Tipping Off
Fresh off its best shooting performance of the season at Massachusetts, the Loyola University Chicago women's basketball team is set for its rematch with St. Bonaventure Saturday (Jan. 20) at Gentile Arena. Tip-off is set for 1 p.m. with the game streaming live on ESPN+. Jonathan Matthes and Shimmy Gray-Miller will call the action. 

Quick Hits

• The Ramblers, who are coming off their best shooting performance of the season, are ready for its rematch with St. Bonaventure tomorrow at Gentile.
• Loyola Chicago most recently dismantled Massachusetts, 79-66, on the road to give LUC its third win in Atlantic 10 play.
• The hot-handed 'Blers lit up the field, shooting 58-percent (28-48) from the field and 57-percent (8-14) from beyond the arc - both season-highs. The Maroon and Gold cashed in 15 of their 19 (80-percent) free throws for its fifth-best mark of the season.
• The Ramblers' 3-3 mark in league play is its best start to conference action since 2020-21.
• Loyola is 7-1 when they achieve more points in the paint than their foe and 8-0 when their starters outscore their opponent's starters.
• In the fifth spot of the A-10's best shooters from beyond the arc is Sam Galanopoulos who makes 44-percent of her shots from deep.
• Additionally, Galanopoulos sits No. 16 in the conference's field goal percentage leaders (.460). She's fourth in the league in assists per game (4.2) and in assist/turnover ratio (2.0). She's just 15 points away from reaching 1,000 total throughout her career.
• Alyssa Fisher ranks 16th in the A-10's 3-pointers per game (1.7) and 19th in steals per game (1.4).
• Sitori Tanin's 1.2 blocks per game ranks fifth in the league while her 3.4 rebounds per game is 17th.
• As a team, Loyola is second in the A-10's assists per game leaders (15.47) and T-71st nationally.
• Cashing in 35.1-percent of their shots from deep, Loyola ranks 50th nationally and third in the A-10.

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 St. Bonaventure Bonnies

• St. Bonaventure holds a 4-13 overall record and is 1-5 in the A-10.
• After beating Loyola, 84-72, on Dec. 30, the Bonnies have lost five-straight.
• Most recently, St. Bonaventure lost, 76-67, at Duquesne. Four Bonnies finished in double fugues, but the Dukes capitalized on a 52.6-percent clip from the floor to win the game.
• Dani Haskell, who scored 27 points against Loyola in the team's previous meeting, paces the squad with 12.9 points per game.

All-Time Against St. Bonaventure

• The two teams have met twice prior - on Dec. 30, 2023, and Feb. 11, 2023. The Bonnies won both contests.
• In the first meeting, the 'Blers Loyola forced 24 St. Bonaventure turnovers, including 11 in the second quarter and 14 in the first half – all 2022-23 season highs.

Last Time Out
The Loyola University Chicago women's basketball team defeated co-defending 2022-23 Atlantic 10 Regular Season Champion, Massachusetts, 79-66, Wednesday evening at the Mullins Center. With four Ramblers in double figures, Loyola's 58-percent (28-48) clip from the field and its 57-percent (8-14) clip from long range were its best shooting percentages of the season.

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