CHICAGO (December 4, 2020) – With the 2020-21 season officially underway, the Loyola University Chicago women's basketball team has learned the path it will take through Missouri Valley Conference play, following the release of a revised schedule by the league office on Friday.
 
Due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, The Valley will forgo a traditional home-and-home round robin and will have teams play both games of a season series at one site over a two-day stretch.  Each institution will face their designated "travel partner" in a single-game, home-and-home series.
 
Loyola will open its league slate and the new calendar year by welcoming Indiana State to Gentile Arena, January 1-2.  The Ramblers hit the road the following weekend (Jan. 8-9), traveling to Springfield, Mo. to battle reigning MVC regular-season champion Missouri State, which finds itself rated in both the Associated Press Top 25 and USA Today Coaches Poll.  Matchups against a pair of in-state rivals follow, with Southern Illinois making its way to Rogers Park, January 15-16, ahead of a trip downstate to Peoria, Ill. to take on Bradley, January 22-23.
 
After a stand-alone road contest at Valparaiso on January 27, perennial MVC power Drake will visit Gentile Arena, February 5-6.  The Maroon & Gold will spend the next two weekends on the road, taking on Evansville (Feb. 12-13) and UNI (Feb. 19-20), before returning to Rogers Park to close out its season series with Valparaiso on February 24 ahead of hosting Illinois State (March 5-6) to wrap up the regular season.
 
The Missouri Valley Conference Championship is set for March 11-14 and will take place inside TaxSlayer Center in Moline, Ill.
 
Currently sitting at 1-0 following a season-opening 70-57 victory over Chicago State this past Saturday, Loyola is back in action on Sunday, December 13 at 3 p.m. when it battles No. 20/19 DePaul inside Wintrust Arena.

2020-21 Loyola Women's Basketball MVC Schedule
Jan. 1 – Indiana State
Jan. 2 – Indiana State
Jan. 8 – at Missouri State
Jan. 9 – at Missouri State
Jan. 15 – Southern Illinois
Jan. 16 – Southern Illinois
Jan. 22 – at Bradley
Jan. 23 – at Bradley
Jan. 27 – at Valparaiso
Feb. 5 – Drake
Feb. 6 – Drake
Feb. 12 – at Evansville
Feb. 13 – at Evansville
Feb. 19 – at UNI
Feb. 20 – at UNI
Feb. 24 – Valparaiso
March 5 – Illinois State
March 6 – Illinois State
March 11-14 – at MVC Championship (Moline, Ill.)