• Date/Time: Wednesday, January 28; 7 pm
• Site: Baltimore, Md. (Reitz Arena)
• Series History: AU leads, 57-52
• TV: ESPN+
• Talent: ??

• This is the 110th meeting between American and Loyola Maryland, with American leading the series, 57-52.
• AU has won three straight against the Greyhounds. The Eagles won by 15 earlier this season, 84-69 in the PL opener on New Year's Eve. They earned a 19-point win and a 21-point win last season, winning 73-54 in Baltimore and 72-51 at home.
• Prior to those three victories, American had dropped two of three contests, including a low-scoring, 44-43 defeat at home on Feb. 7, 2024 in the second game of that year's regular-season series.
• American boasts a 31-13 record in home contests against the Greyhounds, but trails 36-26 in Baltimore.

• The Eagles bring a four-game win streak into Wednesday's contest, and are looking for a season sweep of the Greyhounds.
• American did not trail in its first two games of the streak, trailed by only five against Colgate, and led for over 38 minutes at Holy Cross.
• AU took down first-place Navy, 65-51, behind a career-high 23 points from Greg Jones, holding the Mids to 22.5 points below their season average. AU got a career-high 26 points from Julen Iturbe in a 78-67 win at Army, and 20 points from freshman Madden Collins at Holy Cross.
• Wyatt Nausadis led AU with 13 points vs. Colgate, while Collins (12 pts, 12 rebs) and Jones (10 pts, 11 rebs) both had double-doubles.
• The Eagles are 3-6 away from home this season, but have won three of their last four road games, all in conference play.
• Seven players—Wyatt Nausadis, Madden Collins, Kade Sebastian, Greg Jones, Julen Iturbe,  Geoff Sprouse, and Dean Hogans—have been leading scorers for AU so far this season.
• Collins leads AU with 13.0 points per game, with Jones close behind at 12.6 points per game.
• The defensive numbers in the Eagles' current four-game win streak are impressive. While the season average for opponent points per game is 71.9, AU has held its last four opponents to an average of just 62.8 points per game.
• As a team, AU leads the PL in turnover margin (2.29), and steals (8.14 per game). The Eagles rank second in scoring (76.4 ppg), scoring margin (4.7 ppg), and free-throw percentage (.761). Their FT percentage is also good enough for 54th in NCAA Division I.

• Loyola Maryland is 3-5 in the Patriot League but has won two of its last three and is coming off a 67-62 win over Bucknell at home.
• The Greyhounds are second in the PL in three-pointers made per game at 9.4, and they lead the PL with 3.62 blocks per game.
• Junior guard Jacob Theodosiou leads the way at 15.1 points per contest to rank sixth in the league, while Braeden Speed is ninth in the PL with 14.6 points per game. Speed has come on strong as of late, scoring 20 or more points in three of the last four games. In conference games, Speed is averaging a team-best 17.4 ppg.
• Loyola Maryland ranks third in the PL with 35.7 rebounds per game thanks to a balanced effort with three players averaging between 4.4 and 4.8 rebounds per contest.
• Josh Loeffler is in his second season in charge of the Greyhounds. He was 160-40 as a head coach at Stevens and Johns Hopkins before coming to Baltimore last year.

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