Women's Basketball Heads to Face Navy on Saturday Afternoon

Match Information
Opponent	at Navy Midshipmen
Date	Saturday, January 11, 2025
Time	1:00 p.m.
Location	Annapolis, MD \| Alumni Hall
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Game Notes	Loyola Maryland Women's Basketball Game Notes (PDF)

The Matchup

The Greyhounds continue Patriot League play on Saturday afternoon as they travel to face in state foe Navy.
This will be the 34th meeting between the two programs, with the Midshipmen holding the edge 19-14.

Quick Hits

The teams split their matchups last season, with the home team winning both matchups last year.
Loyola was picked as the Preseason favorites in the Patriot League after receiving 148 points and 10 first place votes in the poll. This marks just the second time since 2000 that the Greyhounds were picked as Preseason favorites (2004-05, MAAC).
Lex Therien was also named the Preseason Player of the Year entering the 2024-25 season, which is the first Greyhounds player since Katie Sheahin in 2012-13 to be named the Preseason Player of the Year.

Non-Conference Recap

Non-conference play concluded on Monday for the Greyhounds, as they finished non-conference play with their first winning record since the 2005-06 season.
Loyola started the season with a 1-2 record, after two losses to James Madison and St. John's, while beating in-town foe UMBC.
They followed it up with a three-game winning streak, winning each game by double-digits.
After a road loss to Binghamton, the Greyhounds returned to Reitz where they defeated Radford in a overtime thriller, 70-64.
After losses to Mount St. Mary's and No. 3 Notre Dame, the Greyhounds wrapped up non-conference play with a win over Haverford to finish 82-38.

Scouting Navy

Navy comes into the matchup with a 11-3 (3-0) record on the season as they are coming off of a 67-56 win over Holy Cross on Wednesday.
Navy has won each of their three games in Patriot League play, earning wins over American and Lafayette to begin conference play.
The Midshipmen have won each of their last 5 games, as they have scored at least 66 points in each game during the stretch.
Zanai Barnett-Gay leads the team and Patriot League in scoring, averaging 19.1 points per game.
She also leads the team in rebounds (7.4), assists (3.4), and steals (2.2) per game.
Mary Gibbons is second in scoring on the season, averaging 10.4 points off the bench, as she leads the team with 29 three-pointers.

Heating Up

Amandine Amorich has found her stride on the offensive end of the floor for the Greyhounds, as the sophomore forward has scored in double figures in each of her last seven games.
Prior to this stretch, Amorich scored 10 points just twice in her career. During this stretch, she has shot 46.2% (36-78) from the field and 42.3% (11-26) from three-point range.
Amorich has also been a key contributor on defense, as she leads the team in steals (25) and has recorded at least one steal in all but three games, including 8 games with multiple steals.
Sophomore guard Kailey Kalet is coming off of a career-best game in the opener against Holy Cross, as Kalet scored 11 points on 4-8 shooting
Koi Sims is averaging a career-best 9.3 points and 10.5 rebounds per game, as she tied her career-best with 16 rebounds in the Patriot League opener against Holy Cross.

Worth Noting

With seven rebounds against St. John's Lex Therien became the fifth player in program history to reach 1,000 career rebounds. She now has over 1,000 career points and rebounds.
Therien came into the season with 47 career double-doubles.
The Greyhounds went 8-8 on the road last season.

By The Numbers

So far this season, all of the Greyhounds wins have come when they have led at halftime. Likewise, they have won all but two games this season when shooting a better percentage from the field.
When scoring at least 60 points this season, the Greyhounds are 5-2. Dating back to the beginning of last season, Loyola is 16-4 when scoring at least 60 points.
Loyola has success playing in Reitz Arena this season, posting a 4-3 record on the season at home.
Following a loss this season, Loyola has gone 4-3 on the season.
Loyola has had just four games decided by single-digits thus far, going 2-3 in such games, with one game being decided by one possession.
Danielle O'Banion is one of two coaches who enter their fourth season at the helm who have seen win increases in each season and a 16-game difference from when they took over, with Vanessa Blair-Lewis at George Mason as the other coach.

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