2015-16 COLONIALS WOMEN’S BASKETBALL NCAA // 2007 // 2008 // 2014 NORTHEAST CONFERENCE CHAMPIONS // 1988 // 1991 // 2007 // 2008 // 2014 CONTACT // Ken Baker // O: 412.397.4914 // C: 724.612.1538 // [email protected] RMU SHU RMU SHU SACRED HEART Overall 6-5 5-5 Home 3-1 Conference Away 3-4 2-3 PIONEERS Streak W2 W1 Neutral 0-0 1-1 Saturday, January 2 // 1:00 p.m. Moon Township, Pa. // Charles L. Sewall Center 2015-16 SCHEDULE & RESULTS Streaming: NECFrontRow.com 11.13 WEST VIRGINIA WESLEYAN W, 124-59 Live Stats: RMUColonials.com Moon Township, Pa. // Charles L. Sewall Center Twitter: @RMU_WBasketball 11.15 @ Charlotte L, 73-94 Charlotte, N.C. // Halton Arena THE CAPSULE TALE OF THE TAPE 11.19 @ Monmouth W, 60-47 Robert Morris opens Northeast Conference play Saturday, West Long Branch, N.J. // The MAC RMU SHU Jan. 2, at 1:00 p.m. when it hosts the Sacred Heart Pioneers at 11.21 @ La Salle W, 76-45 the Charles L. Sewall Center. A win would give 13th-year RMU 67.6 Points Per Game 59.1 Philadelphia, Pa. // Tom Gola Arena head coach Sal Buscaglia the program’s all-time wins record 60.3 Points Allowed Per Game 68.5 11.24 @ Youngstown State L, 46-55 with 212 while junior guard Anna Niki Stamolamprou is 10 + 7.3 Scoring Margin - 9.4 Youngstown, Ohio // Beeghly Center points away from becoming the 20th Colonial to score 1,000 .405 Field Goal Pct. .384 11.29 NORTHERN KENTUCKY L, 70-72 Moon Township, Pa. // Charles L. Sewall Center career points. .354 3-Pt. FG Pct. .291 7.4 3-Pt. FG Per Game 5.4 12.02 MORGAN STATE W, 76-44 Moon Township, Pa. // Charles L. Sewall Center .656 Free Throw Pct. .680 THE SERIES VS. SACRED HEART 12.06 @ #24 Iowa L, 50-69 Robert Morris trails in the all-time series against Sacred Heart, .376 FG Pct. Defense .413 Iowa City, Iowa // Carver-Hawkeye Arena 9-21. The Colonials have won two of the last three meetings .281 3-Pt. FG Pct. Defense .368 12.13 @ Florida L, 52-79 after falling in seven straight from 2011 through the first + 2.4 Rebound Margin - 3.4 Gainesville, Fla. // O’Connell Center game of the 2013-14. RMU is 6-8 at home against SHU. 15.2 Assists Per Game 9.3 12.17 @ Georgia Southern W, 64-49 15.8 Turnovers Per Game 18.1 Statesboro, Ga. // Hanner Fieldhouse + 1.9 Turnover Margin - 3.6 12.29 DELAWARE W, 53-50 MILESTONE WATCH Moon Township, Pa. // Charles L. Sewall Center 1.0 Assist / Turnover Ratio 0.5 > Sal Buscaglia’s next victory will give him 212 at RMU, setting 01.02 SACRED HEART 1:00 p.m. a new program record (211 Dan Swalga, 1978-90) 7.4 Steals Per Game 5.9 Moon Township, Pa. // Charles L. Sewall Center > Buscaglia needs two wins to reach 700 for his career 3.9 Blocks Per Game 1.3 01.04 WAGNER 5:00 p.m. > Anna Niki Stamolamprou needs 10 points to eclipse 1,000 Moon Township, Pa. // Charles L. Sewall Center SERIES VS. SACRED HEART 01.09 @ St. Francis Brooklyn 1:00 p.m. Brooklyn Heights, N.Y. // Pope Center BCT SPORTSPERSON OF THE YEAR Overall 9-21 Streak L1 01.11 @ LIU Brooklyn 7:00 p.m. RMU head coach Sal Buscaglia was named the Beaver County Home 6-8 Trend Won 2 of 3 Brooklyn, N.Y. // Steinberg Wellness Center Times Sportsperson of the Year. The 13th-year RMU head Away 3-13 Last Game L, 60-66 01.16 FAIRLEIGH DICKINSON 1:00 p.m. coach was selected as much for his promoting and growing Neutral 0-0 2.23.15 at SHU Moon Township, Pa. // Charles L. Sewall Center women’s athletics as for his on the court accomplishments. 01.18 MOUNT ST. MARY’S 2:00 p.m. Moon Township, Pa. // Charles L. Sewall Center 2 FOR 1K 01.23 @ Bryant 1:00 p.m. Smithfield, R.I. // Chace Athletic Center Senior Ashley Ravelli and junior Anna Niki Stamolamprou are approaching the 1,000 career point milestone. Ravelli, who has 01.25 @ Central Connecticut 7:00 p.m. started all but one game in her career, has 944 career points. Stamolamprou has 990 points. There are currently 19 RMU New Britain, Conn. // Detrick Gymnasium players in the Colonials 1,000-point club. 01.30 @ Saint Francis U TBA Loretto, Pa. // Stokes Athletic Center COACH SAL SAILING ON 02.01 @ Mount St. Mary’s 7:00 p.m. The 2015-16 season will be the last for 13th year RMU head coach Sal Buscaglia who will retire at the conclusion of the Emmitsburg, Md. // Knott Arena season after 38 years on the bench. Coach Sal, as he is respectfully called, has won 698 games at four schools and has 02.06 BRYANT 1:00 p.m. Moon Township, Pa. // Charles L. Sewall Center 429 wins as a Division I coach. 