Panthers Head to Chicago to Take on Loyola

SATURDAY'S ACTION:
UNI vs Loyola | Saturday, February 15 | 7 PM | Gentile Arena | Chicago, Illinois

THE SERIES
The Panthers and Ramblers will meet up for just the 22nd time in program history. The Panthers lead the all-time series 11-10 after winning in the McLeod Center 67-62 on January 26th. Head Coach Ben Jacobson is 7-10 against Loyola, holding a 5-3 record in the McLeod Center and a 1-6 record on the road. Coach Jacobson is 1-1 against the Ramblers in Arch Madness.

THE PANTHERS
•The Panthers have been receiving votes in the Associated Press Poll for the last 7 weeks and have received votes for 9 total weeks in 2019-20.

•The Panthers have received votes in the UNA Today Coaches Poll for the last 5 weeks and 8 total weeks in 2019-20.

• The Panthers' last AP ranking was on March 16, 2015, when they were No. 11 in the poll. UNI was ranked No. 14 in the final ESPN/USA Today coaches poll that year.

•The Panthers are a perfect 14-0 inside the McLeod Center this season. The Panthers have finished undefeated in the McLeod Center twice, the 2009-10 and the 2014-15 seasons.

• The Panthers are now 60-6 when scoring 80+ points under Ben Jacobson, and are 11-0 in contest scoring over 80 points this season.

• UNI has made at least one 3-Pointer in 652 straight games – the longest active streak in the Missouri Valley Conference.

• AJ Green made 44 consecutive free throws (Dec 22-Jan 22), breaking the UNI record of 32 straight set by Bill McCoy. Green's 44 consecutive made free throws is tied 6th best in MVC history.

• The Panthers have made 48.5% from the field this season, a mark that ranks 2nd in the MVC and 10th in the NCAA.

• Making 77% at the free-throw line the Panthers lead the MVC.

• The Panthers have made 40.2% (241-599) of their three-point attempts this season, leading the Valley and ranking 4th in the NCAA.

• UNI is averaging 75.8 PPG in Valley play, leading the league in scoring through 13 games.

• AJ Green has averaged 23.6 PPG against Valley opponents, leading the league.

• Austin Phyfe has hauled in 8.2 RPG in league play, leading the league. Phyfe has now recorded 6 double-doubles, second-most in the MVC.

THE RAMBLERS
• Winner of three of its last four contests overall, Loyola is set for a battle with Missouri Valley Conference leader Northern Iowa Saturday night at a sold-out Gentile Arena. The Ramblers, who have won six consecutive games on their home floor, have won 24 of their last 26 Valley games in Chicago. Since the start of the 2017-18 campaign, Loyola is 22-2 at home in league play.

• With its next victory, Loyola will have recorded 18 or more wins in four consecutive seasons. The last time the Ramblers achieved that feat was all the way back at the start of the post-World-War-II era, from 1945-46 through 1948-49 seasons.

• In its last three meetings with Northern Iowa at Gentile Arena, Loyola is producing 69.3 points per game and converting 52.9 percent (74-for-140) of its field-goal attempts, including a scorching 52.3 percent (24-for-44) of its three-point tries.

• Nail-biters have been the norm when the Ramblers and Panthers have matched up as seven of the last nine meetings have been decided by six points or less, including four contests determined by a single possession (3 points or less). Both games last season were decided by one point.

• The Ramblers need one more Valley victory have notched double-digit league wins for the third straight season. Loyola has won 10 or more conference contests three consecutive years just once in program history - 1982-83 through 1984-85.

• Cameron Krutwig has earned All-MVC accolades in each of his first two seasons at Loyola, collecting third-team honors as a freshman in 2017-18 before picking up the first-team status in 2018-19, when he also finished third in the Larry Bird Trophy voting for the league's player of the year award. He is the first Rambler ever to earn all-conference (first, second or third team) status as both a freshman and a sophomore.

• Loyola has allowed more than 66 points just five times in its last 22 contests and when the Ramblers surrender 70 or more points this season, they are 1-2.

• The Ramblers, who rank tied for 12th in the nation in scoring defense (61.2), are yielding 53.2 ppg on 42.1 percent (104-for-247) shooting from the field, including 30.6 percent (34-for-111) from long distance, in the last five home games.

• Although it is 2-1 in the last three contests, Loyola has surrendered 67.3 ppg as opponents have shot 52.3 percent (78-for-149) from the field and 45.9 percent (28-for-61) from triple territory.

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