CHICAGO - Loyola Chicago wraps up the regular season at home vs. George Washington on Senior Day this Saturday. Tip-off between the Ramblers and Revs is scheduled for 1 p.m. CT. Prior to tip-off, Loyola will honor
Caleb Reese,
Kymany Houinsou, Zach Royster,
Joshua Ola-Joseph, and
Alexander Richardson.
Saturday's game will be on USA Network with Steve Burkowski (PXP) and Tim McCormick (Analyst) and can be listened to Rambler Sports Network with
Scott Sudikoff (PXP) and Christian Thomas (Senior Analyst).
RAMBLINGS
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Xavier Amos dropped a season-high 25 points at Saint Louis earlier this week, falling just one point shy of his career-high. Amos had 18 in the first half and finished the game 9-12 from the field with a career-high six three-pointers made.
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Kayde Dotson joined him in double-figures with 19 points for the Ramblers. He also drained a career-high five three-pointers.
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Miles Rubin posted five blocks to move up to third on the single-season charts. Rubin now holds the top three single-season block records. He had 85 last season to rank first and 76 in his rookie campaign, which ranks second.
• The career block record also belongs to Rubin after he recorded his 177th block earlier this year. He is at 231 blocks and counting.
• After the game at SLU, Rubin leads the A-10 in both total blocks (70) and blocks per game (2.33). He ranks 13th in both categories.
• Rubin has played in 100 career games following his start at Saint Louis. He is three starts away from the 100 mark in that category.
• Loyola used it's 15th starting lineup of the season as the Ramblers continue to battle injuries.
Deywilk Tavarez, Dotson,
Daniil Glazkov, Amos, and Rubin saw the floor for the first time together at tip-off.
• Head coach
Drew Valentine is in his fifth season at the helm. He has compiled an 90-74 overall record as head coach.
SCOUTING GEORGE WASHINGTON
The Revs enter the last regular season at 17-13 overall and 8-9 in A-10 play. They face a 3-6 road record this season and are coming off an overtime win vs. St. Bonaventure earlier this week. George Washington is one of the top shooting teams in the conference with an effective field goal percentage of 55.7 percent ranking second. GW also scores the second most points in the A-10 (83.3).
Rafael Castro returned from injury last week and extended his double-figure scoring streak to eight games. He leads the Revs, scoring 15.8 points per game. Castro also leads the team in rebounding with 8.9 rebounds per game. He ranks in the A-10's top-10 in both categories.
Head coach Chris Caputo is in his fourth season leading the Revs with a 69-59 overall record.
SERIES HISTORY
Loyola leads the all-time series, 5-4.
Joshua Ola-Joseph led the Ramblers with 20 points in the loss earlier this season.