Women's Basketball 1/21/2025 1:25:00 PM

Two-Game Road Trip Begins on Wednesday for Women's Basketball as they Face Lafayette

Match Information
Opponent	at Lafayette Leopards
Date	Wednesday, January 22, 2025
Time	6:00 p.m.
Location	Easton, PA \| Kirby Sports Center
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Game Notes	Loyola Maryland Women's Basketball Game Notes (PDF)

The Matchup

The Greyhounds continue Patriot League play on Wednesday evening as they travel to face the Lafayette Leopards.
This will be the 30th meeting between the two programs, with the Leopards holding a 18-11 edge in the series. The Greyhounds have held the edge recently, as they have won the last four meetings in the series.

Quick Hits

This will be the first matchup of the season, as the Greyhounds swept the season series the last two seasons.
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 Lafayette

Lafayette comes into the matchup with a 4-13 (1-5) record on the season and are coming off of a 72-56 loss at Colgate on Saturday.
The Leopards have lost five straight games since winning their Patriot League opener at Boston, 66-55.
On the season, the Leopards are averaging 56.4 points per game on 38.8 percent shooting, as they are allowing 69.3 points per game on 43.6 percent shooting.
Abby Antognoli leads the team in scoring, averaging 12.5 points per game this season.
Kay Donahue is second on the team in scoring, averaging 10.6 points per game.
Donahue also leads the team in rebounds per game, averaging 5.0.

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 nine of her last ten games.
Prior to this stretch, Amorich scored double-digit points just twice in her career.
During this stretch, she has shot 47.1% (50-106) from the field and 42.8% (15-35) 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 six games, including 8 games with multiple steals.
Sophomore guard Kailey Kalet is coming off of a career-best game against American, where she tallied 7 assists and no turnovers in the win.
Koi Sims is averaging a career-best 9.6 points and 10.9 rebounds per game, as she is coming off of a 14 point, 14 rebound game against American.

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 four games this season when shooting a better percentage from the field.
When scoring at least 60 points this season, the Greyhounds are 6-2. Dating back to the beginning of last season, Loyola is 17-4 when scoring at least 60 points.
Loyola has success playing in Reitz Arena this season, posting a 5-4 record on the season at home.
Following a loss this season, Loyola has gone 5-4 on the season.
Loyola has had just six games decided by single-digits thus far, going 2-4 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.

Players Mentioned