WBB Game Notes vs. St. Francis Brooklyn (1.7.17)

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ST. FRANCIS BROOKLYN TERRIERS

RMU SFBK Overall 6-7 3-10 Conference 1-1 1-1 Streak W1 L1 Home 2-1 3-3 Away 4-5 0-6 Neutral 0-1 0-1

Saturday, January 7, 2017 // 1:00 p.m. Moon Township, Pa. // Charles L. Sewall Center Live Video: NEC Front Row Twitter: @RMUWBasketball Adam Gusky, play-by-play Instagram: rmuwbasketball Justin Pyles, color commentary THE CAPSULE TALE OF THE TAPE Robert Morris returns to The Chuck for the first time in a RMU SFBK month on Saturday, Jan. 7 as it hosts five of its next six Points Per Game 58.2 games, starting with a tilt against St. Francis Brooklyn. Both 61.4 Points Allowed Per Game 68.1 teams split their respective opening weekends of Northeast 62.0 - 0.6 Scoring Margin - 9.8 Conference (NEC) competition; RMU gained a victory over Fairleigh Dickinson, while the Terriers defeated Bryant at .405 Field Goal Pct. .373 home on Dec. 29. .372 3-Pt. FG Pct. .259 7.1 3-Pt. FG Per Game 5.2 THE SERIES VS. ST. FRANCIS BROOKLYN .630 Free Throw Pct. .762 Robert Morris owns a 41-19 record over the Terriers in its .393 FG Pct. Defense .396 history, but St. Francis Brooklyn has gotten the better of .355 3-Pt. FG Pct. Defense .302 the Colonials in their last two meetings at The Chuck. RMU’s - 1.3 Rebound Margin - 2.3 last victory over the Terriers in Moon Township came on Jan. 13.5 Assists Per Game 12.8 17, 2015 as it held off a late rally to win 67-64. The Colonials 17.3 Turnovers Per Game 19.8 tied a program single-game record with 13 three-pointers in - 0.2 Turnover Margin - 5.2 that contest and were led by Anna Niki Stamolamprou, who 0.8 Assist / Turnover Ratio 0.6 scored 23 points on a 6-of-9 performance from beyond the 7.9 Steals Per Game 6.2 arc. 3.0 Blocks Per Game 1.9 SCOUTING THE TERRIERS St. Francis Brooklyn is 3-10 overall and 1-1 in the early SERIES VS. ST. FRANCIS BROOKLYN stages of NEC play after being picked to finish sixth in the Overall 41-19 Streak L1 conference according to a preseason poll of the league’s Home 24-8 Trend L2 at RMU head coaches. Senior forward Olivia Levey paces the Away 17-11 Last Game L, 65-72 (OT) Terriers in scoring at 13.3 points per game and has a teamNeutral 0-0 2.20.16 at RMU high 17 steals. Sophomore forward Maria Palarino - who has some local ties as a Penn Trafford (Irwin, Pa.) graduate - is St. Francis Brooklyn’s leading rebounder at 6.5 per contest and is also averaging 10.0 points per game. As a team, the Terriers are the best free throw shooting team in the NEC at 76.2 percent, but are the worst in three-point percentage at 25.9. KNOW YOUR ENEMY Anna Niki Stamolamprou averages 16.7 points per game on 44.9 percent shooting against St. Francis Brooklyn and has scored 20 or more points on three occasions. Stamolamprou is also making 43.4 percent of her three-point attempts and is registering averages of 3.7 rebounds and 3.3 assists per contest. Last season, Megan Smith tallied 11 points in each meeting with the Terriers, adding 15 total rebounds and five helpers. MUSKET SHOTS In the Colonials’ six victories this season, they have held a lead going into the fourth quarter ... The last two times Robert Morris has started 1-1 in league play have ended in an NEC Tournament title (2013-14) and a conference championship game appearance (2014-15) ... Nneka Ezeigbo claimed her second NEC Rookie of the Week award on Dec. 19, becoming the fourth Colonial in the last five seasons to garner the plaudits more than once (Ashley Ravelli, Megan Smith, Anna Niki Stamolamprou) ... RMU returns 74 percent of its scoring from 2015-16, including five of its six leading scorers

PROBABLE STARTERS P G G G F C

# Player (based on previous game) 4 Anna Niki Stamolamprou (5-9, Sr., Thessaloniki, Greece) 10 Rebeca Navarro (5-11, Sr., Galicia, Spain) 11 Janee Brown (5-8, Sr., Mitchellville, Md.) 22 Megan Smith (6-1, Jr., Barrie, Ontario) 33 Nneka Ezeigbo (6-2, Fr., Ewing, N.J.)

