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2025-26 Women's Basketball Roster

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40 Sophia Loden

  • Position Guard/Forward
  • Height 5-11
  • Class Junior
  • Hometown Mascoutah, IL
  • Major Computer Information Systems

Biography

2025-26:
  • One of four Screaming Eagles to start all 32 games, averaging 28.6 minutes per game as a junior.
  • Ranked third on the team in scoring with 9.8 points per contest and paced the squad with 6.9 rebounds per outing (8th in OVC).
  • Shot for over 38 percent (114-298) from the floor, 26 percent (31-118) from three-point range, and 80 percent (56-70) at the free-throw line.
  • Totaled 40 assists and 39 steals during the season.
  • Scored 10 or more points in 19 games, including two games with 20-plus points.
  • Dropped 21 points against Murray State on November 7 before recording a career-best 22 points in a home win against Fisk on November 25.
  • Notched eight games with 10-plus rebounds, while posting seven double-doubles on the campaign.
  • Logged four consecutive double-doubles between November 25 and December 14 against Fisk (November 25), Northern Kentucky (November 30), East Tennessee State (December 6), and Middle Tennessee State (December 14).
  • Earned OVC Player of the Week honors on December 2 after registering back-to-back doubles against Fisk (November 25) and Northern Kentucky (November 30), averaging 18.5 points and 11.5 rebounds between the two contests.
  • Posted back-to-back 10 points, 10 rebound performances in OVC play against Southeast Missouri (January 8) and UT Martin (January 10).
  • Ended the season with a team-high 13 points in USI's WNIT second-round game against George Washington on March 23.
  • Named CSC Academic All-District.
2024-25:
  • Appeared in all 36 games while making five starts as a sophomore, averaging 20 minutes per game.
  • Posted nearly six points and 4.5 rebounds per game.
  • Registered 40 assists, 31 steals, and 10 blocked shots.
  • Shot 42.6 percent (83-195) overall and 32.5 percent (27-83) from three.
  • Scored 10 or more in seven games.
  • Opened the season with first career double-digit scoring game with 13 points in USI's 100-49 win against Brescia (Ky.) on November 4.
  • Had a dozen points in a 71-59 win against Saint Louis on November 17.
  • Scored 10-plus in back-to-back games with 13 points in a 72-58 victory against Western Illinois on January 18 and a career-high 18 points in a 69-65 comeback win at SIUE on January 23.
  • Combined for 15 points and six rebounds in USI's last two OVC tournament games against Little Rock and Tennessee Tech on March 6 and March 7.
  • Recorded seven games during the season with eight-plus rebounds, including a career-high nine boards in a 66-46 victory against Eastern Illinois on February 20.
  • Named CSC Academic All-District.
  • Named to the OVC Commissioner's Honor Roll.
2023-24:
  • Played in 18 games as a freshman.
  • Helped USI win the 2023-24 Ohio Valley Conference regular season and tournament championships.
  • Averaged over two points and two rebounds in eight minutes of action per game.
  • Opened the season with nine points and six rebounds in 17 minutes played in the 86-38 win against Oakland City on November 12.
  • Registered five points and three boards in 11 minutes at Saint Louis on December 6.
  • Totaled three points and four caroms in the 86-37 win against Brescia (Ky.) on December 22.
  • Named to the OVC Commissioner's Honor Roll.
HIGH SCHOOL:
  • Played at Mascoutah High School in Illinois.
  • Averaged a double-double at 22.2 points per game and 13.3 rebounds per game in 2022-23 as a senior.
  • Surpassed 1,800 career points and 1,000 rebounds during her senior season, becoming the school's all-time leading scorer.
  • Named IBCA Class 3A All-State first team, IHSA AP Class 3A All-State second team, and News-Gazette All-State first team.
  • Selected to the IBCA All-Star Game for Classes 3A-4A.
  • Received St. Louis Post-Dispatch All-Metro honors.
  • Named Mississippi Valley Conference Player of the Year and All-MVC first team.
  • In her junior 2021-22 season, she averaged a double-double at 22.7 points per game and 12.5 rebounds per game.
  • Named to the IBCA All-State third team for Class 3A, IHSA AP Class 3A All-State honorable mention, and the Mississippi Valley Conference co-Player of the Year, in addition to being named News-Gazette All-State Team Special Mention 50, and was also third-team St. Louis Post-Dispatch All-Metro.
  • Received Mississippi Valley All-Conference first-team honors in 2022, second-team laurels in 2021, and honorable mention accolades in 2020.
  • As a sophomore, was selected to the News-Gazette All-State Honorable 100 team and was named Belleville News Democrat All-Area honorable mention in 2019-20.
  • A member of the National Honor Society.
CLUB BASKETBALL:
  • Played club basketball for Southern Illinois Hawks and coach Jonathan Denney.
PERSONAL:
  • Daughter of Jonathan and Kara.
  • Has one sibling, Jackson.


Career Highs through 2025-26 season
Points: 22 - vs. Fisk (11/25/25)
Rebounds: 13 - Twice, last at East Tennessee State (12/6/25)
Assists: 5 - vs. Franklin (11/3/25)
Steals: 5 - vs. Franklin (11/3/25)
Blocks: 3 - vs. Youngstown State (11/29/24)
 

Double-figures:
Scoring: 26
20-point outings: 2
Rebounding: 8
Double-Doubles: 7

Statistics

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Historical Player Information

  • 40

    2023-2024Freshman

    Guard/Forward
    5'11"
    40
  • 40

    2024-2025Sophomore

    Guard/Forward
    5'11"
    40
  • 40

    2025-2026Junior

    Guard/Forward
    5'11"
    40