02.08 CENTRAL CONNECTICUT 7:00 p.m. Moon Township, Pa. // Charles L. Sewall Center MUSKET SHOTS 02.13 @ Fairleigh Dickinson 2:00 p.m. > RMU is 124-36 (.775) at the Sewall Center since 2004-05, including 83-16 (.838) in NEC games Hackensack, N.J. // Rothman Center > Sal Buscaglia needs one win to tie to set the RMU record of 212 and is two wins from 700 in his career 02.15 @ Sacred Heart 7:00 p.m. > Anna Niki Stamolamprou needs 10 points to become the 20th player in team history to record 1,000 career points Fairfield, Conn. // Pitt Center > Rebeca Navarro (.381), Anna Niki Stamolamprou (.367), and Lou Mataly (.344) are in top-10 in three-point pct. at RMU 02.20 ST. FRANCIS BROOKLYN 1:00 p.m. Moon Township, Pa. // Charles L. Sewall Center > The Colonials 12 three-pointers against Northern Kentucky were second most in team history 02.22 LIU BROOKLYN 7:00 p.m. > Ashley Ravelli is third all-time at RMU with 170 career three-pointers (Next: Sade Logan, 205, 57 games, 2007-09) Moon Township, Pa. // Charles L. Sewall Center > Mikalah Mulrain is eighth all-time at RMU with 67 career blocks in just 42 career games 02.27 @ Wagner 1:00 p.m. > RMU set team records for points (124), scoring margin (+65), FGs (49), assists (37) and rebounds (67) vs. WV Wesleyan Staten Island, N.Y. // Spiro Sports Center > The Colonials were selected first in the 2015-16 NEC Preseason Poll garnering seven first place votes 02.29 SAINT FRANCIS U 7:00 p.m. > Stamolamprou was named Preseason All-NEC by the league coaches Moon Township, Pa. // Charles L. Sewall Center > Robert Morris has made the NEC playoffs 10 times in the last 12 seasons under Sal Buscaglia 03.06 NEC Tournament Quarterfinal Higher Seed > Eight of the Colonials 15 players hail from outside the United States 03.09 NEC Tournament Semifinals > RMU has won three of its five NEC Championships with Buscaglia on the bench Higher Seed 03.13 NEC Tournament Final Higher Seed PROBABLE STARTERS P # Player PPG RPG Note Home games in BOLD CAPS; All times Eastern G 4 Anna Niki Stamolamprou (5-9, Jr., Thessaloniki, Greece) 12.9 5.7 Is 10 points shy of 1,000 for her career * Northeast Conference contest G 10 Rebeca Navarro (5-11, Jr., Galicia, Spain) 9.2 3.6 Leads the nation shooting 54.8% on threes G 14 Ashley Ravelli (5-10, Sr., Milano, Italy) 8.3 1.9 Third at RMU with 171 career threes F 22 Megan Smith (6-1, So., Barrie, Ontario) 8.6 6.5 6-of-9 on three-pointers last two games C 21 Mikalah Mulrain (6-3, So., Brampton, Ontario) 7.6 5.7 T7th at RMU with 68 career blocks THINGS TO LOOK FOR RECORD-SETTING OPENER 2015-16 COLONIAL TRENDS A third of the way through the schedule, some statistical RMU set a slew of team records in its 124-59 blowout patterns have begun to emerge. RMU is 5-1 when leading victory against West Virginia Wesleyan Friday. Here’s a look: At home 3-1 at the half and 6-1 wehn leading at the end of the third Previous Record On the road 3-4 quarter. They are 1-4 when trailing at half and winless, Points 124 106 vs. FDU 2.23.02 Neutral Site 0-0 0-4, when trailing at the ened of the third quarter. RMU is Fied Goals 49 39 vs Marist 1.13.97 Overtime 0-0 unbeaten when winning the rebounding battle, 6-1 when Margin + 65 + 50 vs. Mercyhurst 1985 Home Northeast Conference 0-0 holding opponents to less than 60 points, and 6-0 when Rebounds 67 62 vs. Davis & Elkins 12.4.99 Away Northeast Conference 0-0 outshooting its opponent. Assists 37 27 Three times Following a win 2-3 TRES, TROIS, TPIA,TRE SIX REACH DOUBLE-DIGITS Following a loss 3-2 The Colonials foreign born players have accounted for all Six Colonials hit double-digits in the scoring department Playing teams w/ winning record 0-5 but two of the team’s 81 three pointers this season. Janee in its season opener, the first time that’s happened in a Playing teams w/ losing record 3-0 Brown and Jocelynne Jones each have one trey. home since 2008, and the first time overall since the end Playing teams w/ .500 record 3-0 of the 2013-14 season.