Loyola-Chicago

[Panthers to the Bone]

In case anyone out there is taking Loyola lightly, they beat Evansville by double digits (up 30 in the 2nd half) and right now they are up on Bradley by 3 at half. Pack the Dome on Saturday!

[UNIpanther99]

I'll be in the Dome Saturday night, but out of curiosity... will Rima be back from NH to call the game on radio? If not, who is filling in?

[JCPanthers]

I'll be in the Dome Saturday night, but out of curiosity... will Rima be back from NH to call the game on radio? If not, who is filling in?

No he won't. I heard it was those two who announced the UNI vs. ISU game.

[tcondon]

I was going to post something similar about this game. Not one to overlook, that is for sure.

[Chitown Panther]

I was at the game last year and we barley won.....

[Marc Wigim]

Loyola-Chicago=Pretty darn good. Don't let the fact that they play in the Horizon fool you. Besides, the Horizon isn't exactly a slouch league.

[Lovie Smith]

From today's Sun Times.

Freshmen lead unbeaten Loyola past Bradley

December 1, 2005

BY MICHAEL O'BRIEN Staff Reporter


The names Leon Young and J.R. Blount aren't familiar yet to Chicago basketball fans, but if Loyola's freshman duo continues to play like it did in the Ramblers' 86-72 victory against Bradley on Wednesday at the Gentile Center, they soon will be.

Young dominated the post for the Ramblers (4-0), scoring 21 points and grabbing 10 rebounds. Blount lit things up from the outside, scoring 24 points.

"We knew they were good players when we recruited them,'' Loyola coach Jim Whitesell said. "That was our pitch, that they would get a chance to play right away. Those are two good freshmen to build off.''

LOYOLA 86
BRADLEY 72

Blount, a 6-1 guard from Milwaukee, had eight points and Young added six in a 20-5 Loyola run early in the second half that put the Ramblers ahead 59-45 with 13:44 left.

Young, a 6-6, 235-pound forward from Long Beach, Calif., is averaging a double-double over the first four games of his college career.

"He's going to outwork you, and he's physical when he posts up,'' Bradley coach Jim Les said. "He's gets the ball and doesn't care who is in his way. That's having a nose for the ball, and he had a better whiff than we did.''

Young's rebounding prowess didn't come by chance.

"That's what I started out doing with my dad [Leon Young Sr.],'' Young said. "He used to throw the ball off the backboard and make me go get it.''

Young's frame doesn't immediately intimidate most opponents.

"Guys always underestimate me at first, just because of how I look,'' Young said. "They don't think they have to play hard on me, and that works to my advantage a lot.''

The Ramblers shot 12-for-15 from the free-throw line in the final five minutes of the game to thwart any chance of a Bradley comeback.

"For freshmen, [Young and Blount] are pretty good shooters,'' Whitesell said. "[Blount] can create a lot off the dribble-drive. He can make things happen.''

Loyola star Blake Schilb scored 11 of his 15 points in the first half, helping to keep the Ramblers in the game after Bradley opened with a 13-3 run.

Schilb scored five points in an 11-0 run to put the Ramblers ahead 14-13. From then until the half, the lead bounced back and forth. Blount scored 14 in the first half, but he also committed four of the Ramblers' six turnovers as Loyola led 41-38 at halftime.

Bradley (2-1) consistently got the ball inside to forwards Marcellus Sommerville (18 points) and Lawrence Wright (17 points), who combined for 25 points in the first half.

"We got off to a shaky start,'' Whitesell said. "They do a great job of taking you out of your offense. I told the guys, 'You have to answer back; they just smacked you.' We did a better job of that the last 14 minutes of the half.''

Loyola outrebounded Bradley 42-34. Ramblers guard Chris Logan added 12 points and 10 rebounds.

[B.True]

i watched that Loyola-Evansville game and Blake Schilb is a tough player....i'm guessing Crawford will match up with him. they are pretty deep...which is scary...including (for those of you that still read newspapers) Rick Telander's son....then that Leon Young is kinda tough as he can really rebound, but can't shoot to save his life, if he is on the court, fouling him shouldn't hurt the Panthers....

should be a hard fought game.

[Lovie Smith]

He is not Rick Telanders son. I remember back when Rick Telender had his awful radio show he would have Dave on and they are related but pronounce their last names diffrently. The player for Loyola pronounces it Tea-Lander. BTW this may be the most useless post I have ever made on this site...sorry

[B.True]

not a useless post...you corrected my mistake....after some checking, he is Rick's nephew. my fault

so if you didn't like his radio show (which i never heard), were you also not a fan of the old TV show "Sports Reporters"? i thought Telander wasn't very good on that show....i just tuned in to listen to the old sages Gleason and Jauss....good stuff

[Tobias Funke]

I heard Eric Braley is doing the game. And if we play Tyler Griffin for 10 minutes or more, it's almost a forgone conclusion that we'll win...against anyone...even Duke...

[B.True]

does braley still say "holy buckets" after a made 3 by the Panthers? good times....

[panther2317]

Braley's a great guy and he'll do a great job Saturday night.

[Lovie Smith]

not a useless post...you corrected my mistake....after some checking, he is Rick's nephew. my fault

so if you didn't like his radio show (which i never heard), were you also not a fan of the old TV show "Sports Reporters"? i thought Telander wasn't very good on that show....i just tuned in to listen to the old sages Gleason and Jauss....good stuff

Lol I loved Sports Reporters as well. Old men with cigars and bad hats talking sports...gotta love it.

[Flagship Girl]

Braley's a great guy and he'll do a great job Saturday night.

He is a great guy--and I know it can't be easy to be somewhat in the shadow of Gary! I'll be on board to do the game, and let's hope nothing happens--KNOCK WOOD.