GDT: SLU v. Loyola-Marymount

[GDT Bot]

SLU Men's Basketball Game Notes & Information
Game No. 8	Saint Louis (6-1) at LMU (7-2)
Date // Time	Tuesday, Dec. 2, 2025 // 9 p.m. CT / 7 p.m. PT
Location	Los Angeles, Calif. (Gersten Pavilion)
Radio	104.1 FM / 1120 AM KMOX | Varsity Network App (Bob Ramsey, Earl Austin Jr.)
Stream	ESPN+
Live Stats	StatBroadcast
Series History	Saint Louis leads 2-1
Game Notes	Saint Louis

WHAT'S ON TAP?

• Saint Louis takes on the LMU Lions Tuesday night at Gersten Pavilion in Los Angeles. Game time on ESPN+ is set for 9 p.m. (CT).
• The game is part of a 10-day roadswing in California. The Billikens arrived in California last Monday and competed in the Acrisure Invitational in Palm Springs, going 1-1 with a win against Santa Clara and a loss to Stanford.
• Next up for the Bills is a Sunday, Dec. 7, matchup against Central Michigan, the start of a six-game homestand through December.

FOLLOWING THE ACTION

• Tuesday's game will be streamed exclusively on ESPN+.
• 104.1 FM / 1120 AM KMOX is the home for Billiken Basketball on the radio. Billiken Hall of Famers and longtime SLU men's basketball radio partners Bob Ramsey and Earl Austin Jr. will the call the action for all SLU games, both at home and on the road. Billiken Basketball sends a special salute to Rammer, who is in his 40th season as the radio voice of SLU hoops, and Austin who is in year No. 35.

NEWS & NOTES

• Saint Louis is the top free-throw shooting team in the NCAA, hitting 82.5 percent (137-166) from the charity stripe.
• The Billikens are second in the Atlantic 10 and 36th nationally in scoring offense, pumping in 89.4 ppg. SLU's scoring margin (+19.3) leads the A-10 and is 31st nationally.
• The Bills are equally efficient on the defensive end. Opponents shoot just 36.4 percent against them, 12th in the NCAA. 
• Saint Louis' 32.0 rebounds on the defensive glass checks in at No. 5 in the NCAA. Its rebound margin (+11.7) is 20th in the country.
• Robbie Avila is the team's top scorer at 12.7 ppg. He also leads the Bills with 3.0 assists per game.
• Dion Brown and Amari McCottry average 12.4 ppg and 12.1 ppg, respectively. Brown is the Billikens' top rebounder at 6.9 rpg.
• Trey Green is the fourth Billiken in double figures, averaging 11.9 ppg for the year. He led SLU in both games at the Acrisure Invitational, contributing 18.0 ppg thanks in part to eight treys across the two contests.
• Robbie Avila has been named to preseason Watch Lists for the Naismith Trophy, Oscar Robertson Trophy, Wooden Award and Kareem Abdul-Jabbar Award. Last season he averaged 17.3 points and 6.9 rebounds. He led all centers in Division I in 3s made per game and assists per game. 
• Billiken head coach Josh Schertz is in his 18th season as a collegiate head coach. His .774 winning percentage ranks No. 8 among active coaches in the NCAA.

ABOUT LMU

• The Lions enter Tuesday's game 7-2. They are looking to rebound after a 71-68 home loss to Stony Brook in their last outing on Nov. 28.
• Myron Amey Jr. is the team's top scorer at 15.4 ppg. He has come off the bench in all nine games.
• Rodney Brown Jr. averages 13.2 ppg and is the top 3-point shooter, draining 2.9 treys per game with a 40.6 shooting percentage from long range.
• Jalen Shelley averages 10.8 ppg and a team-best 7.0 rpg.
• The Lions rank second in the WCC in 3-pointers made per game (9.7). On the defensive front, LMU is second in the league and 39th nationally in field-goal percentage defense with teams shooting just 38.5 against the Lions.
• Stan Johnson is in his sixth year at LMU with a 79-75 record. Former Billiken head coach Lorenzo Romar is in his second season as an assistant coach at LMU.

SERIES HISTORY

• Saint Louis and LMU are meeting for a fourth time. SLU leads the series 2-1, including a 77-71 win last season at Chaifetz Arena.
• The last game at Gersten Pavilion was on Nov. 29, 2011. The Lions defeated the Billikens 75-68. SLU had just entered the top 25, garnering the No. 23 spot after winning the 76 Classic in Anaheim the week prior.
•  In the return game Dec. 22, 2012, the Bills won 65-44 at Chaifetz Arena. That win was part of a nine-game winning streak during the Billikens' 2013 A-10 Championship season.

