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The Loyola-Chicago Ramblers (4-5, 0-0 Atlantic 10) play the Clemson Tigers (8-2, 1-0 ACC) in the Hoopsgiving Tournament at State Farm Arena in Atlanta, Georgia. Loyola-Chicago defeated the Green Bay Phoenix 70-46 on Tuesday night with Braden Norris scoring a team-best 18 points for the Ramblers. However, the Ramblers have lost five of the last seven. Clemson defeated Towson 80-75 on Wednesday with PJ Hall scoring 22 points and Hunter Tyson chipping in with 20 points. The Tigers have won four straight. Loyola-Chicago and Clemson do not have any players on their injury reports.
Loyola is scoring an average of only 67.2 points per game but is shooting a respectable 47.1% overall but dips to just 31.5% from behind the three-point line. Loyola's leading scorer Philip Alston is scoring an average of only 12.1 points per game. Alston is shooting 49.4% overall and 57.3% from behind the three-point line, but the next two high scorers drop to 33.3% and 32.7% from behind the line. Braden Norris is averaging a team-best 3.6 assists per game but Loyola averages only 13.6 assists as a team and is very careless with the ball, turning it over an average of 17.9 times per game
Loyola is 148th in the nation in points allowed at 69.1 points per game. Loyola-Chicago is averaging 34.9 rebounds per game with Alston the king of the boards at 5.6 rebounds per contest and Alston is also the swat leader with a tea m best 0.7 blocked shots per game. Norris is the leader in steals with an average of 1.3 steals per game the Ramblers are averaging 6.2 steals and just 2.7 blocked shots per game