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    The Omaha women's basketball team finishes its eight-game home stretch to open the season on Saturday when Loyola Chicago visits for a 2 p.m. tipoff. A live webcast by America One will be available for purchase at OMavs.com. Free live stats are also available at OMavs.com.

The Teams
    Omaha is 5-2 after a 49-48 setback at home to Tulsa on Tuesday. The Mavericks experienced their second-worst shooting performance of the season (33.3 percent) against the Golden Hurricane. UNO has lost both times it has shot under 40.0 percent this season. The Mavs still lead The Summit League in field goal percentage on the season (42.0 percent).
    Loyola enters with a 3-4 record and is riding a three-game losing streak. The Ramblers most recently fell at Summit League member Western Illinois, 65-61, on Dec. 5. Loyola held a 10-point lead in the second half but let it slip away.

Series History
    Loyola leads the series, 1-0, winning the only battle between the teams on Dec. 18, 2011, 69-57, in Chicago. Paige Frauendorfer had 18 points to go along with seven rebounds in the loss. Simone Law had a game-high 28 points and 13 rebounds to lead the Ramblers. Troy Hambric chipped in 16 points and 15 rebounds. UNO led 14-11 with 8:42 left in the first half, but the Ramblers closed out the half on a 19-6 run and claimed a 33-20 halftime lead.

Last Time Out
    OMAHA, Neb. - Tulsa's Kadan Brady hit a go-ahead 3-pointer with six seconds left to break a tie game, and the Golden Hurricane went on to a 49-48 win over the UNO women's basketball team on Tuesday night at the Sapp Fieldhouse. The Mavs (5-2) fought all the way back from an early 14-point deficit to take the lead for the first time with 5:39 remaining. With the game tied at 46-46, Brady hit nothing but net from long distance for a 49-46 lead with six seconds left. The Mavs quickly pushed the ball up court but didn't get a 3-point attempt away. Taijhe Kelly's short bucket at the buzzer proved inconsequential. Paige Frauendorfer led UNO with 17 points and nine rebounds. Casse Vaughn added 10 points, all in the first five minutes after halftime, to spark the Mavericks back into the game.

Media
    All Maverick home games are broadcast live on the web at OMavs.com by America One with play-by-play provided by Jon Green. A subscription is required. Free live stats are available for every home game and most road games at OMavs.com. Five games have been selected for radio broadcast on 1180 The Zone 2 and at 1620thezone.com. They are: at Kansas City (Dec. 28), at IUPUI (Jan. 10), at Western Illinois (Jan. 12), at Fort Wayne (Jan. 31) and at Oakland (Feb. 2).

Up Next For the Mavericks
    The Mavericks now head in to a long break for finals week and don't return to the court until Dec. 17 when they travel to Arkansas-Pine Bluff for their first road game of the season.

About the Mavericks
• Senior guard Paige Frauendorfer leads the Mavs in scoring (13.9 ppg) and rebounding (8.3 rpg). Frauendorfer ranks eighth in The Summit League in scoring and is second in rebounding. She leads the conference with 3.3 offensive rebounds per game. She is second in The Summit League in field goal percentage (48.9 percent).
• Senior point guard Jamie Nash runs the Maverick offense with 10.1 ppg, 7.3 apg and 4.3 spg. She leads The Summit League in both assists and steals per game.
• Senior transfer Carolyn Blair-Mobley adds 10.1 ppg and 7.7 rpg.
• Junior college transfer Ericka House comes off the bench to chip in 9.7 ppg.
• The Mavericks are the top shooting team in The Summit League at 42.0 percent and are second from 3-point range at 35.4 percent.
• On the defensive end, UNO leads the conference in field goal percentage allowed (34.5 percent) and scoring defense (51.7 ppg).

Scouting Loyola
• Sophomore forward Simone Law is the top threat for the Ramblers with 13.0 ppg and 10.0 rpg. Freshman guard Taylor Johnson chips in 12.6 ppg.
• Monica Albano is 16-of-43 (37.2 percent) from 3-point range this season and averages 10.1 ppg.
• Patrice King is the fourth Rambler to average double figures, scoring 10.0 ppg.  
• The Ramblers take exceptional care of the basketball, averaging just 11.7 turnovers per game, which leads Division I.

Quick Notes
• With four steals on Tuesday against Tulsa, Jamie Nash became the second Maverick in school history to eclipse 300 career steals. She now has 301 career steals and needs just 31 to break the school record.
• When the Mavs score at least 65 points under head coach Chance Lindley, they are 15-0.
• When the Mavs win the battle in the paint, they are 20-3 all-time under Lindley. When the Mavs tie or lose in paint scoring, they are 0-11.
• Through 34 games in Chance Lindley's tenure, no opponent has shot 50.0 percent or better from the field. In the season prior to Lindley taking over, UNO allowed five opponents to eclipse the 50.0-percent mark from the floor. The closest an opponent has come is Louisiana's 45.0 percent (27-of-60) on Nov. 16, 2012.