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NOVEMBER (0-0) 14 16 19 22 26 27 2 7 13 17 22 30 3 5 8 10 16 18 22 24 29 31 5 7 12 14 19 21 26 28 4 7 10
LAFAYETTE @ North Carolina $ (ESPNU) @ Bradley @ Georgetown $ @ Chattanooga $ vs. Coastal Carolina/La.-Monroe $ DECEMBER (0-0) YOUNGSTOWN STATE BUFFALO DUQUESNE @ Toledo DELAWARE @ Clemson JANUARY (0-0) MOUNT ST. MARY’S * @ Saint Francis U. * @ Wagner * (CBSSN) @ Central Connecticut State * ST. FRANCIS BROOKLYN * (ESPNU) SACRED HEART * @ Mount St. Mary’s * @ St. Francis Brooklyn * (ESPN3) FAIRLEIGH DICKINSON * BRYANT * FEBRUARY (0-0) @ LIU Brooklyn * @ Fairleigh Dickinson * LIU BROOKLYN * CENTRAL CONNECTICUT STATE * (FCS) @ Sacred Heart * @ Bryant * WAGNER * SAINT FRANCIS U. * MARCH (0-0) NEC Tournament Quarterfinals NEC Tournament Semifinals NEC Tournament Final
7:00 p.m. 6:00 p.m. 8:00 p.m. Noon Noon TBA 7:00 p.m. 1:00 p.m. 4:00 p.m. 7:00 p.m. 7:00 p.m. 7:00 p.m. 4:00 p.m. 7:00 p.m. 9:00 p.m. 3:30 p.m. 9:00 p.m. 1:00 p.m. 7:00 p.m. 4:00 p.m. 7:00 p.m. 4:00 p.m. 7:00 p.m. 4:30 p.m. 7:00 p.m. Noon 7:00 p.m. 4:00 p.m. 7:00 p.m. 4:00 p.m. TBA TBA 7:00 p.m.
$ Battle 4 Atlantis (neutral site game played @ Chattanooga) * NEC game
Quick Hits • The Robert Morris University men’s basketball team opens its 2014-15 regular season and 39th season of Division I basketball Friday with a 7:00 p.m. tip against Lafayette at the Charles L. Sewall Center. • The Colonials opened their 2014-15 campaign with a 75-49 exhibition victory over Mansfield (11/4/14) at the Sewall Center. Senior forward Lucky Jones and junior guard Rodney Pryor each scored 20 points in the victory, combining to shoot 9-for-16 (56.3%) from beyond the arc. • Led by fifth-year head coach Andrew Toole, the Colonials return three starters and six letterwinners from a 2013-14 squad that finished with an overall record of 22-14 (.611), RMU’s ninth straight winning season. • Robert Morris claimed its 11th Northeast Conference regular-season championship in 2013-14 thanks to a mark of 14-2 (.875) in league play and despite falling in the title game of the 2014 NEC Tournament appeared in the postseason for the sixth time in the last seven years with an automatic bid to the National Invitation Tournament (NIT). • The Colonials were picked third in the 2014 NEC Preseason Coaches Poll, the ninth consecutive year RMU has been selected to finish in the top three in the league. • Senior forward Lucky Jones, named to the 2014 Preseason All-NEC Team, is RMU’s active leading scorer and rebounder with career totals of 1,190 points and 662 rebounds. Jones enters his final season of eligiblity in 2014-15 ranked 16th all-time in program history in points and sixth in rebounds. He is 90 rebounds shy of becoming the program’s alltime leading rebounder. Former Colonials Anthony Dickens (1985-90) and Tony Lee (2004-08) currently share the school record for career boards with 751 each. • Joining Jones as a returning starter in 2014-15 are senior guard David Appolon and junior forward Stephan Bennett. Bennett changed his last name in the summer of 2014, as he was previously known as Stephan Hawkins. • Robert Morris enters Friday’s game against Lafayette with a record of 20-18 (.526) alltime in season openers. The Colonials are opening their season at home in the Charles L. Sewall Center for the fourth time in five seasons under head coach Andrew Toole. All-time in season openers at home, RMU has posted a record of 16-2 (.889), including a mark of 10-2 (.833) in openers at the Sewall Center since the facility opened in 1985. • Since the beginning of the 2007-08 season, Robert Morris has compiled an overall record of 163-81 (.668), with the 163 victories tied for seventh with Akron among mid-major programs in the last seven years. • Robert Morris opens a five-game road trip in Chapel Hill, N.C., Sunday, Nov. 16, with a 6:00 p.m. tip against North Carolina at the Dean E. Smith Center in a game that will be televised live on ESPNU.
Robert Morris Probable Starters ... # 22 1 45 3 4
P F F C G G
Name Lucky Jones (6-6, 210, Sr.) Lionel Gomis (6-9, 230, Jr.) Stephan Bennett (6-9, 215, Jr.) Kavon Stewart (6-0, 190, So.) David Appolon (6-4, 195, Sr.)
Pts. 13.9 --4.6 4.9 4.2
Reb. 6.8 --2.9 1.9 3.2
G/GS 36/35 --35/21 30/0 35/15
# 11 24 2 15 33
P G F G G F
Name Rodney Pryor (6-5, 205, Jr.) Aaron Tate (6-5, 230, Jr.) Marcquise Reed (6-3, 180, Fr.) Jafar Kinsey (6-2, 185, Fr.) Andre Frederick (6-8, 220, Fr.)
Pts. --3.1 -------
Reb. G/GS ----4.4 36/12 -------------
Hometown Newark, N.J. Dakar, Senegal Lake Station, Ind. Paterson, N.J. Philadelphia, Pa.
Quick Fact Owns career totals of 1,190 points, 662 rebounds Transfer from Cloud County Community College Has shot 46% (103-for-224) from field in first two seasons Contributed 2.8 assists, 1.1 steals per game in 2013-14 As a starter in 2013-14 averaged 6.9 points, 5.3 rebounds
Robert Morris Off The Bench ... Hometown Evanston, Ill. Cove City, N.C. Landover, Md. Syracuse, N.Y. Detroit, Mich.
Quick Fact Scored 20 points in exhibition victory over Mansfield Averaged 5.9 rebounds over final 16 games of 2013-14 Finished with eight points, four assists vs. Mansfield Tallied seven points, three steals in victory over Mansfield Five rebounds, two blocks and a steal in win over Mounties