a career-best 11 assists, to only one 27 vs. TBA $ (FloHoops) TBA turnover. His 11 assists are the most by a Rambler since November 20, 2009, when Court- DECEMBER ney Stanley doled out 11 helpers at Holy Cross. 4 Last season, Loyola was one of the most efcient shooting teams in the nation, while 3 at Ball State (ESPN+) 6 p.m. also residing among the top defenses in the country. Head coach Porter Moser’s squad 7 QUINCY (ESPN3) 1 p.m. ranked tied for seventh in the nation in feld goal percentage (.493), while also sitting ffth 15 NORFOLK STATE (ESPN3) 1 p.m. in scoring defense (60.8 ppg) and second in fewest fouls per game (13.9). 18 vs. Vanderbilt (CBSSN) 5:30 p.m. 4 When the NCAA released the latest Graduation Success Rate (GSR) scores in Oc- 22 DAVIDSON (NBCSCH) 2 p.m. tober, Loyola was tied for second among all Division I schools with a 99 percent GSR. 30 at Valparaiso * (ESPN+) 7 p.m. Loyola was tied for frst in the nation in 2016 and 2017 and tied for second in 2018. JANUARY 4 MISSOURI STATE * (NBCSCH) 7 p.m. LAST TIME OUT 7 at Drake * (CBSSN) 8 p.m. 4 Loyola shot 55.6 (35-for-63) from the feld and turned the ball over only eight times 11 EVANSVILLE * (ESPN+) 3 p.m. as it started the 2019-20 season with a resounding 82-48 victory over UC Davis Tuesday 16 SOUTHERN ILLINOIS * (NBCSCH) 7 p.m. 19 at Illinois State * (ESPNU/ESPN3) 3 p.m. night. 22 INDIANA STATE * (ESPN+) 7 p.m. 4 Cameron Krutwig fell two rebounds shy of notching his frst career triple-double, tally- 26 at UNI * (ESPNU/ESPN3) 3 p.m. ing 15 points, a career-best 11 assists, to only one turnover, and eight rebounds. 29 at Southern Illinois * (ESPN+) 7 p.m. FEBRUARY MISSOURI VALLEY STANDINGS (THRU NOV. 5) 1 BRADLEY * (ESPN2) 7 p.m. TEAM W L PCT. W L PCT. H A N 5 at Indiana State * (CBSSN) 5 p.m. 1. Loyola 0 0 .000 1 0 1.000 1-0 0-0 0-0 9 VALPARAISO * (CBSSN/ESPNU) 1 or 3 p.m. 2. Valparaiso 0 0 .000 1 0 1.000 1-0 0-0 0-0 12 at Evansville * (ESPN+) 6 p.m. 3. Southern Illinois 0 0 .000 1 0 1.000 1-0 0-0 0-0 15 UNI * (ESPN2) 7 p.m. 4. UNI 0 0 .000 1 0 1.000 1-0 0-0 0-0 19 ILLINOIS STATE * (NBCSCH+) 7 p.m. 5. Drake 0 0 .000 0 0 .000 0-0 0-0 0-0 22 at Missouri State * (CBSSN) 2:30 p.m. 6. Illinois State 0 0 .000 0 0 .000 0-0 0-0 0-0 25 DRAKE * (NBCSCH) 7 p.m. 7. Indiana State 0 0 .000 0 0 .000 0-0 0-0 0-0 29 at Bradley * (CBSSN/ESPN2) TBA 8. Evansville 0 0 .000 0 0 .000 0-0 0-0 0-0 9. Bradley 0 0 .000 0 1 .000 0-0 0-1 0-0 MARCH 10. Missouri State 0 0 .000 0 1 .000 0-1 0-0 0-0 MISSOURI VALLEY TOURNEY (ST. LOUIS, MO.) 5 vs. TBA # (NBCSCH) TBA MEDIA INFORMATION 6 vs. TBA # (NBCSCH) TBA 7 vs. TBA # (CBSSN) TBA LOYOLA ATHLETIC COMMUNICATIONS 8 vs. TBA # (CBS) 1 p.m. Bill Behrns, Assistant AD - Communications/MBB Contact E-mail: [email protected] Phone: (773) 508-2497 4Cell Phone: (773) 469-6214 All times Central and subject to change Press Row: (773) 274-35504Twitter: @LoyolaRamblers4Website: www.loyolaramblers.com * denotes Missouri Valley game $ denotes Cayman Islands Classic # denotes MVC Championship 2019-20 LOYO' MEN’S BASKETBALL GAME NOTES LOYO' AT FURMAN TEAM COMPARISON NOTEBOOK CATEGORY LOYOLA - FURMAN - THE SERIES 4This is the fourth meeting between Loyola and Furman and the Paladins, who hold 2019-20 Overall Record 1-0 1-0 a slim 2-1 edge in the series, won the only previous meeting between the teams in 2019-20 Conference Record 0-0 0-0 Greenville, 63-51, during Porter Moser’s frst season at