Road Woes

Loyola’s men’s basketball team is working on a 20-game road losing streak entering their game with UT-San Antonio on Tue., Nov. 25.  Their last win in a true road game was at Cleveland State on January 23, 2013. Oddly enough, the last Ramblers road win was their second road victory in a row, and at the time gave Loyola an admirable 6-4 road record in the 2012-13 season—including wins over DePaul and Horizon champ Valparaiso.  But the Ramblers lost their remaining five road games in 2012-13 to begin their second-longest road losing streak in school history.

What makes the Ramblers’ road woes even more confounding is the fact that Loyola has had a sometimes sizeable second-half lead in many of the games in the streak.  Loyola has won two of their four games at neutral sites since the last road win.

Loyola’s 20-game road losing streak, game by game:

  1. February 4, 2013 at Wright State, 62-59. Led by 13 with 6:34 left to play.
  2. February 7, 2013 at Youngstown State, 60-59. Led by 2 with :10 left to play.
  3. February 12, 2013 at Milwaukee, 72-53. Led by 7 early in 2nd
  4. February 26, 2013 at Detroit, 76-75. Led by 3 with 2:18 to play.
  5. March 5, 2013 at Youngstown State, 62-60. Led by 6 with 15:57 to play; tied with :13 left.
  6. November 12, 2013 at Tennessee Tech, 74-69. Led by 12 with 15:26 left.
  7. November 15, 2013 at Tulane, 65-59. Led by 19 with 17:25 left; led by 10 with 6:41 left.
  8. November 22, 2013 at Portland State, 67-63. Led by 17 early in 2nd half; led by 10 with 12:18 left.
  9. December 1, 2013 at Mississippi State, 65-64 (OT). Tied with :28 left (two missed FT); led by 4 with 3:30 left in OT.
  10. December 23, 2013 at Fordham, 83-69. Led by 11 late in 1st half; led by 6 with 17:49 left.
  11. January 1, 2014 at Indiana State, 70-58. Held lead 4 times in 1st half; tied with 2:35 left in 1st.
  12. January 11, 2014 at Illinois State, 59-50. Scored first 6 points; tied at halftime.
  13. January 18, 2014 at Evansville, 53-48. Led by 9 late in 1st half; tied with 1:55 left to play.
  14. January 28, 2014 at Wichita State, 57-45. Never led.
  15. February 1, 2014 at Southern Illinois, 81-76 (OT). Led by 5 at halftime; led by 2 (with missed FT) at :16 left in regulation.
  16. February 12, 2014 at Northern Iowa, 80-58. Led by 6 midway through 1st before wheels came off.
  17. February 15, 2014 at Drake, 70-62. Scored first 3 points; cut 16-point 2nd half deficit to 3 with 1:04 remaining.
  18. February 22, 2014 at Bradley, 55-38. Led by 2 early; trailed by 2 at halftime.
  19. February 25, 2014 at Missouri State, 72-56. Never led; tied with 11:26 left in 1st.
  20. November 21, 2014 at Michigan State, 82-57. Never led.

Loyola’s longest road losing streak was 25 games, from November 30, 1999 to December 15, 2001.