EVANSVILLE - After more than two weeks away from competition, the University of Evansville women's basketball team makes its way back to the court with a weekend series against Loyola on Friday and Saturday night inside Meeks Family Fieldhouse.
 

Evansville vs. Loyola | 6 PM | Feb. 12 & 13
Date | Time	Fri., Feb. 12 and Sat., Feb. 13 | 6 PM
Location	Evansville, Ind.
Site	Meeks Family Fieldhouse
Feb. 12 & 13	Evansville vs. Loyola
Follow Along	Live Stats | ESPN3 (Game One) | ESPN3 (Game Two)
Evansville	Women's Basketball Site | Twitter | Game Notes

Last Time Out: Evansville 70, Indiana State 63 (OT)

• Four Aces finished in double-figures with sophomore Abby Feit pacing Evansville with a game-high 19 points, adding nine boards, four blocks, and four assists.
• The four blocks tied a career-high for Feit, who has reached the mark three times in her collegiate career.
• Joining Feit in double-figures were redshirt-senior Lola Reed and junior A'Niah Griffin with 12 points and sophomore Sydney Thurwalker with 10 points.
• Reed's effort on the night neared a triple-double as the second-year Aces player recorded eight rebounds and six assists to go along with her 12-point scoring performance.
• For the Sycamores, Marie Hunter led the way with 16 points, 14 of which came in the opening half.
• Indiana State grabbed an early advantage inside the first five minutes of the game, running out to as large as a seven-point lead just 1:40 into the contest. Evansville answered and held with the Sycamores for the first half, trailing by just two at the break.
• Out of the half, Evansville raced-out to a 21-12 advantage in the third quarter, building its lead as large as nine at 45-36 with 3:17 left in the period.
• The Sycamores would push back, out-scoring Evansville, 18-11, in the fourth and getting two important free throws with nine seconds remaining in regulation from Jamyra McChristine to send the game to overtime.
• In overtime, it was all Evansville. The Aces scored seven of the first eight points in the overtime period, pulling-away for a 70-63 victory over Indiana State.

Previewing the Matchup: Loyola

• Evansville and Loyola are meeting for the 40th time in the all-time series with the Ramblers owning a 27-12 advantage in the series.
• Loyola enters the weekend having won seven-straight against the Aces.
• In the last meeting between the two sides, Loyola earned a 77-47 win over the Aces in Chicago on Feb. 8, 2020.
• Evansville's 70-63 overtime-win over Indiana State last Wednesday was the Aces first victory in The Valley since a 59-56 road victory over the Sycamores on March 1, 2019.
• Entering last Wednesday, Evansville had led for just 11 minutes and 25 seconds in seven Missouri Valley Conference contests so far this season. In the 70-63 win over Indiana State, Evansville led for over 20 minutes.
• Evansville's 70 points against the Sycamores were the most it had scored in MVC play this season.
• This weekend's series pits two of the lowest scoring offenses in not only the MVC, but the nation. Loyola averages 60.4 points per game (8th in MVC, 250th in NCAA DI), while Evansville averages 58.9 points per game (9th in MVC, 268th in NCAA DI). The only MVC team with a lower scoring average is SIU at 56.6 points per game.
• The last three games in the series have been won by a team scoring 70-or-more points. In the previous 10 meetings, a team reached 70 just once.

Griffin's Efficiency

• Junior A'Niah Griffin has taken a major step forward this season in her shooting efficiency.
• Through eight games this season, Griffin sits 333rd in the nation in effective field-goal percentage at 54.6%.
• Last season, Griffin was 2,213th in the nation with an effective field-goal percentage of 40.2.

Back-to-Back in the Valley

• Evansville is looking for its first back-to-back victories in the MVC since running off six-straigh conference wins during the 2016-17 season.

  
   
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