2005-06 Colonial Men’s Basketball Game Notes - Game #1 ROBERT MORRIS www.rmu.edu NEC Champions: 1982, 1983, 1989, 1990, 1992 NCAA Tournament: 1982, 1983, 1989, 1990, 1992 2005-06 Schedule / Results Robert Morris (0-0) @ St. Bonaventure (0-0) NOVEMBER (0-0) Friday, November 18, 2005 at 7:00 p.m. EST 12 OHIO VALLEY (Ex.) W, 83-51 Reilly Center (5,570) - St. Bonaventure, N.Y. 18 @ St. Bonaventure 7:00 p.m. 23 @ Pittsburgh 7:30 p.m. Radio: WPIT-AM 73 (Chris Shovlin - play-by-play & Jim Elias - color) 26 LOCK HAVEN 7:30 p.m. On the internet (live and archived) at: www.sports.yahoo.com 28 MAINE 7:30 p.m. DECEMBER (0-0) Top Story - The Robert Morris University men’s basketball team opens its 30th season of 3 @ Duquesne 7:05 p.m. Division I basketball Friday night when it travels to Olean, N.Y., for a 7:00 p.m. tilt against 6 @ New Hampshire 7:00 p.m. Atlantic 10 foe St. Bonaventure. Under fifth-year head coach Mark Schmidt, the Colonials 10 @ Quinnipiac * 4:00 p.m. return two starters from a 2004-05 team that finished with an overall record of 14-15, 17 CHARLESTON SOUTHERN 7:30 p.m. including 11-7 in the Northeast Conference. Both of those starters hail from Charlestown 22 @ Iowa 8:05 p.m. High School in Boston, Mass., as junior guard Derek Coleman enters his second full season 29 MEDAILLE 7:30 p.m. as the starting point guard, while sophomore guard Tony Lee ranked third in the NEC last JANUARY (0-0) season in steals per game (1.72). Both Coleman and Lee have been named to the All-NEC 2 WAGNER * 7:30 p.m. Rookie Team in each of the last two seasons, respectively. 5 @ Monmouth * 7:00 p.m. 12 ST. FRANCIS (N.Y.) * 7:30 p.m. Quick Stat of the Night - 14 LONG ISLAND * 7:30 p.m. Robert Morris enters Friday’s game @ St. Bonaventure sporting a 19 @ Sacred Heart * 7:00 p.m. record of 15-14 all-time in season openers, including a record of 2-2 under head coach Mark 21 @ Wagner * 7:00 p.m. Schmidt. Despite a record of 4-11 when opening the season away from home, two of those 24 ST. FRANCIS (Pa.) * 7:30 p.m. wins have come under Schmidt. RMU garnered a 68-49 win over Morgan State (11/15/04) 26 MONMOUTH * 7:30 p.m. in the Guardians Classic in Columbus, Ohio, last season to open its 2004-05 campaign, 28 FAIRLEIGH DICKINSON * 7:30 p.m. while the Colonials opened their 2002-03 season with an 83-77 victory @ Missouri-Kansas FEBRUARY (0-0) City (11/22/02). 2 @ Mount St. Mary’s * 7:00 p.m. RMU vs. St. Bonaventure 6 @ Fairleigh Dickinson * 7:30 p.m. Friday’s Opponent and the All-Time Series Series Record .......................... SBU leads, 1-0 10 CENTRAL CONN. STATE * 7:30 p.m. - St. Bonaventure and Robert Morris will 12 QUINNIPIAC * 2:30 p.m. First Meeting ............. 11/21/03, SBU 78-76 tipoff for just the second time in school his- 16 @ Long Island * 7:00 p.m. Last Meeting ............... 11/21/03, SBU 78-76 18 @ St. Francis (N.Y.) * 7:00 p.m. tory Friday night at the Reilly Center, with Last RMU Win ....................................... NA 21 @ St. Francis (Pa.) * 8:00 p.m. the Bonnies claiming victory in the inaugu- Current Streak ................................. SBU, 1 25 MOUNT ST. MARY’S * 7:30 p.m. ral meeting between the two clubs. In the Schmidt vs. St. Bonaventure .................... 0-1 MARCH (0-0) 2003-04 season opener for the Colonials 3 @ NEC Quarterfinals TBA St. Bonaventure garnered a 78-76 victory as the Bonnies used a 19-4 run late in the second 6 @ NEC Semifinals TBA half to turn a 68-57 deficit into a 76-72 lead. Guard Marques Green scored 28 points to lead 9 @ NEC Championship 7:30 p.m. SBU, including 7-of-15 from beyond the arc, while former Colonial Chaz McCrommon (2000-05) scored 24 points and former forward Aaron Thomas (2000-04) added 18 points * Northeast Conference game and nine rebounds to pace Robert Morris. Probable Starters (Robert Morris vs. St. Bonaventure) ROBERT MORRIS (0-0) # P Name Pts. Reb. G/GS Hometown Quick Fact 34 F Cori Boston (6-8, 205, So.) 2.1 0.9 17/0 Boston, Mass. 21 pts, 8 reb in exhibition vs. Ohio Valley 44 C Freddie Harris (6-9, 245, Jr.) --- --- 0/0 Decatur, Ala. Avg. 6.9 pts / 3.5 reb @ Lawson State C.C. 21 G Jeremy Chappell (6-3, 175, Fr.) --- --- 0/0 Cincinnati, Ohio 15 pts, 3 reb, 3 steals vs. Ohio Valley 13 G Derek Coleman (5-11, 180, Jr.) 8.2 3.3 29/28 Boston, Mass. Averaged 3.52 assists per game last season 