Loyola (Chicago) Slips With Loss To UIC, 58-51

Filed under Game Recap on January 14th, 2012

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On January 14th in Chicago the Ramblers dropped one to the Flames in Horizon action, 58-51.

A couple facts played into this pairing. The Ramblers are usually not very good on the road, but the Flames were slumping, losing 4 out of 5. Last year, Loyola (Chicago) was 2-0 against UIC. The Ramblers have now fallen to 4-6 against the Flames over the last four years, including a record of 2-3 at UIC Pavilion. Since 1980, the Loyola (Chicago) record against UIC is 17-30.

UIC controlled Loyola (Chicago) in offensive rebounding and three pointers.

There was a big gap in offensive rebounding with UIC tallying 11 offensive boards compared to seven by Loyola (Chicago). UIC drained three-pointers for 24 insurmountable points, compared to six for Loyola (Chicago).

Walt Gibler had the most points against the Flames, scoring 21 on 88% shooting in 23 minutes.

LCU Players Mins Pts Reb Ast Stl Blk TO A Ben Averkamp 38 10 9 4 0 2 1 B+ Walt Gibler 23 21 3 0 2 0 2 C Denzel Brito 32 4 4 2 0 0 1 C Chim Kadima 27 3 1 4 1 0 2 C C. Thomas 22 7 2 1 0 0 4 C- Jordan Hicks 24 4 2 0 0 1 1 - London Dokubo 8 0 1 1 0 0 0 D Joe Crisman 21 2 0 0 0 0 1 - John Benkoske 4 0 0 0 0 0 0

UIC Players Mins Pts Reb Ast Stl Blk TO A Darrin Williams 27 11 7 2 3 3 3 B+ Gary Talton 34 16 3 2 1 0 2 B Daniel Barnes 31 18 2 1 0 0 4 B- Greg Travis 11 3 3 2 0 0 2 C+ Dorian Tyler 23 6 4 0 1 0 0 C Paris Carter 12 4 2 0 0 0 2 C Marc Brown 33 0 3 2 1 1 1 D Matt Bush 11 0 1 1 0 0 0 D Hayden Humes 16 0 2 0 0 0 1

The Ramblers are now 5-12. They remain in 10th place in the Horizon with a conference record of 0-7. This adds yet another loss to their 5 game string.

The Ramblers are coming up on Valparaiso at home on January 19th.

• Loyola (Chicago) has lost 100% of the time this season (0-3) after recording 2 or fewer three pointers.
• Loyola (Chicago) has lost 100% of the time this season (0-4) after committing 12 or more turnovers.
• Walt Gibler accounted for 41.1% of the team's points.
• The Ramblers have lost 100% of the time this season (0-8) after shooting a field goal percentage of 40.5% or worse.
• Ben Averkamp has 4 straight double-digit point games.

• Daniel Barnes has led the team in scoring 7 times in 17 games this season.
• Darrin Williams has led the team in rebounding 9 times in 17 games this season.
• Daniel Barnes accounted for 31.0% of the team's points.
• Daniel Barnes set a career high with a 66% three point percentage, 6 three pointers, and a 66% field goal percentage.
• Daniel Barnes recorded a team season high in three pointers with 6.

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