{"id":65917,"date":"2018-01-29T16:37:37","date_gmt":"2018-01-29T22:37:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/news.medill.northwestern.edu\/chicago\/?p=65917"},"modified":"2018-01-30T16:52:02","modified_gmt":"2018-01-30T22:52:02","slug":"loyola-impresses-showing-a-glimpse-of-what-could-be-in-win-over-evansville","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.medill.northwestern.edu\/chicago\/loyola-impresses-showing-a-glimpse-of-what-could-be-in-win-over-evansville\/","title":{"rendered":"Loyola impresses, showing a glimpse of what could be, in win over Evansville"},"content":{"rendered":"

By Patrick Engel<\/strong>
\nMedill Reports<\/i><\/p>\n

Kate Achter is known for her quick arrivals to postgame press conferences. On occasion, she\u2019ll even beat a reporter to the media room.<\/p>\n

Sunday, though, she arrived in the Norville Center adjacent to Gentile Arena a couple minutes later than usual. Still digesting her team\u2019s most complete performance of the season, she shoehorned in a moment to glance over the stat sheet before starting her presser in the lobby near Loyola\u2019s locker room.<\/p>\n

Unsurprisingly, Achter liked the numbers from Loyola\u2019s 82-63 dusting of Evansville.<\/p>\n

\u201cThey were hungry today,\u201d Achter said.<\/p>\n

But she couldn\u2019t help mentioning the big picture of the win.<\/p>\n

<\/p>\n

\u201cWe\u2019re capable of that,\u201d Achter said. \u201cAnd that\u2019s been the most frustrating part of the season. We know we\u2019re capable of that, it\u2019s just we haven\u2019t always put it together.\u201d<\/p>\n

That\u2019s a big picture that might seem odd to bring up after such a win. After all, the halftime score was 43-21. Those 43 were more points than Loyola had scored in five games this year. Loyola showing what it could be, though, can\u2019t happen without a thought of what it largely hasn\u2019t been. At least not in a four-win season. Avoiding complacency, after all, is a coach\u2019s job.<\/p>\n

Sunday, Loyola (4-16, 2-7 Missouri Valley) put it together. Sure, this was a matchup of the bottom two teams in the MVC standings, and Evansville (3-17, 0-9 MVC) was without its leading scorer. Loyola\u2019s offense, however, was good enough that it may not have mattered.<\/p>\n

The Ramblers set several season-highs: 82 points, 33 field goals, 50 percent shooting and five players with at least 10 points. The number that stood out to head coach Kate Achter, though, was 22 assists.<\/p>\n

\u201cThat might even be my tenure-high in assists,\u201d Achter said. \u201cAnd that\u2019s awesome. That\u2019s team offense.\u201d<\/p>\n

It sure was Loyola\u2019s highest number of helpers in Achter\u2019s two seasons as head coach and obliterated this year\u2019s prior high of 15 set earlier this month in a loss at Valparaiso.<\/p>\n

Loyola outscored Evansville 24-4 in the second quarter, in which the Ramblers made five 3-pointers. Evansville, meanwhile, went 1-for-13 from the field and didn\u2019t make a field goal in the final 7:55.<\/p>\n

Senior guard Jessica Cerda made a team-high four 3s, three of them in that impressive second quarter. In a span of 2:35, she hit two 3s and a layup as part of a 14-2 run.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe kind of joke with her that when she steps inside the 3-point line, alarms go off because she\u2019s not supposed to be there,\u201d Achter said. \u201cBut her attacking the basket and being aggressive for us jump-started us offensively.\u201d<\/p>\n

Cerda led all scorers with 16 points, going 4-for-10 from 3-point range and 2-for-3 on two-pointers. Freshman guard Ellie Rice had 12 points, her third straight game in double figures. Freshman forward Alexis Meyer had a career-high 10 points in 18 minutes off the bench, two days after playing five minutes in a loss to Indiana State. Guards Tiara Wallace and Kailyn Strawbridge tied career highs with seven assists each.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe drew two, moved the ball with extra passes and found better shots,\u201d Achter said. \u201cI challenged them to find extra shots.\u201d<\/p>\n

Sophomore guard Lauren Segars, coming off the bench again, played 10 minutes. Achter played her for one minute in the Indiana State game, sending a message that she wanted more out of her. Sunday, she provided it, even though she scored only two points.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe challenge someone as a guard to have five rebounds off the bench,\u201d Achter said. \u201cShe had five boards in 10 minutes. That\u2019s an unbelievable stat.\u201d<\/p>\n

Loyola will certainly take plenty more of them.<\/p>\n

Photo at top: Loyola’s Katie Salmon (13) looks to shoot in an 82-63 win against Evansville on Jan. 28 at Gentile Arena (Patrick Engel\/MEDILL).<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

