CHICAGO - Loyola Chicago closes its west coast road trip with Santa Clara on Saturday. Tip-off between the Ramblers and Broncos is set for 4 p.m. CT in Santa Cruz at Kaiser Permanente Arena. Loyola dropped its last two, while Santa Clara won two of its last four heading into the weekend.

Saturday's game will be on BallerTV and can be listened to Rambler Sports Network with Scott Sudikoff (PXP) and Christian Thomas (Analyst).

RAMBLINGS
• For the second straight game, Xavier Amos led Loyola with 17 points and seven rebounds against San Francisco earlier this week. He went 5-12 from the field and 6-8 at the free throw line.
• Justin Moore added 15 points on 5-10 from the field, while Kayde Dotson (13) and Kymany Houinsou (11) wrapped up the double-figure scoring efforts.
• Amos returned from a hand injury against Chicago State and made his Maroon & Gold debut, dropping 18 points. He added three boards, two blocks, and one assist.
• Deywilk Tavarez scored 17 for Loyola, while Dotson added 12. Miles Rubin posted his second straight double-double with 10 points and 11 rebounds. Seven of those boards came on the offensive glass.
• The Ramblers won the rebounding battle, 45-36. They had 23 offensive boards and scored 26 points on the second chance opportunities.
• Houinsou and Alexander Richardson had eight rebounds each. Five came on the offensive end for both Ramblers.
• Loyola attempted 45 three-pointers against Chicago State. It was the second-most threes taken in a game in Valentine's head coaching tenure. The Ramblers took 46 threes in his first game as head coach vs. Coppin State.
• Tavarez led Loyola with five made, while Amos added four and Dotson three.
• The Ramblers are averaging 26.3 three-point attempts per game, which ranks third most in the Atlantic 10.
• Tavarez has three games with a season-high five three-pointers made. He ranks seventh in the A-10 in three-pointers made (27) and eighth in three-pointers per game (2.25).
• Despite not recording a block for the first time in 26 games, Rubin is still one of the nation's top shot blockers. He ranks 10th in the NCAA with 30 blocks and 17th with 2.50 blocks per game.
• Head coach Drew Valentine is in his fifth season at the helm. He has compiled a 86-60 overall record as head coach.

SCOUTING SANTA CLARA
Santa Clara is 9-3 heading into Saturday's contest and has gone 2-2 over the last two weeks of action. The Broncos bounced back from a two-loss skid earlier this week with a 63-60 win over North Texas. Santa Clara is one of the nation's best offensive rebounding teams, averaging 14.92 boards on the offensive end to rank eighth in the NCAA.

Three Broncos average at least two offensive boards per game. Jake Ensminger leads with 2.78 per game. He pulls down 6.6 total rebounds per game to also lead the team. Offensively, Christian Hammond leads Santa Clara with 16.6 points per game. He had at least 10 points in every game this season until earlier this week with North Texas held him to just six. Hammond has four 20-point efforts, including a season-high 27 vs. Nevada.

Herb Sendek is in his 10th season with Santa Clara and holds a 170-123 record.

SERIES HISTORY
Loyola leads the all-time series, 4-1. The teams haven't met since the 1967-68 season.