2GJonathan Clark (6-0, 185, Fr.) --- --- 0/0 Charlotte, N.C. Pure point guard with ability to spread the ball ST. BONAVENTURE (0-0) 2F Paul Williams (6-10, 230, Sr.) --- --- 0/0 North Bergen, N.J. Transfer from Siena 5F Michael Lee (6-8, 195, So.) 6.6 3.2 28/9 W. Palm Beach, Fla. Averaged 16.6 pts over last 3 games of 2004-05 20 C A.J. Hawkins (6-5, 195, Fr.) --- --- 0/0 Edmond, Okla. 13 pts, 3 assists vs. Bloomsburg in exhibition 1GAhmad Smith (6-5, 210, Sr.) 14.2 6.2 28/28 Alexandria, Va. Ranked in top 10 in A-10 in points, reb, assists 15 G Terron Diggs (6-0, 180, Jr.) --- --- 0/0 Fairfax, Va. Juco Transfer from Tallahassee C.C. 2005-06 Colonial Basketball Game Notes (@ St. Bonaventure - 11/18/05) - Page 2 Head Coach Mark Schmidt Colonials at a Glance Fifth Season - Boston College ’85 Starters Returning / Lost ..................................... 2 / 3 Letterwinners Returning / Lost ........................... 3 / 6 The 2005-06 campaign marks Mark Schmidt’s fifth year as head Returning Starters (Ht., Wt., Year) (ppg / rpg): coach of the men’s basketball program at Robert Morris G - Derek Coleman (5-11, 180, So.) (8.2 / 3.5 apg) University. He owns an overall record of 50-65 (.435), including a G - Tony Lee (6-0, 205, So.) (7.9 / 5.4) 39-35 (.527) mark in the Northeast Conference, and was named Starters Lost (Ht., Wt.) (ppg / apg): to his current post May 7, 2001. Schmidt guided the Colonials to G - Christopher Gooden (6-1, 170) (4.6 / 1.6) an overall record of 14-15 in both 2003-04 and 2004-05. In F - Chaz McCrommon (6-6, 200) (16.7 / 6.0) 2004-05, Schmidt guided the Colonials to a third-place finish in C - Mark Anderson (6-6, 215) (13.5 / 5.0) the NEC, the program’s best standing since 2000. During the 2004-05 Overall Record: 14-15 2003-04 campaign, RMU tied for fourth in the league and 2004-05 Home Record: 7-6 advanced to the NEC Tournament semifinals for the first time since 2000. In 2001-02, 2004-05 Road Record: 6-9 Schmidt led Robert Morris to a 12-18 overall record, the most victories for a first-year 2004-05 Neutral Record: 1-0 head coach in the 29-year history of the RMU men’s basketball program. 2004-05 NEC Record / Finish: 11-7 / 3rd Prior to RMU, Schmidt spent seven seasons as one of the nation’s top assistants at Xavier University under current Wake Forest head coach Skip Prosser from 1994-2001. Robert Morris Quick Facts While with the Musketeers, Schmidt played a dual role, serving as both a coach and the Location: Moon Township, Pa. program’s top recruiter. His coaching responsibilities centered mostly around the post Founded: 1921 players, and he helped develop and recruit players at Xavier that have moved on to the Enrollment: 5,000 professional ranks, including James Posey (Memphis Grizzlies), David West (New Orleans Affiliation: NCAA I Hornets), Romain Sato (San Antonio Spurs), Lionel Chalmers (Minnesota Timberwolves) Conference: Northeast and David Young (Seattle Supersonics). Prior to his stint with Xavier, Schmidt served one Nickname: Colonials year as an assistant at Loyola College in Baltimore, Md., also under Prosser. He also spent President: Gregory G. Dell’Omo, Ph.D. two seasons at Penn State University under Bruce Parkhill from 1991-93, and started his Home Court: Charles L. Sewall Center coaching career as an assistant at St. Michael’s College in Vermont from 1989-91. Capacity: 3,056 Schmidt’s playing career was highlighted by four years as a guard/forward at Boston Athletic Director: Craig Coleman, M.D. College, where he received his bachelor’s degree in business administration and manage- Asst. Athletic Director: Marty Galosi ment with a concentration in marketing in 1985. The Eagles went 22-10 and made the Asst. Athletic Director: Meghan Sweeney NCAA Elite Eight during his freshman season in 1981-82 under head coach Tom Davis Asst. Athletic Director: Sean Simmons and 25-7 the next year in making the NCAA Tournament Sweet Sixteen in his first of Senior Woman Administrator: Addie Muti three years playing for current Maryland coach Gary Williams. Boston College reached Sports Information Director: Jim Duzyk the NIT second round in 1984 and the NCAA Sweet Sixteen again in 1985. Office: (412) 262-8314 Fax: (412) 262-8557 The Schmidt File Press Row: (412) 262-8613 E-mail: [email protected] Who: Mark David Schmidt Born: Feb.