Game of the Week!

Thursday, January 27th had the game of the week, possibly the entire regular season as Loyola Academy (19-4) took on Marist (19-4). It was the game of the week for several media outlets including SportsTownChicago.com.

You never know what will happen when the lights are on, the camera's rolling, band playing, and crowd rocking. JeTaun Rouse went off for 18 first half points for Marist and though only a sophomore, she stepped it up in prime-time. That was only the start of the dominating performance for Marist. Holding Loyola to 32 points was quite impressive...14 at half. Putting up 62 was also impressive, but no where near as impressive as the rebounding for the Redhawks.

For Loyola it was an off night. Not the first time we've seen Loyola play, and it was clear that it was an off night. The hustle and effort was there but the shots were not falling. Loyola will be fine moving forward, they work hard and played hard in this game, the ball was just not dropping through the net at Marist.

Marist was able to get their 20th win and will be the 2 seed in their regional. This win has to be a confidence booster and if their defense can continue to play at the high level we witnessed, they'll be very dangerous come the post-season.