Balanced Attack 

• Loyola has used the same starting lineup in each of the first five games - Taleah Dixon, Charia Roberts, Bri Rozzi, Laura Salmerón and Lex Therien - and those five have combined for 16 double-digit scoring performances.
• All five starters are averaging between 8.8 and 12.2 points per game. The highest scoring total for any player was Salmerón's 15-point effort in last Sunday's overtime win over FDU.
• Roberts leads the starters in field goal percentage (46.3, 19-41), while Rozzi is shooting 42.9 percent (9 for 21) from 3-point range.

Clutch at the Line

• Loyola has shot over 70 percent from the free throw line in each of its first five games, including a season-best 81.8 percent output (9 for 11) at Hofstra on Saturday.
• Loyola hit 10 of 13 free throws in the fourth, including each of its last six attempts, to close out last Wednesday's victory over UMBC.
• Taleah Dixon (87.1%, 27-31) ranks fourth nationally in free throws made, and she is sixth in the Patriot League in FT percentage. 
• Bri Rozzi follows at 85.7 percent (12 for 14) on the year.

Worth Noting

• Lex Therien is the program's first Patriot League weekly award winner since Emily McAteer was named Rookie of the Week on Jan. 13, 2020.
• Taleah Dixon, Laryn Edwards and Bri Rozzi are Loyola's three team captains for the 2021-22 season. 
• Rozzi matched her career scoring high with 13 points in last Wednesday's comeback victory over UMBC, and she became the first Greyhound to play the entire game since Jan. 5, 2020 (Laryn Edwards vs. Lehigh).
• Loyola rallied past the Retrievers after trailing 37-23 early in the third quarter. The program's last win after falling behind by 14+ points in the second half was a 66-60 triumph over Iona back in 2012.
• Loyola's 68-59 OT win over FDU on Nov. 14 was the program's first in overtime since Jan. 2, 2017 at Lafayette. The Greyhounds are now 3-9 in OT dating back to March 4, 2011.

Down to the Wire

• Loyola has had fourth quarter leads in each of its first five games this season, with the Greyhounds' last two defeats coming after opponents hit game-winners in the final five seconds of regulation.
• Loyola rallied past FDU in overtime after trailing 53-45 midway through the fourth quarter. That victory was the first under new head coach Danielle O'Banion, and it snapped an 18-game losing streak for the program dating back to Feb. 26, 2020.
• After trailing 44-34 through three quarters of its home opener vs. George Mason on Nov. 12, Loyola used a 17-3 run to jump ahead 51-47 with 2:18 remaining. 
• The Patriots would recover to score the game's final six points, including a game-winning putback with five seconds left to escape with a 53-51 win. 
• The Greyhounds also led by as many as 19 points in the second half of their season opener at Niagara. Loyola took a 62-60 advantage into the fourth quarter of that contest before the Purple Eagles pulled away late to hand the visitors an 81-71 setback.

Smart Hounds

• Loyola posted a team grade-point average of 3.35 during the 2020-21 academic year. Kayla Sieper (3.97), Laryn Edwards (3.66), Devyne Newman (3.54) and Bri Rozzi (3.54) all have cumulative GPA's above a 3.50.
• The program has a history of academic excellence, as the Greyhounds were named to the WBCA Division I Academic Top 25 Honor Roll for five-straight seasons from 2016-20. 
• Loyola was one of just three schools nationally to crack the top 15 academically in each of those five years.

Looking Ahead

• Loyola concludes its road swing with a 7 p.m. matchup at Howard next Wednesday.