Tipping Off
The Loyola University Chicago women's basketball team has an opportunity to get back in the win column this Wednesday (Jan. 17) as the team travels to UMass for its sixth Atlantic 10 contest of 2023-24. Tip-off is set for 5 p.m. CT inside the Mullins Center. The game will stream live on ESPN+ with Nathan Strauss and Erin Salvador calling the action.

Quick Hits

• The Ramblers will look to get back track Wednesday as the team most recently suffered a 52-36 setback to VCU (15-2, 4-1 A10).
• Although Loyola didn't come away with the win, it can hang its hats on the fact that no other team has limited the Rams to a lower point total (52) thus far in 2023-24.
• Prior to the loss, the Maroon and Gold downed URI, 61-56, at Gentile Arena for the team's second A10 win of the season.
• Coming off the bench, Emma Nolan exploded for a career-high 18 points in the win. She was an impressive 5-7 from the field, 4-4 at the line and 4-4 from beyond the arc.
• Loyola Chicago went 14-15 at the free throw line to help seal the win over URI. The Ramblers sink 84-percent of their shots at the charity stripe - ranking 42nd nationally.
• Loyola is 6-1 when they achieve more points in the paint than their foe and 7-0 when their starters outscore their opponent's starters.
• In the ninth spot of the A-10's best shooters from beyond the arc is Sam Galanopoulos who makes 42-percent of her shots from deep.
• Additionally, Galanopoulos sits No. 19 in the conference's field goal percentage leaders (.442). She's fourth in the league in assists per game (4.3) and second in assist/turnover ratio (2.2). She's just 37 points away from reaching 1,000 total throughout her career.
• Alyssa Fisher ranks 18th in the A-10's 3-pointers per game (1.7) and 17th in steals per game (1.4).
• Sitori Tanin's 1.3 blocks per game ranks third in the league.
• As a team, Loyola is second in the A-10's assists per game leaders (15.38).

2023-24 Rambler Bites

• Seven letterwinners return to the roster, including three starters. The Ramblers welcome six newcomers, including two freshman and four transfers.
• In addition to new players, Loyola added assistant coach Simon Harris and assistant coach Jenna Rubino-McCormick to the program in the off-season.
• Head coach Allison Guth is in her second season at the helm of Loyola. She enters her eighth year as a head coach after spending the first six seasons at Yale.

Scouting The UMass Minutewomen

• UMass holds a 3-14 overall ledger and is searching for its second A-10 win after beating Dayton, 76-66, at home on Jan. 2.
• Most recently, UMass lost, 70-64, at La Salle.
• Bre Bellamy led the team with 14 points and added nine rebounds. Alexsia Rose and Stefanie Kulesza contributed 12 points apiece, with both tallying four assists.
• Kulesza's 12.0 points and 2.5 rebounds per game paces the team
• The Minutewomen average 60.0 points per game and shoot the ball at a 40-percent clip. They make 28-percent of their shoots from long range.
• Head coach Mike Leflaris in his first season after being promoted from associate head coach.

All-Time Against UMass

• Last season's 76-59 loss to UMass was Loyola Chicago's first-ever meeting with the Minutewomen.
• Sitori Tanin scored a then-career-high 19 points in the loss.

Last Time Out
In a defensive dual Saturday afternoon at Gentile Arena, the Loyola University Chicago women's basketball team fell, 52-36, to VCU. Although the Ramblers didn't come away with the win, they can hang their hats on the fact that no other team has limited the Rams (15-2, 4-1 A10) to a lower point total thus far in 2023-24. 

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