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Evansville Purple Aces Women’s Basketball Game 20 - Loyola 2017-18 Schedule & Results Date/Time: Jan. 28, 2018 (11:30 a.m.) Location: Chicago, Ill. Date Opponent Location Time/Result Venue: Gentile Arena Nov. 12 Murray State Evansville, Ind. W, 89-81 Live Stream/TV: ESPN3 Nov. 15 at Alabama A&M Normal, Ala. L, 56-70 Radio: 91.5 WUEV Live Stats: GoPurpleAces.com Nov. 18 at Eastern Illinois Charleston, Ill. L, 52-79 Series: Loyola, 20-12 Evansville Loyola Nov. 21 Westminster Evansville, Ind. W, 79-53 Last Meeting: UE 81, Loyola 50 (3-16, 0-8 MVC) Nov. 30 at Western Kentucky Bowling Green, Ky. L, 54-92 Mar. 2, 2017 (3-16, 1-7 MVC) Dec. 2 at Austin Peay Clarksville, Tenn. L, 73-82 Chicago, Ill. Dec. 5 at Kentucky Lexington, Ky. L, 62-100 Dec. 10 Morehead State Evansville, Ind. L, 75-82 Gameday Notes Dec. 14 Oakland City Evansville, Ind. W, 96-59 Dec. 16 at Illinois-Chicago Chicago, Ill. L, 77-96 • Evansville is looking to snap a 10-game losing streak when the Purple Aces travel to take Dec. 19 at SEMO Cape Girardeau, Mo. L, 65-74 on Loyola on Saturday morning. Dec. 29 Southern Illinois * Evansville, Ind. L, 62-74 • The two sides have met 32 times in the series history with the Ramblers owning a 20-12 Dec. 31 Missouri State * Evansville, Ind. L, 65-95 advantage in the all-time series. Jan. 5 at Indiana State * Terre Haute, Ind. L, 48-56 Jan. 12 at Northern Iowa * Cedar Falls, Iowa L, 41-65 • In the series with Loyola, the Aces are looking for their third-straight victory over the Jan. 14 at Drake * Des Moines, Iowa L, 66-107 Ramblers after sweeping Loyola in the season series last year. Jan. 19 Illinois State * Evansville, Ind. L, 43-67 Jan. 21 Bradley * Evansville, Ind. L, 59-117 • A win would give UE its first MVC victory of the season and its first road win of the year. Jan. 26 at Valparaiso * Valparaiso, Ind. L, 59-101 Jan. 28 at Loyola * Chicago, Ill. 11:30 a.m. • After hitting 14-35 (40%) three-pointers in Friday night’s loss at Valpo, the Purple Aces Feb. 2 Indiana State * Evansville, Ind. 7 p.m. held onto their lead in the MVC in three-point percentage, hitting 36.2% of their attempts Feb. 9 Drake * Evansville, Ind. 7 p.m. from beyond the arc this season. Evansville sits second in the conference in three-pointers Feb. 11 Northern Iowa * Evansville, Ind. 1 p.m. made per game with 7.9 per contest, trailing Drake by one made three per game. Feb. 16 at Bradley * Peoria, Ill. 7 p.m. Feb. 18 at Illinois State * Normal, Ill. 1 p.m. • Evansville currently leads the Missouri Valley Conference in free throw percentage, Feb. 23 Loyola * Evansville, Ind. 7 p.m. shooting 83% from the charity stripe this season with eight individuals shooting 80% or Feb. 25 Valparaiso * Evansville, Ind. 1 p.m. better from the line, led by junior guard Kerri Gasper who has hit 38 of 40 attempts (95%) Mar. 1 at Missouri State * Springfield, Mo. 7 p.m. this season. Of their 289 free throw attempts, the Aces have missed just 49. Mar. 3 at Southern Illinois * Carbondale, Ill. 1 p.m. • Sophomore center Kaylan Coffman is putting together one of the best blocking seasons Mar. 8-11 MVC Tournament Moline, Ill. TBA in Purple Aces’ history. The Templeton, Indiana native has amassed 28 blocks this season All times Central and subject to change and sits just two away from entering the single-season top 10. Coffman’s 37 career blocks * Missouri Valley Conference game are 18 off of placing Coffman in the top 10 all-time at Evansville. Follow the Aces Live Stats: GoPurpleAces.com Probable Starters Twitter: @UEAthletics WBB Twitter: @UEAthletics_WBB Join the conversation: #AcesAces Media Relations WBB Contact: Michael Robertson #1 #2 #3 #10 #42 Phone Number: 812-488-2238 Macie Lively Kerri Gasper Marley Miller Hannah Noe Kaylan Cofmman So. // 5-7 // G Jr. // 5-11 // G R-So. // 5-7 // G Gr. // 5-9 // G So. // 6-3 // C Email: [email protected] Tipton, Ind. Olmsted Township, Ohio Olney, Ill. Dexter, Mo. Templeton, Ind. Twitter: @Robertson_UE Evansville Reserves No. Name Position Class Height Hometown (Last School) 11 Brooke Dossett G Sr. 5-6 Warsaw, Ky. (Vincennes University) 20 Kadie Dearing G So. 5-9 Huntingburg, Ind. (Wabash Valley College) 31 Tattenai Hall C Jr. 6-0 Fort Wayne, Ind. (Heritage HS) 32 Kayla Casteel G Fr. 5-9 Indianapolis, Ind. (Plainfield HS) 33 Crimson Jones G Jr. 5-11 Flora, Ill. (Wabash Valley College) 44 Kelsi Scott C Jr. 6-3 Sellersburg, Ind. (Olney Central College) Evansville Women’s Basketball 1 Game 20 - Loyola The Opponent GAME OVERVIEW Loyola 3-16 w-l 3-16 Evansville wraps-up the road trip on Sunday (0-8 MVC) (Conference) (1-7 MVC) Series History morning at 11:30 a.m. with a trip to take on 346 RPI 300 Games........................................... 