By Patrick Engel Medill Reports Kate Achter is known for her quick arrivals to postgame press conferences. On occasion, she\u2019ll even beat a reporter to the media room. Sunday, though, she arrived in the Norville Center adjacent to Gentile Arena a couple minutes later than usual. Still digesting her team\u2019s most complete performance of the […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":458,"featured_media":65918,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[31,3987],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-65917","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-sports","category-winter-2018"],"yoast_head":"\nLoyola impresses, showing a glimpse of what could be, in win over Evansville - Medill Reports Chicago<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/news.medill.northwestern.edu\/chicago\/loyola-impresses-showing-a-glimpse-of-what-could-be-in-win-over-evansville\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Loyola impresses, showing a glimpse of what could be, in win over Evansville - Medill Reports Chicago\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"By Patrick Engel Medill Reports Kate Achter is known for her quick arrivals to postgame press conferences. On occasion, she\u2019ll even beat a reporter to the media room. Sunday, though, she arrived in the Norville Center adjacent to Gentile Arena a couple minutes later than usual. Still digesting her team\u2019s most complete performance of the […]\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/news.medill.northwestern.edu\/chicago\/loyola-impresses-showing-a-glimpse-of-what-could-be-in-win-over-evansville\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Medill Reports Chicago\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2018-01-29T22:37:37+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2018-01-30T22:52:02+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/s3.amazonaws.com\/medill.wordpress.offload\/WP%20Media%20Folder%20-%20medill-reports-chicago\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2018\/01\/LU-WBB-v-Evansville-1.28.18.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1100\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"600\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"patrickengel2018\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"patrickengel2018\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"3 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/news.medill.northwestern.edu\/chicago\/loyola-impresses-showing-a-glimpse-of-what-could-be-in-win-over-evansville\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/news.medill.northwestern.edu\/chicago\/loyola-impresses-showing-a-glimpse-of-what-could-be-in-win-over-evansville\/\",\"name\":\"Loyola impresses, showing a glimpse of what could be, in win over Evansville - Medill Reports Chicago\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/news.medill.northwestern.edu\/chicago\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/news.medill.northwestern.edu\/chicago\/loyola-impresses-showing-a-glimpse-of-what-could-be-in-win-over-evansville\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/news.medill.northwestern.edu\/chicago\/loyola-impresses-showing-a-glimpse-of-what-could-be-in-win-over-evansville\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/s3.amazonaws.com\/medill.wordpress.offload\/WP%20Media%20Folder%20-%20medill-reports-chicago\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2018\/01\/LU-WBB-v-Evansville-1.28.18.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2018-01-29T22:37:37+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2018-01-30T22:52:02+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/news.medill.northwestern.edu\/chicago\/#\/schema\/person\/2ab88c0cca2e22a8cee6642332b609ef\"},\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/news.medill.northwestern.edu\/chicago\/loyola-impresses-showing-a-glimpse-of-what-could-be-in-win-over-evansville\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/news.medill.northwestern.edu\/chicago\/loyola-impresses-showing-a-glimpse-of-what-could-be-in-win-over-evansville\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/news.medill.northwestern.edu\/chicago\/loyola-impresses-showing-a-glimpse-of-what-could-be-in-win-over-evansville\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/s3.amazonaws.com\/medill.wordpress.offload\/WP%20Media%20Folder%20-%20medill-reports-chicago\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2018\/01\/LU-WBB-v-Evansville-1.28.18.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/s3.amazonaws.com\/medill.wordpress.offload\/WP%20Media%20Folder%20-%20medill-reports-chicago\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2018\/01\/LU-WBB-v-Evansville-1.28.18.jpg\",\"width\":1100,\"height\":600,\"caption\":\"Loyola's Katie Salmon (13) look to shoot in an 82-63 win vs. Evansville on Jan. 28, 2018 at Gentile Arena (Patrick Engel\/MEDILL).\"},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/news.medill.northwestern.edu\/chicago\/loyola-impresses-showing-a-glimpse-of-what-could-be-in-win-over-evansville\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/news.medill.northwestern.edu\/chicago\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Loyola impresses, showing a glimpse of what could be, in win over Evansville\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/news.medill.northwestern.edu\/chicago\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/news.medill.northwestern.edu\/chicago\/\",\"name\":\"Medill Reports Chicago\",\"description\":\"\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/news.medill.northwestern.edu\/chicago\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/news.medill.northwestern.edu\/chicago\/#\/schema\/person\/2ab88c0cca2e22a8cee6642332b609ef\",\"name\":\"patrickengel2018\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/news.medill.northwestern.edu\/chicago\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/6a96bed27ae19595e8e06488c3058461cb4bbbfe1af0b1ed5319320bcf62f66e?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/6a96bed27ae19595e8e06488c3058461cb4bbbfe1af0b1ed5319320bcf62f66e?