FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL
GOLDEN PANTHERS Sunday, November 27 // 2:00 p.m. Miami, Fla. // FIU Arena Live Stream: FIUsports.com Live Stats: FIUsports.com
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THE CAPSULE After falling 68-60 to Stetson on Friday on the opening day of the FIU Thanksgiving Tournament, the Robert Morris women’s basketball team will play for third place against invitational host Florida International. The tilt between the Colonials and Golden Panthers is the fifth of the former’s six-game road swing, which concludes on Dec. 1 at Delaware.
TALE OF THE TAPE
RMU FIU 62.3 Points Per Game 52.0 63.3 Points Allowed Per Game 72.0 - 1.0 Scoring Margin - 20.0 .394 Field Goal Pct. .364 .357 3-Pt. FG Pct. .345 6.7 3-Pt. FG Per Game 4.8 .690 Free Throw Pct. .765 .395 FG Pct. Defense .404 .400 3-Pt. FG Pct. Defense .302 - 1.3 Rebound Margin - 14.5 12.7 Assists Per Game 11.0 16.3 Turnovers Per Game 24.3 + 2.5 Turnover Margin - 6.5 0.8 Assist / Turnover Ratio 0.5 8.8 Steals Per Game 8.0 3.2 Blocks Per Game 2.8
SERIES VS. FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL
Overall 0-0 Streak N/A Home 0-0 Trend First meeting Away 0-0 Last Game N/A 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 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.)
2016-17 SCHEDULE & RESULTS 11.11 POINT PARK
PPG RPG 14.4 4.0 7.5 1.8 8.0 1.7 15.0 8.0 5.5 7.5
Note FIfth in all-time scoring at RMU Played career-high 41 minutes at KSU Five assists, five steals at Lafayette 21 pts vs. SU, two shy of tying career high 9 points, 7 rebounds at Vanderbilt
Off the Bench G 0 Shakema Dashiell (5-9, Jr., Salisbury, Md.) 4.0 1.3 One 3-ptr in seven of last nine appearances 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 12 Lucia Striešová (6-1, Fr., Banská Bystrica, Slovakia) 1.7 0.7 Made collegiate debut at Kent State F 1 Jocelynne Jones (6-0, Jr., Sicklerville, N.J.) 2.8 1.2 Scored 10 points in win at Kent State F 32 Nadège Pluviose (6-0, Fr., Montreal, Quebec) 2.7 1.7 Won two CEGEP National Championships C 21 Mikalah Mulrain (6-3, Jr., Brampton, Ontario) 4.4 3.4 107 career blocks, 4th most in RMU history
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 ^
2:30 p.m.
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 *
THE SERIES VS. FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL Robert Morris has never played the Golden Panthers in their history. FIU becomes the third new opponent on the Colonials’ schedule, joining Lafayette and Vanderbilt. SCOUTING THE GOLDEN PANTHERS Florida International has struggled to begin the 2016-17 season, dropping its first four games by an average of 20.0 points. However, freshman guard Alexis Gordon has adjusted to the college game quite well, leading the team in scoring at 13.8 points per contest. Gordon’s colleague in the backcourt, sophomore Kristan Hudson, is at 11.0 points and 4.5 rebounds per game, while owning the team lead in assists (16) and steals (10).
RMU FIU Overall 3-3 0-4 Conference 0-0 0-0 Streak L2 L4 Home 1-1 0-3 Away 2-2 0-1 Neutral 0-0 0-0
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 Miami, Fla. // FIU Arena 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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