32 Loyola. The Ramblers hold a 20-12 lead in Standing........................................ 20-12 64.3 Pts/GM 50.6 At Evansville.................................. 8-8 the all-time series with Evansville capturing At Loyola....................................... 3-12 the last meeting, 81-50, in a road win over 81.6 Opp. Pts/GM 68.9 Neutral Site................................... 1-0 Loyola on March 2, 2017. After losing five- Last Win................ Mar. 2, 2017 (81-50) 32.9 Reb/GM 32.9 straight in the series, the Aces won back- Last Road Win....... Mar. 2, 2017 (81-50) - 10.6 Reb Margin - 4.6 to-back games over the Ramblers last year, RECENT MEETINGS sweeping the season series. Loyola currently 13.0 Ast/GM 9.7 3/2/2017 W, 81-50 1/1/2017 W, 67-36 holds a 3-16 overall record and a 1-7 mark 4.6 Stls/GM 5.4 1998-99 W, 71-51 in the MVC, falling to Southern Illinois and 39.8% FG% 35.7% 2/7/2016 L, 54-67 1/8/2016 L, 49-63 Missouri State on the road last weekend and 36.2% 3FG% 27.2% 2/6/2015 L, 58-70 opening this weekend with a 73-65 loss to 1/8/2015 W, 63-38 83.0% FT% 71.1% 3/8/2014 W, 77-63 Indiana State at home on Friday night. 1/2/2014 W, 75-57 Series History One to Watch • Evansville and Loyola are meeting for the 33rd time in • Leads the Ramblers in scoring, rebounding, free-throw series history. percentage, and blocks, averaging 10.2 points, 5.5 re- bounds, and 1.1 blocks per game while shooting 87.8% • The Aces swept the season series from the Ramblers last from the charity stripe. year with an 81-50 win in Chicago, Ill. on Mar. 2, 2017 and a • Has played and started in all 19 contests during her fresh- 67-36 victory at the Ford Center on Jan. 1, 2017. man campaign. • Previose to Evansville’s sweep last season, Loyola had • Scored a season-high 24 points in the Ramblers’ 62-59 won three-straight matchups in the series. victory over Illinois State on January 7 inside Gentile Arena. • The last 14 meetings between the two sides have been • Pulled down a season-best 11 rebounds on January 19 in decided by double-digits with the last game featuring a a 62-46 loss at Southern Illinois. single-digit margin came in a 61-56 win for the Aces in #10 Abby O’Connor • Comes to Loyola from Saint Joseph’s High School in South Dayton, Ohio during the 1990-91 season. 6-0, Freshman, G/F Bend, Ind. where she was named a two-time Northern South Bend, Ind. Indiana All-Star and helped lead Saint Joseph’s to an IHSAA 3A State Championship in 2017. Last Meeting Evansville 81, Loyola 50 - March 2, 2017 - Gentile Arena - Chicago, Ill. Score by Periods 1st 2nd 3rd 4th Total Game Leaders Evansville Loyola Evansville 19 27 15 20 81 Points Dossett, 14 B. Segars/Wallace, 13 Loyola 11 6 5 28 50 Rebounds Robinson, 9 B. Segars, 5 Assists Dossett, 6 L. Segars, 4 • Evansville’s lead sat at just 6-5 with 6:38 left in the first quarter before the Aces put together a 10-2 run to open a 16-7 lead on Loyola and taking a 19-11 advantage over the Ramblers into the second period. • The second quarter proved to be the key to victory for the Aces as Evansville outscored Loyola in the quarter, 27-6, and grabbed a 46-17 lead heading into the halftime break. • UE’s defense continued to come up big in the third quarter as the Ramblers were held to just five points in the frame as the Aces pushed their lead to 39 at 61-22 after the third period. • Loyola attempted to make a late push, out-scoring Evansville 28-20 in the final quarter, but the Aces’ work in the first three quarters provided UE with the 81-50 victory. • Dossett led the Aces with a game-high 14 points and six assists, while Robinson collected a game-best nine boards. • The Ramblers were led by Brandi Segars and Tiara Wallace with 13 points each. Evansville Women’s Basketball 2 Game 20 - Loyola 2017-18 Evansville Women’s Basketball # NAME POS. HT. CLASS HOMETOWN/PREVIOUS SCHOOL 1 Macie Lively G 5-7 So.