Loyola bounced back from a double-overtime loss at Northern Iowa to survive Evansville’s upset bid at home Saturday. The Ramblers (14-7, 4-4 MVC) held off the Aces in a 67-61 despite shooting just 29.2% from 3-point range, which is 10 percentage points lower than their…
Every week for the 2016-17 season, The Catch and Shoot will name a Player of the Week, Freshman of the Week, Team of the Week and Game of the Week among the five Division I schools in the Chicago area. Here are the winners for…
BY STEFAN MODRICH/@StefanJModrich Loyola’s perfect record at home didn’t last long into 2017 as the Ramblers (10-5) squandered a five-point advantage late in the first half and were buried by a series of Illinois State runs, falling 81-59 to the Redbirds (10-4) in their return to…
Basically, there’s two ways to look at Loyola’s 102-98 loss at Drake on Thursday. One is to commend the Ramblers for nearly pulling off one of the most remarkable comebacks in college basketball. Second is to focus on how the Ramblers needed a miracle just…
Conference play has begun, and it’s almost time to turn the calendars to the new year. We already took you through the best moments of 2016. (For a moment, DePaul had us thinking we published that a few days too early.) Now it’s time to…
A sampling of Missouri Valley Conference beat writers check in on the league as conference play begins Wednesday. If you made your MVC picks now, which team moves up the most and which team drops the most? Jim Benson, The Pantagraph, of Bloomington-Normal, Ill. Definitely…
Despite spotting Toledo a 19-0 run, Loyola still stood a chance in the final minutes of Tuesday’s meeting. The Ramblers trailed 69-67 entering the final minute, but Jonathan Williams drained a dagger 3-pointer with 42 seconds left, allowing the Rockets to earn a 74-70 victory…
Last week was filled with local matchups. Chicago State and UIC each played two schools from the Chicago area, and Northwestern and Illinois competed in separate games at the United Center. While the top teams stayed put, the bottom two thirds of the Illinois Rankings…
It turns out Donte Ingram’s knee is more than fine. Ingram, a 6’6″ junior, returned from an MCL sprain Saturday to score 20 points and lead Loyola past crosstown rival UIC on the road. Ingram drained a desperation 3-pointer from one second remaining in regulation…
It’s a bit late to the party, but here are The Catch and Shoot’s first Illinois Rankings of the 2016-17 season, evaluating all 13 teams in the state. So far, the state has performed relatively well with four teams in the KenPom top 130. The top spot…
