An opening-round NCAA Tournament matchup will see the 10-seed Loyola Chicago Ramblers (25-7) play against the No. 7 seed Ohio State Buckeyes (19-11) on Friday at PPG Paints Arena. The contest begins at 12:15 PM.
Loyola Chicago won on the road over Drake 64-58 last time out, and was led by Lucas Williamson (18 PTS, 10 REB, 50.0 FG%) and Aher Uguak (16 PTS, 10 REB, 45.5 FG%).
In its previous game, Ohio State fell to Penn State 71-68 at home, with E.J. Liddell (25 PTS, 8 REB, 2 BLK, 42.9 FG%, 2-5 from 3PT) and Malaki Branham (16 PTS, 50.0 FG%) leading the way.