WBB Game Notes vs. Lafayette (11.16.16)

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LAFAYETTE

LEOPARDS

Wednesday, November 16 // 7:00 p.m. Easton, Pa. // Kirby Sports Center Live Stream: PatriotLeague.TV

Live Stats: GoLeopards.com Twitter: @RMUWBasketball

THE CAPSULE A six-game road swing begins for the Robert Morris women’s basketball team on Wednesday night as it opens up the stretch against Lafayette. The Colonials’ trip will carry through the remainder of November into December and consists of stints in five different states (Delaware, Florida, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Tennessee). After splitting its first two home games this past weekend, RMU doesn’t return to the Charles L. Sewall Center until Dec. 4 when it hosts Howard.

THE SERIES VS. LAFAYETTE This will be the Colonials’ first meeting with the Leopards. Lafayette is one of three new opponents for RMU this season, along with Vanderbilt on Nov. 22 and either Florida International or Weber on Nov. 27. SCOUTING THE LEOPARDS Lafayette returns home after opening the season on the road, splitting a pair of contests with La Salle (56-49) and Rider (58-76). Junior guard Anna Ptasinski leads the team with 10.0 points per game, while freshman forward Olivia Gumbs is averaging nine points and eight rebounds per contest. The Leopards have done an excellent job cleaning the glass in the early going, holding a plus-9.5 rebound margin.

RMU LAF Overall 1-1 1-1 Conference 0-0 0-0 Streak L1 L1 Home 1-1 0-0 Away 0-0 1-1 Neutral 0-0 0-0

2016-17 SCHEDULE & RESULTS 11.11 POINT PARK

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

11.13

MONMOUTH

L, 56-69

11.16

@ Lafayette

7:00 p.m.

11.19

@ Kent State

2:00 p.m.

11.22

@ Vanderbilt

12:30 p.m.

11.25

vs. Stetson ^

2:00 p.m.

11.27

@ Florida Int’l OR vs. Weber State ^

12.1

@ Delaware

7:00 p.m.

12.4

HOWARD

1:00 p.m.

12.9

@ Iowa

7:00 p.m.

12.18

@ Morgan State

2:00 p.m.

12.29

@ Sacred Heart *

1:00 p.m.

12.31

@ Fairleigh Dickinson *

1:00 p.m.

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 *

TALE OF THE TAPE

RMU LAF 62.5 Points Per Game 57.0 60.5 Points Allowed Per Game 62.5 + 2.0 Scoring Margin - 5.5 .387 Field Goal Pct. .360 .371 3-Pt. FG Pct. .333 6.5 3-Pt. FG Per Game 4.0 .645 Free Throw Pct. .667 .369 FG Pct. Defense .355 .457 3-Pt. FG Pct. Defense .356 - 1.0 Rebound Margin + 9.5 14.5 Assists Per Game 12.5 15.5 Turnovers Per Game 26.5 - 1.0 Turnover Margin - 14.0 0.9 Assist / Turnover Ratio 0.5 9.0 Steals Per Game 8.5 5.0 Blocks Per Game 4.0

SERIES VS. LAFAYETTE

Overall 0-0 Streak N/A Home 0-0 Trend N/A Away 0-0 Last Game First meeting Neutral 0-0

A NEW, BUT FAMILIAR VOICE After spending 13 seasons under his father, Charlie Buscaglia enters his first season as head coach of the Colonials. Coach B, as he is respectfully called, has served as the associate head coach for eight seasons under Sal Buscaglia and was an assistant for the five seasons before that. A 2003 graduate of Manhattan College, Coach B has excelled on the recruiting trail during his career, bringing to Moon Township some of the program’s all-time greats, such as Artemis Spanou, Angela Pace, and Sade Logan, among many others.

MUSKET SHOTS > Robert Morris is 133-39 (.773) at the Sewall Center since 2004-05, including 90-18 (.833) in NEC games > The Colonials won back-to-back season openers for the first time since 2005-06, when they rattled off three consecutive opening day victories > Anna Niki Stamolamprou is one of 21 members of the program’s 1,000-point club, having joined on Jan. 2 against Sacred Heart > Sal Buscaglia retired after the 2015-16 season, leaving behind a legacy of success with a school record 224 victories, 712 career wins, and four NEC Tournament titles > The Colonials return 74 percent of their scoring from last season, including five of their six leading scorers

PROBABLE STARTERS

3.5

P G G G F C

# Player (based on previous game) 0 Shakema Dashiell (5-9, Jr., Salisbury, Md.) 10 Rebeca Navarro (5-11, Sr., Galicia, Spain) 11 Janee Brown (5-8, Sr., Mitchellville, Md.) 22 Megan Smith (6-1, Jr., Barrie, Ontario) 21 Mikalah Mulrain (6-3, Jr., Brampton, Ontario)

PPG RPG 6.5 2.5 6.5 1.5 10.5 2.0 16.0 10.0 6.0 5.0

Note Set career-high in minutes vs. Point Park Led NEC with 43.3% three-point shooting Career-high 19 points against Point Park Second career double-double vs. PPU 106 career blocks, 4th most in RMU history

Off the Bench G 2 Nia Adams (5-10, So., Paterson, N.J.) --- --- Saw action in all 33 games as a freshman G 3 Ja’lynn Burton-Jones (5-6, Fr., Middletown, Pa.) 1.0 1.0 Played 16 minutes in her collegiate debut G 4 Anna Niki Stamolamprou (5-9, Sr., Thessaloniki, Greece) 11.0 4.0 Made season debut vs. Monmouth G 12 Lucia Striešová (6-1, Fr., Banská Bystrica, Slovakia) --- --- Member of Slovakian National Team F 1 Jocelynn Jones (6-0, Jr., Sicklerville, N.J.) 2.5 0.0 Team-high 15.2 MPG off bench in 2015-16 F 32 Nadège Pluviose (6-0, Fr., Montreal, Quebec) 2.0 0.5 Won two CEGEP National Championships C 33 Nneka Ezeigbo (6-2, Fr., Ewing, N.J.) 6.0 8.0 Grabbed 10 boards off bench vs. Monmouth

W, 69-52

3.8

3.12

Moon Township, Pa. // Charles L. Sewall Center Easton, Pa. // Kirby Sports Center Kent, Ohio // M.A.C. Center Nashville, Tenn. // Memorial Gymnasium Miami, Fla. // FIU Arena

TBD

Miami, Fla. // FIU Arena

Newark, Del. // Acierno Arena

Moon Township, Pa. // Charles L. Sewall Center Iowa City, Iowa // Carver-Hawkeye Arena 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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