Bluejay Beat:
Key Stats:
Loyola had 20 assists on 26 made baskets, and 40 of their 61 points came in the paint. Big men Aher Uguak and Cameron Krutwig did most of the damage — they scored a combined 35 points (18 for Uguak and 17 for Krutwig). But that was by design for the Bluejays, or rather, a side effect of their gameplan to keep 2019 MVC Player of the Year Marques Townes and 2018 MVC Player of the Year Clayton Custer from scoring.
Townes was 1-for-8 from the floor.