Women's Hoops Geared for Meeting with Greyhounds

WEST POINT, N.Y. – The Army West Point women's basketball team welcomes a streaking Loyola squad for a Saturday afternoon tilt slated for 3 p.m. at Christl Arena.

HOW TO FOLLOW
AUDIO • Black Knights Radio
VIDEO • Patriot League Network
LIVE STATS • GoArmySports.com
GAME NOTES • Army | Loyola
TICKETS • GoArmyWestPoint.com
TWITTER • @ArmyWP_WBB

GAMEDAY STORYLINES
• The Black Knights are in search of their first Patriot League home victory of the season and first since Feb. 25, 2017 against Lehigh.
• Loyola looks to stay hot and capture its fourth consecutive Patriot League victory.
• Junior Madison Hovren needs one more point to pass Aimee Oertner '16 for sole possession of 19th in program history in points scored.
• Senior Aliyah Murray is 14 rebounds shy of collecting 500 for her career.
• Army has won nine of the previous 10 meetings with Loyola.

THE ALL-TIME SERIES
• Series record: Army 9, Loyola 5
• First meeting: Nov. 23, 2008, Loyola won, 64-56
• Last meeting: Jan. 2, 2018, Army won, 69-62

ARMY (10-10, 3-6 PATRIOT LEAGUE)
• Nine of the Black Knights' 10 wins this season have come when the team has shot the ball at a 40-percent clip or better. Army has not lost a game while shooting over 40 percent since Jan. 8, 2017 against Loyola. Since the 2010-11 season, Army is 114-10 when reaching that mark.
• Since the 2011-12 campaign, Army has thrived when taking a lead going into the halftime break. Over that stretch, the Black Knights are 103-9.
• Three Cadets reached double-digit scoring in the Black Knights' last win over Colgate. Army is now 7-1 when three Cadets reach double-figures in scoring
• Senior Aliyah Murray carries a nine-game double-digit scoring streak into Saturday's outing against Loyola.

LOYOLA (6-14, 4-5 PATRIOT LEAGUE)
• After starting the Patriot League slate with a 1-5 record, the Greyhounds have picked up their play and rattled off three consecutive victories, which included wins over Bucknell, Colgate and Lehigh.
• Sophomore Stephanie Karcz has been one of the premiere players in the league. The second-year forward is averaging a double-double and ranks third in the league in scoring with 15.3 points per game, while sitting in second in rebounding (10.6), fourth in assists (3.4), first in steals (3.5) and first in shooting percentage (45%). Against Colgate on Jan. 21, she recorded the program's first-ever triple-double with 14 points, 11 rebounds and 10 assists.
• Karcz has been aided by freshman forward Izzy Therien, who has averaged 14.6 points per contest, which ranks fifth in the league, while reeling in 4.7 rebounds per outing.
• In league play, Loyola is the fourth-best scoring team (61.8 ppg) in the league and second-best rebounding team (40.1 rpg).

Women's Hoops Geared for Meeting with Greyhounds

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Players Mentioned

Madison Hovren

Aliyah Murray

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