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Ramblers Lose a Heartbreaker in the First A10 Tournament Game

After a Duquesne missed open layup, on a broken baseline out of bounds play, the Duquesne players admitted they weren’t matched up to play defense on the correct players. The Loyola Ramblers had a chance to win the game. True freshman guard, Kira Chivers hoisted a midrange jump shot that came up just short. As …

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Senior Day Means More Than a Box Score

Senior Day may have come and gone for four Loyola Chicago Seniors, but their rejuvenated love for the game is something that will stay with them forever. During a regular season that has seen a few bad losing streaks, more than a few injuries, and increasingly tougher conference opponents – the seniors had nothing but …

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UMass Uses Hot Shooting to Outlast the Ramblers

FINAL: Loyola 59, Massachusetts 76 UMass and Loyola played a highly competitive game for 3 quarters on Saturday afternoon. The Minutewomen used a hot shooting streak to extend their lead in the fourth and win by a comfortable 17 point margin. In a game that saw 6 lead changes and 3 ties, Loyola seemed …

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Ramblers Can’t Squash Spiders, Lose 68-49

FINAL: Loyola 49, Richmond 68 The Ramblers were outshot and outsized in their Atlantic 10 home opener on Wednesday. Coach Guth gave credit to Richmond’s offense, “Credit to Richmond’s players. They played a fabulous game of playing beautiful basketball – sharing the ball and scoring it in a multitude of ways.” Richmond had 5 …

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Loyola WBB Ramblings, Response, and Wrap Up

The Ramblers wrapped up their non-conference slate in Orlando this past week. They played in the Christmas Classic which was put on by the University of Central Florida. I have a big gripe about this event. Both of Central Florida’s games were streamed on ESPN+, while neither of Loyola’s games were streamed anywhere. This was …

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Chandler’s Career High 23 Points Not Enough Against DePaul

FINAL: Loyola 52, DePaul 78 Two games in a row Allison Guth has been able to coach against someone with whom she has a personal connection. Two games in a row their pregame hugs held a little more weight. And yet, the results of the games could not have been any more different. DePaul’s …

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Ramblers Rally to a 13 Point Comeback Win

FINAL: Loyola 57, Bradley 54 Before the game started, head coaches Allison Guth and Kate Popovec-Goss embraced in a pregame hug. After the game, Guth told me that Popovec had jokingly asked Guth if they could just end the game in a draw. That’s because Guth was able to schedule a game against one …

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Allison Guth Wins Her First Game at Gentile

FINAL — Loyola 69, SFU 56 How it Happened: The Ramblers jumped out to a 11-0 lead in the first quarter and never looked back. They enjoyed a great shooting night and caused a season high 20 turnovers against the Red Flash. Coach Guth was able to achieve victory number 101, but it was …

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Loyola Battles Against Virginia, Loses Late

Final Score: Loyola Chicago – 62, Virginia Cavaliers – 68 How it Happened: The Ramblers got out to a quick 9-4 lead against ACC foe Virginia. After retaking the lead within the first minute, the Ramblers led for nearly 28 minutes, but could not find the bottom of the nets enough in the fourth …

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Ramblers Fall to a Tall Road Test at UW-Milwaukee

The Ramblers couldn’t overcome a tall road task on Thursday night as they fell to the Panthers, 76-66. How it Happened: The Ramblers jumped out to a lead in the first quarter. They led 15-14 just before the end of the first quarter. Although the Ramblers trimmed the deficit back to 2 with 2:32 left …