VANDERBILT
RMU VU Overall 3-1 3-1 Conference 0-0 0-0 Streak W2 W2 Home 1-1 3-0 Away 2-0 0-1 Neutral 0-0 0-0
COMMODORES
Tuesday, November 22 // 12:30 p.m. (11:30 a.m. CT) Nashville, Tenn. // Memorial Gymnasium Live Stream/TV: SEC Network+ Twitter: @RMUWBasketball Live Stats: VUCommodores.com Radio: WNSR 560AM/95.9 FM THE CAPSULE TALE OF THE TAPE The Robert Morris women’s basketball team carries a RMU VU two-game winning streak into a date with its first Power 63.8 Points Per Game 74.2 5 conference opponent of the season as the Colonials 59.2 Points Allowed Per Game 71.0 travel to the Music City to take on Vanderbilt. RMU is in the + 4.5 Scoring Margin + 3.3 middle of a six-game road trip, which concludes on Dec. 1 at .382 Field Goal Pct. .425 Delaware. .387 3-Pt. FG Pct. .383 7.3 3-Pt. FG Per Game 7.8 THE SERIES VS. VANDERBILT .677 Free Throw Pct. .773 This is the first meeting between the two teams in their .353 FG Pct. Defense .405 programs’ histories. The Commodores are the second of .385 3-Pt. FG Pct. Defense .284 three new opponents for RMU this season, joining Lafayette + 1.5 Rebound Margin + 7.5 this past Wednesday and either Florida International or 13.8 Assists Per Game 16.0 Weber State on Sunday. 17.5 Turnovers Per Game 21.3 + 2.8 Turnover Margin - 5.0 SCOUTING THE COMMODORES 0.8 Assist / Turnover Ratio 0.8 Vanderbilt enters this matchup with a 3-1 overall record, 10.8 Steals Per Game 10.0 with all of its victories coming at home. The Commodores, 3.0 Blocks Per Game 2.8 who picked up a 77-73 win over Duke on Sunday, are led by redshirt junior Rebekah Dahlman (14.8 PPG) and third-year Christa Reed (11.5 PPG), who each are averaging doublefigures in scoring. Dahlman has been as efficient offensively as anyone in the nation, shooting .520/.615/.893 (FG/3PT/ FT) in just 22.8 minutes per contest. Vanderbilt has shown a deep rotation in the early going as 10 players are averaging at least 11.3 minutes per game.
SERIES VS. VANDERBILT
Overall 0-0 Streak --Home 0-0 Trend First meeting Away 0-0 Last Game N/A Neutral 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
W, 62-51
11.19
@ Kent State
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 *
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 F F C
# Player (based on previous game) 4 Anna Niki Stamolamprou (5-9, Sr., Thessaloniki, Greece) 10 Rebeca Navarro (5-11, Sr., Galicia, Spain) 1 Jocelynn Jones (6-0, Jr., Sicklerville, N.J.) 22 Megan Smith (6-1, Jr., Barrie, Ontario) 33 Nneka Ezeigbo (6-2, Fr., Ewing, N.J.)
PPG RPG 15.0 5.0 9.3 2.0 4.3 1.8 14.5 8.5 4.5 9.0
Note Tied for 5th in all-time scoring at RMU Played career-high 41 minutes at KSU Scored 10 points in win at Kent State Finished 7-of-8 from the field at KSU 13 rebounds in first career start on Sat.
Off the Bench G 0 Shakema Dashiell (5-9, Jr., Salisbury, Md.) 4.5 1.5 Set career-high in minutes vs. Point Park 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 11 Janee Brown (5-8, Sr., Mitchellville, Md.) 8.3 1.3 Five assists, five steals at Lafayette G 12 Lucia Striešová (6-1, Fr., Banská Bystrica, Slovakia) 2.0 1.0 Made collegiate debut at Kent State F 32 Nadège Pluviose (6-0, Fr., Montreal, Quebec) 3.3 2.0 Won two CEGEP National Championships C 21 Mikalah Mulrain (6-3, Jr., Brampton, Ontario) 4.0 4.3 106 career blocks, 4th most in RMU history
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
W, 68-65 (OT)
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