WEEKLY PRESS CONFERENCE (LINK)

SERIES NOTABLES - LAKE FOREST
• First meeting since 1995 … Loras won 74-68 in 1995 and Lake Forest won 89-82 in 1994

TEAM NOTABLES - LAKE FOREST
• Finished 14-11 in 2016-17 ... Went 11-7 in the Midwest Conference
• Lost to Ripon in MWC Conference Tournament Semifinal, 81-72, after knocking off No. 13 St. Norbert in First Round, 73-70

SERIES NOTABLES - CONCORDIA CHICAGO
• First meeting since 2012 … Loras won 85-67 ... Fourth meeting all-time, with Loras owning the series record at 2-1

TEAM NOTABLES - CONCORDIA CHICAGO
• Finished 5-20 in 2016-17 ... Went 4-16 in the Northern Athletics Collegiate Conference
 
TEAM NOTABLES - LORAS
• Loras received one vote in the D3Hoops.com Preseason Top-25 Poll
• Last season, Duhawks went 7-2 in non-conference action and won last five … Two losses were to Illinois Wesleyan and Ripon, who combined to go 37-14
• Loras broke the 100-point barrier five times last season and was 4-1 in those games
• Won Iowa Conference Regular Season Championship for first time since 2007-08
• Loras returns four of its seven top scorers from a season ago, who combined for 48.0 points per game
 
INDIVIDUAL NOTABLES - LORAS
• Ryan DiCanio and Demond George return to lead Duhawks who averaged 15.5 and 13.2 points per game, respectively
• George shot a team-best 93.5 percent from the free-throw line to lead Loras last season
• Matt Dacy-Seijo returns as the team's leading 3-point shooter at 41.7 percent