[BrettJollyComedyHour]

1 hour ago, GDT Bot said:

Saint Louis is the top free-throw shooting team in the NCAA, hitting 82.5 percent (137-166) from the charity stripe

This shocked me.

[HoosierPal]

From the Media Guide:  The Bills are looking to snap an eight-game skid in nonconference road games. SLU’s last road noncon win was Nov. 30, 2021, at Boise State (86-82 in OT).

It appears that LMU will be without their starting 6'6" Point Guard Jan Vide.  He has missed the Lions last four games, and they are 2-2 in those match-ups.  He still leads the Lions in total assists with 30, playing four games less than his replacement at PG.  He also totaled only 12 TO's in those five games he has played which is an excellent A/TO ratio.  He remains second in scoring average at 15.2 ppg, just behind Amey's 15.4 ppg.  Vide saddled to the bench is a big plus for the Bills tonight.

[Lord Elrond]

13 minutes ago, BrettJollyComedyHour said:

This shocked me.

I had to look it up. It is absolutely true, SLU leads the D1 in FT percentage 

[BrettJollyComedyHour]

3 minutes ago, Lord Elrond said:

I had to look it up. It is absolutely true, SLU leads the D1 in FT percentage 

I texted that to my dad, who's been a Billiken fan since he was a kid in the 60s, and he said "Un SLU like" lol.

[Crewsorlose]

This game is absolutely massive. They've had three days to rinse an awful ending to Stanford game. Absolutely need to play with urgency and precision, especially in the first ten minutes. Win by 20, get your mojo back. 

[cgeldmacher]

I think if we just play the game we have been playing all season and, try to, limit turnovers, we will be fine.

[Pistol]

5 minutes ago, cgeldmacher said:

I think if we just play the game we have been playing all season and, try to, limit turnovers, we will be fine.

We limited turnovers the last 2 games and still found a way to play poorly. They need to show they can shoot the ball outside of Chaifetz, too.

[Dr Bird]

This game will tell us a lot about the prospects for a great season.

I want to see more production from Avila and Paul O. 

I bet there were many times over the past 2 games where Kalu is thinking he could be contributing.

[Billikenbooster]

I smile every time PO makes a FT

[dlarry]

This is what Schertz needs to do:

 

[Bay Area Billiken]

About to board a southbound 737 …

Let’s go Bills!

[BLIKNS]

I thought it was a Westbound 747?

See who gets that reference

 

Bring is home a W

 

 

[HoosierPal]

1 hour ago, BLIKNS said:

I thought it was a Westbound 747?

See who gets that reference

 

 

 

 

It never rains in Southern California.

[Lord Elrond]

9 minutes ago, HoosierPal said:

It never rains in Southern California.

Shout out to Albert Hammond

[Minerva N. Owl]

1 hour ago, HoosierPal said:

It never rains in Southern California.

It never rains in California
But girl, don't they warn ya?
It pours, man, it pours ...

Let's hope it pours 3s for the Bills, and not for them

[thefrenchrejection]

6 hours ago, Lord Elrond said:

I had to look it up. It is absolutely true, SLU leads the D1 in FT percentage 

Absolutely cannot believe this is true (coming from a French fan)... we all know how he was at the line

[NextYearBill]

6 minutes ago, thefrenchrejection said:

Absolutely cannot believe this is true (coming from a French fan)... we all know how he was at the line

Ford didn’t. 

[billikenfan05]

20 minutes ago, NextYearBill said:

Ford didn’t. 

He makes them all the time in practice 

[thatskablamo]

1 hour ago, Lord Elrond said:

Shout out to Albert Hammond

And his son, Junior, front man of The Strokes. 

[White Pelican]

Gotdammit! I'm still mightily pissed about the Pitt game. Just can't let it go. 

By the way, some scientists believe there are multiple universes, perhaps even infinite ones. I'm beginning to think that SLU baskeball has fallen thru a tear in the space/time continuum and are in a universe where they can now MAKE free throws. I mean, there is just no other explanation.

[thatskablamo]

42 minutes ago, thefrenchrejection said:

Absolutely cannot believe this is true (coming from a French fan)... we all know how he was at the line

Kinda true. Top 5

[Lord Elrond]

8 minutes ago, thatskablamo said:

Kinda true. Top 5

They passed us by. Well, we’ll always have Dec 1st, when we were on top. 

[Lord Elrond]

From NCAA.com

 

[SLUfan_42]

Need to play better than we have the last 2.  If we don’t we’re in trouble