SERIES HISTORY - CARROLL
- Loras won the last meeting 85-78 at home … Series history is deadlocked at 2-2 … Prior to last year's win, the Duhawks dropped the previous two meetings to the Pioneers

NOTABLES - CARROLL
- Enter on a three-game losing streak … Last time out, lost to UW- La Crosse, 80-60
- Return four starters from 2016-17 team that went 13-12 and 8-8 in the CCIW
- 1-0 against common opponents with Loras this year … Won 60-58 over Concordia Wisconsin at home tip-off classic
- Averaging 65.9 points per game and 32.1 rebounds per game … Opponents shooting 48.1 percent from the floor and 41.9 percent from distance
- Joel Heesch and Ben Widdes lead the offense at 11.9 and 10.0 points per game, respectively … Heesch also leads the team with an average of 6.4 rebounds per game

SERIES HISTORY - BLACKBURN
- Tuesday is the first meeting in program history between the two programs

NOTABLES - BLACKBURN
- Won four of last five … 5-2 overall with a pair of wins over CCIW schools in North Park and Elmhurst … Lost to Iowa Wesleyan on Saturday, 88-85
- Duncan King averaging 14.6 points per game on 47.4 percent shooting … Jamaya Wyatt leads the Beavers with 5.3 rebounds per game off the bench
- As a team, averaging 76.0 points per game despite shooting 62.7 percent from the line … Averaging 10.7 steals per game to opponents 8.9

LAST TIME OUT - LORAS
- Fell 79-78 to Augsburg after leading by 15 in second half … Freshman Rowan McGowen recorded a career-high 21 points in the effort

NOTABLES - LORAS
- After starting the season 5-1 and receiving six votes in the D3Hoops.com Top 25 Poll, Loras dropped back-to-back games to No. 15 Wartburg and Augsburg on the road
- Junior Josh Ruggles tallied 26 points in the second half against the Knights before being held to seven points against the Auggies … It was the first time all season that Ruggles had been held to less than 10 points
- McGowen is shooting 50.0 percent from the floor, including 41.7 percent from beyond the arc, all while averaging 3.9 rebounds per game
- Juniors Ryan DiCanio, Jake Toman and Ruggles are each averaging over 5.0 rebounds per game, with DiCanio leading the team at 6.0