PPG RPG 14.0 5.8 9.3 1.9 7.2 2.5 12.8 7.1 6.1 5.5

Note Six straight games of 12+ points 22 points at FDU, one shy of career-best NEC leader in assist-to-turnover ratio (1.74) Shooting 51.3/54.3/90.9 on FG/3FG/FT Named NEC Rookie of Week on Dec. 19

Off the Bench G 0 Shakema Dashiell (5-9, Jr., Salisbury, Md.) 2.7 1.2 Averaging 11.8 minutes off the bench G 2 Nia Adams (5-10, So., Paterson, N.J.) 1.0 0.4 Made season debut vs. Howard G 3 Ja’lynn Burton-Jones (5-6, Fr., Middletown, Pa.) 0.7 0.7 Appeared in first game since Nov. 13 at SHU F 1 Jocelynne Jones (6-0, Jr., Sicklerville, N.J.) 1.5 1.1 Made first start since Nov. 22 at SHU F 32 Nadège Pluviose (6-0, Fr., Montreal, Quebec) 3.6 2.5 Double-digit minutes in 6 of last 7 games C 21 Mikalah Mulrain (6-3, Jr., Brampton, Ontario) 4.8 2.9 112 career blocks, 4th most in RMU history

2016-17 SCHEDULE & RESULTS 11.11 POINT PARK

W, 69-52

Moon Township, Pa. // Charles L. Sewall Center

11.13

MONMOUTH

L, 56-69

11.16

@ Lafayette

W, 62-51

11.19

@ Kent State

11.22

@ Vanderbilt

L, 59-75

11.25

vs. Stetson ^

L, 60-68

11.27

@ Florida International ^

L, 57-59

12.1

@ Delaware

L, 65-67

12.4

HOWARD

12.9

@ Iowa

12.18

@ Morgan State

W, 58-44

12.29

@ Sacred Heart *

L, 59-69

12.31

@ Fairleigh Dickinson *

W, 66-64

1.7

ST. FRANCIS BROOKLYN *

1:00 p.m.

1.9

LIU BROOKLYN *

7:00 p.m.

1.14

@ Wagner *

1.16

SAINT FRANCIS U *

2:00 p.m.

1.21

BRYANT *

1:00 p.m.

1.23

CENTRAL CONNECTICUT *

7:00 p.m.

1.28

@ Mount St. Mary’s *

1:00 p.m.

1.30

@ Saint Francis U *

7:00 p.m.

2.4

@ St. Francis Brooklyn *

1:00 p.m.

2.6

@ LIU Brooklyn *

7:00 p.m.

2.11

WAGNER *

1:00 p.m.

2.13

MOUNT ST. MARY’S *

7:00 p.m.

2.18

@ Central Connecticut *

1:00 p.m.

2.20

@ Bryant *

8:00 p.m.

2.25

SACRED HEART *

2.27

FAIRLEIGH DICKINSON *

3.5

3.8

3.12

Moon Township, Pa. // Charles L. Sewall Center Easton, Pa. // Kirby Sports Center Kent, Ohio // M.A.C. Center

W, 68-65 (OT)

Nashville, Tenn. // Memorial Gymnasium // SECN+ Miami, Fla. // FIU Arena Miami, Fla. // FIU Arena

Newark, Del. // Bob Carpenter Center

W, 59-42

Moon Township, Pa. // Charles L. Sewall Center

L, 60-81

Iowa City, Iowa // Carver-Hawkeye Arena // BTN+ Baltimore, Md. // Hill Field House Fairfield, Conn. // William H. Pitt Center Teaneck, N.J. // Stratis Arena

Moon Township, Pa. // Charles L. Sewall Center Moon Township, Pa. // Charles L. Sewall Center Staten Island, N.Y. // Spiro Sports Center

1:00 p.m.

Moon Township, Pa. // Charles L. Sewall Center Moon Township, Pa. // Charles L. Sewall Center Moon Township, Pa. // Charles L. Sewall Center Emmitsburg, Md. // Knott Arena Loretto, Pa. // DeGol Arena Brooklyn Heights, N.Y. // Pope Center Brooklyn, N.Y. // Steinberg Wellness Center

Moon Township, Pa. // Charles L. Sewall Center Moon Township, Pa. // Charles L. Sewall Center New Britain, Conn. // Detrick Gymnaisum

Smithfield, R.I. // Chace Athletic Center // ESPN3

Noon

Moon Township, Pa. // Sewall Center // ESPN3

7:00 p.m.

Moon Township, Pa. // Charles L. Sewall Center

NEC Tournament Quarterfinals

TBD

NEC Tournament Semifinals

TBD

NEC Tournament Final

TBD

TBD // TBD TBD // TBD

TBD // TBD // ESPNU

Home games in BOLD CAPS; All times Eastern * Northeast Conference contest ^ FIU Thanksgiving Tournament


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