CHICAGO -

Final Score: Loyola 100, IU Northwest 51
Records: Loyola (2-0); IU Northwest (1-4)
Location: Gentile Arena -- Chicago, Ill.
Stats: Box Score  | Season Stats 

In Short
Clayton Custer scored a game-high 22 points and Loyola University Chicago shot 57.1 percent (36-for-63) from the field to roll to a 100-51 victory over IU Northwest this afternoon at Gentile Arena. Loyola moves to 2-0 on the season, while IU Northwest falls to 1-4.

Coach Moser's Thoughts
“I thought our veterans did a nice job of getting us out of the gate quickly in both halves. No matter whom you are playing, you have to play tough defensively as well as move and share the ball. When you’re playing back-to-back nights, you don’t want to have to play guys more than 20 minutes and we were able to accomplish that today.”

How It Happened
Loyola hit three of its first four attempts from beyond the arc and scored the first 16 points of the game before IU Northwest was able to dent the scoreboard with a pair of Darrius Davis free throws at the 11:28 mark of the first half. The RedHawks’ first field goal came 16 seconds later as Loyola held IU Northwest without a basket for the first 8:48.

Ben Richardson’s second three-pointer of the opening period put the Ramblers on top, 31-11 with 6:19 left to play in the half. The RedHawks put together a run of their own, outscoring the Ramblers 16-5 over the next 4:38 to get within 36-27 on a three by JJ Pennington.

Four straight free throws from Milton Doyle gave Loyola some cushion and were part of the Ramblers’ half-closing 9-2 run that sent the Maroon and Gold into the locker room with a 45-29 lead at the break.

Much like the first half, Loyola came out red hot at the outset of the second period. The Ramblers put the game completely out of reach by opening the half on a 22-3 run that featured 13 points from Custer as the lead ballooned to 67-32, as Loyola cruised to its second straight win to open the 2016-17 season.

Looking At The Numbers
- Fifteen of the seventeen players that got into the game for Loyola scored at least one point, including Cameron Satterwhite, Igor Cvorovic, Byron Burt, Cameron Woodyard and Nick DiNardi, who all recorded their first career points.
- Loyola scored 100 points for the first time since a 104-96 double overtime victory against Indiana State on January 30. This was the first time the Ramblers have reached the century mark in regulation since a 106-84 victory over Robert Morris (Ill.) on November 15, 1997.
- Custer connected on 9-of-11 shots from the field, including 3-of-5 from three-point land, en route to his career-high 22 points.
- Doyle added 13 points, four boards and five assists for the Ramblers, while Aundre Jackson pitched in 11 points and seven boards and Ben Richardson added 10 points and four steals.
- Loyola’s bench outscored IU Northwest, 53-8.
- Pennington and Jackson led the RedHawks, who shot just 31.3 percent (20-for-64) from the field, with 14 points apiece.

Up Next
Loyola wraps up a busy start to the season when it hosts Eureka tomorrow night at 7 p.m.