Loyola in 2011-12. Scoring 82.0 70.0 4In last year’s meeting in game two of the season at Gentile Arena, Clay Mounce’s Scoring Defense 48.0 63.0 dunk with 1.8 seconds remaining lifted Furman to a 60-58 victory. Scoring Margin +34.0 +7.0 4Loyola is 2-3 all-time versus current members of the Southern Conference. Field Goal Pct. .556 .463 SCOUTING FURMAN Field Goal Pct. Defense .368 .386 4Furman opened the season with a 70-63 victory at Gardner-Webb Tuesday night 3-Pt Field Goals Per Game 4.0 6.0 behind 18 points and fve rebounds from Noah Gurley. 3-Pt Field Goal Pct. .250 .240 4Last season, the Paladins reached the National Invitation Tournament, falling to Rebounds Per Game 40.0 32.0 Wichita State in the opening round. Furman closed out the year with a 25-8 overall Rebounding Margin +13.0 -6.0 record, the most wins in program history. Over the last three campaigns, the Pala- Assists Per Game 20.0 12.0 dins are averaging 23.7 wins and have posted 20 or more victories in each of those Turnovers Per Game 8.0 12.0 seasons. Turnover Margin +6.0 +4.0 4Jordan Lyons is the team’s leading returning scorer from a year ago. Last season, the guard put up 16.2 points per contest and knocked down 105 three-point feld Free Throw Pct. .800 .778 goals. Blocks Per Game 1.0 4.0 Steals Per Game 7.0 7.0 HALL OF A DEBUT 4Redshirt Tate Hall, a 6-foot-6 guard/forward, who transferred from the University LOYOLA WHEN... of Indianapolis, had a dazzling debut in a Loyola uniform Tuesday night. The junior, Under who sat out last season, accounted for 14 points, nine rebounds, three assists and 2019-20 Moser four steals, flling up the stat sheet in an easy win over UC Davis November 5. Leading at halftime 1-0 102-27 4At U of Indy, Hall put up 14.8 points, 5.6 rebounds, 2.2 assists and 1.0 steals per Trailing at halftime 0-0 29-91 contest in 2017-18 on his way to First Team All-Great Lakes Valley Conference recognition. Tied at halftime 0-0 9-7 4He is looking to join an impressive crop of Rambler transfers in the Porter Moser Shoots 50% or higher 1-0 89-14 era who have enjoyed tremendous success. Kansas transfer Milton Doyle became Shoots 40% or lower 0-0 8-46 Loyola’s frst NBA product in 30 years, while Clayton Custer (Iowa State) and Shoots higher than opponent 1-0 129-24 Marques Townes (Fairleigh Dickinson) won the last two MVC Player of the Year Shoots lower than opponent 0-0 13-102 awards. Opponent shoots 50% or higher 0-0 15-49 Opponent shoots 40% or lower 1-0 69-16 KING KRUT Scores under 50 points 0-0 0-22 4Cameron Krutwig has earned All-MVC accolades in each of his frst two seasons Scores 50-59 pts 0-0 18-47 at Loyola, collecting third team honors as a freshman in 2017-18 before picking up frst-team status in 2018-19, when he also fnished third in the Larry Bird Trophy vot- Scores 60-69 pts 0-0 43-38 ing for the league’s player of the year award. He is the frst Rambler ever to earn all- Scores 70-79+ pts 0-0 46-16 conference (frst, second or third team) status as both a freshman and a sophomore. Scores 80+ points 1-0 33-2 4Last season, the 6-foot-9 center, who this week was named to the Lou Henson Opp scores under 50 points 1-0 27-3 Award Preseason Watch List, led The Valley in feld goal percentage (.629) and was Opp scores 50-59 points 0-0 45-19 one of four players to rank in the top eight in the league in both scoring (14.8) and Opp scores 60-69 points 0-0 50-34 rebounding (7.2).