STETSON
HATTERS
Friday, November 25 // 2:00 p.m. Miami, Fla. // FIU Arena Live Stream: N/A Live Stats: FIUsports.com
Twitter: @RMUWBasketball
THE CAPSULE The Robert Morris women’s basketball team passes the midway mark of its six-game road trip on Black Friday when it faces Stetson at the FIU Thanksgiving Tournament. The Colonials’ swing away from Moon Township continues through the upcoming weekend and concludes on Dec. 1 at Delaware.
2016-17 SCHEDULE & RESULTS 11.11 POINT PARK
TALE OF THE TAPE
RMU SU 62.8 Points Per Game 75.2 62.4 Points Allowed Per Game 64.6 + 0.4 Scoring Margin + 10.6 .387 Field Goal Pct. .405 .357 3-Pt. FG Pct. .300 7.0 3-Pt. FG Per Game 6.6 .681 Free Throw Pct. .775 .381 FG Pct. Defense .398 .395 3-Pt. FG Pct. Defense .373 - 0.2 Rebound Margin - 0.2 13.4 Assists Per Game 14.6 16.4 Turnovers Per Game 13.8 + 2.6 Turnover Margin + 7.4 0.8 Assist / Turnover Ratio 1.1 9.8 Steals Per Game 8.6 3.0 Blocks Per Game 3.8
SERIES VS. STETSON
Overall 1-0 Streak W1 Home 0-0 Trend Won only meeting Away 1-0 Last Game W, 85-78 Neutral 0-0 1.2.88 at Stetson
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 ^
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 15.8 4.0 9.0 1.8 3.4 1.4 13.8 8.2 5.4 8.6
Note FIfth 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 9 points, 7 rebounds at Vanderbilt
Off the Bench G 0 Shakema Dashiell (5-9, Jr., Salisbury, Md.) 4.2 1.6 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.) 7.6 1.6 Five assists, five steals at Lafayette G 12 Lucia Striešová (6-1, Fr., Banská Bystrica, Slovakia) 2.5 1.0 Made collegiate debut at Kent State F 32 Nadège Pluviose (6-0, Fr., Montreal, Quebec) 2.6 1.8 Won two CEGEP National Championships C 21 Mikalah Mulrain (6-3, Jr., Brampton, Ontario) 3.5 3.8 107 career blocks, 4th most in RMU history
W, 69-52
THE SERIES VS. STETSON Robert Morris won their only previous meeting with the Hatters, claiming an 85-78 decision on Jan. 2, 1988. The Colonials had four players in double-figure scoring that day, including JoAnn Beatty, who scored a team-high 24 points on 11-of-16 shooting and pulled down seven rebounds. SCOUTING THE HATTERS After opening the season with four consecutive victories, Stetson fell at Arkansas, 79-62, on Monday, Nov. 21 for its first blemish of 2016-17. Coming off a 20-win campaign and a WBI appearance in March, the Hatters have four players averaging double-figures in points and another six seeing at least nine minutes per game. Senior guard Britani Saunders paces the team with 16.2 points per game and is a perfect 19-of-19 from the line. Junior forward Sarah Sagerer has averaged nearly a double-double in the early going with 10.4 points and 9.2 rebounds per contest.
RMU SU Overall 3-2 4-1 Conference 0-0 0-0 Streak L1 L1 Home 1-1 4-0 Away 2-1 0-1 Neutral 0-0 0-0
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
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