When Loyola head coach Porter Moser signed a pair of transfers in back-to-back seasons, he said he knew he was getting a pair of winners. These winners, to Moser’s surprise, would be the players who would help turn around his entire program, lifting Loyola onto college basketball’s biggest stage last season.
These transfers, redshirt senior guards Clayton Custer and Marques Townes, have been vital to the program’s turnaround since their respective arrivals in 2015 and 2016. Alongside a pair of unforgettable last second shots that Rambler fans won’t soon forget, the duo has secured back-to-back Missouri Valley Conference (MVC) Player of the Year awards and helped raise the program to relevance over a few magical weeks in March 2018.