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With seven seconds remaining in a two-point ballgame against Drake University Feb. 6, the Loyola women’s basketball team (7-6, 5-4) had a chance to tie the game and cap off the unlikely comeback from an 18-point second half deficit. In Loyola head coach Kate Achter’s words, Loyola’s plan was to “get the ball to the kid who scored 28 points.”
That “kid” was Loyola senior guard Ellie Rice. She already had a career-high 28 points as she ran toward the basket and caught a pass from junior forward Allison Day. However, a pair of Drake defenders contested Rice and she was forced to take a difficult shot as the seconds ticked away.