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Post by austinace on Jan 11, 2020 9:48:41 GMT -6
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Post by E-Villan on Jan 11, 2020 9:57:11 GMT -6
From the Loyola board: Saturday, January 11, 2020 3:00 p.m. Gentile Arena, Chicago, Ill. All through the off season, Evansville fans were confidently touting the huge leap their team was set to make this year under second year head coach Walter McCarty. The Aces finished last in the league last season, but showed glimmers of promise like when they defeated the two teams that shared the conference regular season title. The predictions of something special looked dead-on as the Purple Aces shocked the college basketball world on Nov. 12 by knocking off # 1 Kentucky, 67-64, at Rupp Arena. Since the Kentucky win, it's been a steep downhill ride for the Purple Aces and their fans. The Aces struggled mightily between the Kentucky win and the Christmas break, going 6-4 against mediocre competition. But just before the kick off of conference play, the university put Coach McCarty on leave while investigating allegations of inappropriate behavior. And three games later, leading scorer DeAndre Williams was sidelined with a nagging back injury and considered day-to-day. Former Loyola assistant Bennie Seltzer has taken over in McCarty's place on the sidelines. UE has lost their first three conference games of the season, and reside alone in last place. The Aces are likely to start four guards and a forward if Williams is unavailable. Six-five senior K.J. Riley, 6'4" junior Artur Labinowicz, 6'8" junior Sam Cutliffe, and 5'10" sophomore Shamar Giviance are the likely starters at guard, and 6'7" junior John Hall starts in the front court. Riley is second on the team in scoring a 12.4 ppg, and Labinowicz (11.2 ppg) and Cunliffe (10.9) also average in double figures. DeAndre Williams, a 6'9" sophomore forward, averages 16.9 ppg and leads the team by far with 7.7 rebounds. He is the only Evansville player who shoots better than 46.5% from the field, the only Evansville player with 100+ rebounds, and the only Evansville player with more than 10 blocks. He is on a pathway (at least in muddled, very close conference standings) to be a top contender for Conference Player of the Year, and a lock as a sophomore on an underperforming team to make the Conference first team. So it's a huge deal if Williams is healthy and available to play against Loyola-- probably good for a 10-point or greater swing in the final score. The Ramblers are coming off a hard-fought close loss against Drake in Des Moines. Drake's sophomore center Liam Robbins had a career day (20 points, 9 rebounds, 7 blocks), and sliced up the Rambler drives to the basket like an NBA prospect. Preseason Conference Player of the Year Cameron Krutwig was held in check mostly with man on man defense. It felt like Loyola was being clobbered, but the Ramblers had two good chances to tie the game in the closing seconds. Loyola has now lost four games (out of their six total losses) by four points or fewer. Since point guard Keith Clemons joined to team after an early season injury, Loyola is 6-2 with the only two losses by three points. The Ramblers need to take care of business in the next two games, which come against former Loyola assistants who just started coaching in the MVC, and bring banged-up or undermanned squads to Gentile Arena. Win these games decisively, avoid injury, and get into a comfortable offensive rotation now, because the schedule turns uphill after these two games. Loyola game notes: loyolaramblers.com/documents/20 ... _11_20.pdf Evansville game notes: gopurpleaces.com/documents/2020 ... df?id=7916 TV/Streaming video: ESPN+ www.espn.com/watch?id=ea1a740a- ... yola-US-EN Live audio feed: loyolaramblers.com/watch/?Live=18&type=LiveLive stats: stats.statbroadcast.com/broadcast/?id=280006Vegas odds: Loyola by 12
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Post by acesaces on Jan 11, 2020 9:58:17 GMT -6
Deandre Out. Didn't make the trip. Might lose by 30.
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Post by acecard on Jan 11, 2020 10:49:16 GMT -6
Deandre Out. Didn't make the trip. Might lose by 30. I'm going with 20.
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Post by sect3purple on Jan 11, 2020 13:43:55 GMT -6
What is this back injury with DeAndre? Any official word from UE? Is this back trouble something he has had before or from recent play?
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Post by austinace on Jan 11, 2020 13:55:54 GMT -6
What is this back injury with DeAndre? Any official word from UE? Is this back trouble something he has had before or from recent play? Sect3purple, I don’t know any specifics on DeAndre’s back injury. However I do know from personal experience that it doesn’t take much to tweak a back and you just have to take it day to day till you are better. Otherwise, you could severely aggravate it and be out longer. Not only that but you will be hurting the team if you tried to play. I hope this helps.
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Post by lawrencevgibson on Jan 11, 2020 15:20:08 GMT -6
Good for Noah. Glad to see him hitting three's again. I hope it holds up.
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Post by hagankyle78 on Jan 11, 2020 15:26:25 GMT -6
Really looks like we are trying to beat two teams today...this officiating is the worst I’ve seen this season.
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Post by db1972 on Jan 11, 2020 15:30:33 GMT -6
Really looks like we are trying to beat two teams today...this officiating is the worst I’ve seen this season. Was just about to come on here and say the same thing. 9 to 2 in fouls right now, with a blatantly missed shooting foul as well as several moving screens and 3-second violations. Not to mention the "travel" on Peace where the guy tripped him and the "charge" on Sam. Absolute bullcrap.
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Post by acecard on Jan 11, 2020 15:32:05 GMT -6
Really looks like we are trying to beat two teams today...this officiating is the worst I’ve seen this season. Well, you can't expect the get close calls on the road, but this does seem to be worse than usual. That's not is what is going to lose us this game though.
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Post by hagankyle78 on Jan 11, 2020 15:32:15 GMT -6
And the no call when it was clearly a jump ball so Evan tries to do something and gets a foul called on him. If I was Bennie I’d already have a tech.
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Post by hagankyle78 on Jan 11, 2020 15:38:58 GMT -6
It’s amazing how fast they can close that gap when the game is called evenly. I do think we have turned it over too much but we can stay in this game.
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Post by acecard on Jan 11, 2020 15:39:46 GMT -6
Looks like Sam has maybe figured it out. His best game in a while.
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Post by lawrencevgibson on Jan 11, 2020 15:40:35 GMT -6
I think Sam is trying to take charge. He certainly looks good. He can't do it by himself though. I hope the announcer figures out that his last name isn't Cuncliffe.
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Post by acecard on Jan 11, 2020 15:43:57 GMT -6
Can't blame the refs on the last couple of plays.
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