The Matchup
- Loyola University Maryland women's basketball plays its second of three-straight road games on Wednesday, January 19, when it heads to Boston, Massachusetts, to face Boston University in a 6 p.m. game.
- The action will stream live on ESPN+ from Case Gymnasium.
Staying Busy
- Wednesday's game is the sixth the Greyhounds will play during a 15-day stretch from January 5-19.
- Moreover, of those seven games during the 15 days, five are on the road.
Last Time Out
- Holy Cross used a 20-0 run that spanned the late third quarter and first five-plus minutes of the fourth to pull away from Loyola for a 63-48 Patriot League win on Monday night.
- Loyola took a 35-32 lead with 5:56 to play in the third quarter on a Bri Rozzi three, and the Greyhounds were within three at the end of the stanza, 45-42, before Holy Cross's run.
- Charia Roberts had a team-high 10 points, including the first four of the second half. Rozzi then had a layup off a Taleah Dixon assist, and Lex Therien's offensive rebound and putback tied the score at 32-32, erasing an eight-point Holy Cross lead at the half. Rozzi then extended the run to 11-0 with her three before the Crusaders would respond with eight-straight points to go up 40-35.
- Therien kicked out a pass to Keegan Douglas on the left side for a three at 2:31, drawing Loyola back within three, and Dixon drove the right side of the lane to get fouled with 1:47 remaining. She made both free throws, and the game was tied again at 40-40.
- Holy Cross regained the advantage, 43-40, with a traditional 3-point play by Janelle Allen 16 ticks of the clock later, but Ava Therien grabbed an offensive board and scored at 1:13 to make it a two-point game. That basket, however, marked the last Loyola points until Lex Therien made one of two at the free-throw line with 4:07 to go in regulation.
- The Greyhounds did not allow a Crusaders point for the last 4:28 of the game, but the 20-0 run had secured the win.
- In addition to Roberts' 10 points, Lex Therien scored nine and Douglas had eight off the bench.
- Lex Therien matched her career-high with 15 rebounds, her fifth-straight game with 10 or more boards. Dixon tied her career-best with five assists, a season-high.
Rookie Honors
- Lex Therien was named Patriot League Rookie of the Week on January 10 after averaging 18 points and 12.5 rebounds in games against Boston University and Bucknell. The award was her third of the season and fourth this year for Loyola (Laura Salmerón).
First In Over A Decade
- With her 10-point, 10-rebound game on January 15 against Lehigh, Lex Therien recorded her fourth-straight double-double. She is the first Loyola player to have four in a row in 11 years since Miriam McKenzie did it four games in a row from January 22-30, 2011.
Therien Among Tops In Nation In Rebounding
- Lex Therien has made an immediate impact in her debut season, and with four-straight double-doubles, she now leads the Greyhounds in both points (11.5) and rebounds (10.6) per game.
- Her 10.3 rebounds per game are second in the Patriot League and are No. 24 in NCAA Division I this season. She also ranks No. 2 amongst freshmen nationally in rebounds per game, trailing only DePaul's Aneesah Morrow (12.2).
- Per HerHoopStats.com, Therien and Morrow are the only two freshmen in Division I averaging a double-double this season, and they are two of 33 players of all years to do so.
- Therien is a three-time Patriot League Rookie of the Week, earning the award on Nov. 22, Dec. 6 and Jan. 10. She has scored in double figures in 9 of 12 games on the year, producing a season-high 23 points on January 8 at Bucknell.
- Therien has grabbed 6+ rebounds in every contest this season, and she posted double-doubles against Fairleigh Dickinson (Nov. 14) and Hofstra (Nov. 20) in back-to-back games early in the year; she then had posted double-doubles in the Greyhounds' last three games. In the game versus Bucknell, she posted a then-career-high 14 rebounds only to extend that high to 15 the following game at Lafayette, a number she'd match January 17 at Holy Cross.
Dixon Second In Scoring Average
- Taleah Dixon's 10.7 points per game are second on Loyola and rank 17th overall in the Patriot League. She scored a season-high 23 points (8-16 FG, 3-7 3FG) in a Dec. 4 win over Mount St. Mary's.
- Dixon also paces the Greyhounds in free throw percentage (86.3, 44-51). She is second among Patriot League shooters and 36th nationally in FT%.
- Dixon is one of three team captains for Loyola this season, along with Laryn Edwards and Bri Rozzi.
'Ria Stepping Up
- Sophomore Charia Roberts saw limited action as a freshman during the shortened 2020-2021 season, playing in 13 games and averaging 3.8 points and 3.5 rebounds in 12.8 minutes per game.
- This season, however, Roberts has averaged 28.4 minutes per game while starting all 15 contests, and she has responded with 8.2 points and 4.7 rebounds per contest.
- The Baltimore County native has scored eight or more points in nine games, and she has grabbed five or more rebounds eight times.
Using the Opportunity
- Caramina Tañedo had played just 22 minutes over her previous seven appearances, but the sophomore made the most of extended playing time of the year to-date in the Greyhounds' Patriot League opener against Boston University.
- She equaled those 22 minutes and scored a career-high 12 points, making four of the six 3-pointers she attempted. Her 12 points eclipsed her previous high of eight from the Greyhounds' season-opener at Niagara where she scored eight.
Using The Opportunity, Part Two
- Keegan Douglas has also seen her playing time increase over the past several games, averaging 17.3 over the last four. She saw 16 minutes of action against Lehigh, and she tied her to-date career-high with nine points. Douglas followed that with eight points versus Holy Cross, to average 8.5 in the Greyhounds' last two games.
Worth Noting
- The Greyhounds have been tied or led in the fourth quarter in nine of 14 games this season under first year head coach Danielle O'Banion.
- With her 23 points on Dec. 4 against the Mount, Taleah Dixon totaled 20+ points for the fourth time in her collegiate career, and the first time since she had a career-best 26 during the 2019 Patriot League quarterfinals at Bucknell.
- Loyola's 63-57 win over UMBC on Nov. 17 was the program's first victory after trailing by 14+ points in the second half since Feb. 10, 2012 vs. Iona (66-60).
- Loyola's overtime victory over FDU on Nov. 14 was the program's first in extra time since Jan. 2, 2017 at Lafayette. The Greyhounds are now 3-9 in OT dating back to March 4, 2011.
