CHICAGO -- Indiana State and Loyola was bound to be a battle down to the wire as the two programs own the two best non-conference road wins of the season. The game lived up to the hype and it was the Sycamores who walked out of Gentile Arena with a thrilling 61-57 victory over Loyola.
The Sycamores snapped a two-game skid in the Windy City to improve to 7-8, 2-1 MVC while Loyola fell to 11-4, 1-2 MVC. Indiana State picked up a road win at Big Ten foe Indiana to open the season while Loyola owns a road win at then No.