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"patrickengel2018\"},\"url\":\"https:\/\/news.medill.northwestern.edu\/chicago\/author\/patrickengel2018\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Loyola impresses, showing a glimpse of what could be, in win over Evansville - Medill Reports Chicago","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/news.medill.northwestern.edu\/chicago\/loyola-impresses-showing-a-glimpse-of-what-could-be-in-win-over-evansville\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Loyola impresses, showing a glimpse of what could be, in win over Evansville - Medill Reports Chicago","og_description":"By Patrick Engel Medill Reports Kate Achter is known for her quick arrivals to postgame press conferences. On occasion, she\u2019ll even beat a reporter to the media room. Sunday, though, she arrived in the Norville Center adjacent to Gentile Arena a couple minutes later than usual. Still digesting her team\u2019s most complete performance of the […]","og_url":"https:\/\/news.medill.northwestern.edu\/chicago\/loyola-impresses-showing-a-glimpse-of-what-could-be-in-win-over-evansville\/","og_site_name":"Medill Reports Chicago","article_published_time":"2018-01-29T22:37:37+00:00","article_modified_time":"2018-01-30T22:52:02+00:00","og_image":[{"width":1100,"height":600,"url":"https:\/\/s3.amazonaws.com\/medill.wordpress.offload\/WP%20Media%20Folder%20-%20medill-reports-chicago\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2018\/01\/LU-WBB-v-Evansville-1.28.18.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"patrickengel2018","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"patrickengel2018","Est. reading time":"3 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/news.medill.northwestern.edu\/chicago\/loyola-impresses-showing-a-glimpse-of-what-could-be-in-win-over-evansville\/","url":"https:\/\/news.medill.northwestern.edu\/chicago\/loyola-impresses-showing-a-glimpse-of-what-could-be-in-win-over-evansville\/","name":"Loyola impresses, showing a glimpse of what could be, in win over Evansville - Medill Reports Chicago","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/news.medill.northwestern.edu\/chicago\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/news.medill.northwestern.edu\/chicago\/loyola-impresses-showing-a-glimpse-of-what-could-be-in-win-over-evansville\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/news.medill.northwestern.edu\/chicago\/loyola-impresses-showing-a-glimpse-of-what-could-be-in-win-over-evansville\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/s3.amazonaws.com\/medill.wordpress.offload\/WP%20Media%20Folder%20-%20medill-reports-chicago\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2018\/01\/LU-WBB-v-Evansville-1.28.18.jpg","datePublished":"2018-01-29T22:37:37+00:00","dateModified":"2018-01-30T22:52:02+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/news.medill.northwestern.edu\/chicago\/#\/schema\/person\/2ab88c0cca2e22a8cee6642332b609ef"},"breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/news.medill.northwestern.edu\/chicago\/loyola-impresses-showing-a-glimpse-of-what-could-be-in-win-over-evansville\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/news.medill.northwestern.edu\/chicago\/loyola-impresses-showing-a-glimpse-of-what-could-be-in-win-over-evansville\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/news.medill.northwestern.edu\/chicago\/loyola-impresses-showing-a-glimpse-of-what-could-be-in-win-over-evansville\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/s3.amazonaws.com\/medill.wordpress.offload\/WP%20Media%20Folder%20-%20medill-reports-chicago\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2018\/01\/LU-WBB-v-Evansville-1.28.18.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/s3.amazonaws.com\/medill.wordpress.offload\/WP%20Media%20Folder%20-%20medill-reports-chicago\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2018\/01\/LU-WBB-v-Evansville-1.28.18.jpg","width":1100,"height":600,"caption":"Loyola's Katie Salmon (13) look to shoot in an 82-63 win vs. Evansville on Jan. 28, 2018 at Gentile Arena (Patrick Engel\/MEDILL)."},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/news.medill.northwestern.edu\/chicago\/loyola-impresses-showing-a-glimpse-of-what-could-be-in-win-over-evansville\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/news.medill.northwestern.edu\/chicago\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Loyola impresses, showing a glimpse of what could be, in win over Evansville"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/news.medill.northwestern.edu\/chicago\/#website","url":"https:\/\/news.medill.northwestern.edu\/chicago\/","name":"Medill Reports Chicago","description":"","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/news.medill.northwestern.edu\/chicago\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/news.medill.northwestern.edu\/chicago\/#\/schema\/person\/2ab88c0cca2e22a8cee6642332b609ef","name":"patrickengel2018","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/news.medill.northwestern.edu\/chicago\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/6a96bed27ae19595e8e06488c3058461cb4bbbfe1af0b1ed5319320bcf62f66e?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/6a96bed27ae19595e8e06488c3058461cb4bbbfe1af0b1ed5319320bcf62f66e?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"patrickengel2018"},"url":"https:\/\/news.medill.northwestern.edu\/chicago\/author\/patrickengel2018\/"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.medill.northwestern.edu\/chicago\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/65917","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.medill.northwestern.edu\/chicago\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.medill.northwestern.edu\/chicago\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.medill.northwestern.edu\/chicago\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/458"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.medill.northwestern.edu\/chicago\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=65917"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/news.medill.northwestern.edu\/chicago\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/65917\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.medill.northwestern.edu\/chicago\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/65918"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.medill.northwestern.edu\/chicago\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=65917"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.medill.northwestern.edu\/chicago\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=65917"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.medill.northwestern.edu\/chicago\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=65917"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}