CHICAGO – Sycamore women's basketball travels north to the Windy City on Thursday for a Missouri Valley Conference matchup with Loyola at 8 p.m. ET in Gentile Arena.
 
Indiana State (3-18) at Loyola Chicago (13-7)
February 6, 2020
Where: Chicago, Ill.
Arena: Gentile Arena (4,963)
Time: 8 p.m. ET
Stream: ESPN3
Radio: 97.9 WIBQ
Live Stats: sycamor.es/2umwpdo
Series: ISU leads, 12-7
 
INDIANA STATE NOTES | LOYOLA NOTES
 
NOTES

• The Series: Indiana State and Loyola meet for the 20th time on Thursday with ISU holding a 12-7 advantage in the series. Loyola won the first matchup this season on January 12, 58-51 in Terre Haute.
• A Win Would: A win on Thursday would give the Sycamores their first winning streak since a three-game winning streak from Nov. 7-23, 2018, as well as give Vicki Hall her 15th win as the Indiana State head coach. A win would also give Hall her first victory over the Ramblers since arriving at Indiana State.
• The Streak is Over: Indiana State ended their 16-game losing streak, the third-longest in the country, on Friday night when they took down in-state rival Evansville, 68-58. The victory marked the first win since Nov. 19 at UIC and moved the Sycamores to ninth place in the Valley. ISU also had their best performance from behind the three-point line on Friday, knocking down a season-high nine triples.
• A Team Effort: A big part of the success that Indiana State found on Friday against Evansville came from the contributions that every Sycamore athlete made on the court. All nine Trees that played in the game scored and pulled down at least two rebounds, boosting ISU to a 46-34 rebounding advantage. Del'Janae Williams led ISU with 16 points, while CeCe Mayo and Marie Hunter both posted double-digit point totals of 12 and 11, respectively.
• Getting to the Line: Indiana State manages to get to the free throw line more than almost anyone else in the Missouri Valley Conference. The Sycamores have taken 425 attempts at the line this season, second only to Missouri State's 442, and converted on 261, the fifth-most made free throws in the Valley. The flip-side is that the Trees own the worst percentage at the charity stripe in the league, hitting at a clip of 61.4%.

 
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