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 FDU RMU FDU FAIRLEIGH DICKINSON Overall 14-9 9-16 Home 8-2 6-7 NEC 8-4 6-6 Away 6-7 2-7 KNIGHTS Streak W3 L1 Neutral 0-0 1-2 Saturday, February 13 // 2:00 p.m. Hackensack, N.J. // Rothman Center 2015-16 SCHEDULE & RESULTS Streaming: NECFrontRow.com 11.13 WEST VIRGINIA WESLEYAN W, 124-59 Live Stats: FDUKnights.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 heads to Hackensack, N.J., looking to avenge West Long Branch, N.J. // The MAC RMU FDU a 15-point setback to the Knights earlier this season when 11.21 @ La Salle W, 76-45 they take on Fairleigh Dickinson in a 2:00 p.m. game Saturday, 64.7 Points Per Game 66.0 Philadelphia, Pa. // Tom Gola Arena Feb. 13, at the Rothman Center. The Colonials have won three 59.4 Points Allowed Per Game 72.0 11.24 @ Youngstown State L, 46-55 straight games and sit third in the NEC while the Knights sit + 5.3 Scoring Margin - 6.0 Youngstown, Ohio // Beeghly Center 6-6 in league play and have two of their last three. .394 Field Goal Pct. .405 11.29 NORTHERN KENTUCKY L, 70-72 Moon Township, Pa. // Charles L. Sewall Center .326 3-Pt. FG Pct. .318 6.7 3-Pt. FG Per Game 3.8 12.02 MORGAN STATE W, 76-44 THE SERIES VS. FAIRLEIGH DICKINSON Moon Township, Pa. // Charles L. Sewall Center .668 Free Throw Pct. .724 Robert Morris has won five of the last six meeting with 12.06 @ #24 Iowa L, 50-69 Fairleigh Dickinson, but the Knights came away victorious in .377 FG Pct. Defense .394 Iowa City, Iowa // Carver-Hawkeye Arena the last meeting to make the series record 35-24 in favor of .276 3-Pt. FG Pct. Defense .311 12.13 @ Florida L, 52-79 RMU. The Colonials are 14-14 at the Rothman Center. + 2.5 Rebound Margin + 0.2 Gainesville, Fla. // O’Connell Center 13.1 Assists Per Game 11.9 12.17 @ Georgia Southern W, 64-49 Statesboro, Ga. // Hanner Fieldhouse MILESTONE WATCH 16.5 Turnovers Per Game 18.7 + 1.1 Turnover Margin - 2.9 12.29 DELAWARE W, 53-50 > Anna Niki Stamolamprou (1,173 pts.) needs 16 to surpass Moon Township, Pa. // Charles L. Sewall Center 0.8 Assist / Turnover Ratio 0.6 JoAnn Beatty (1,188 pts) and move into the career top-10 at 01.02 SACRED HEART W, 78-63 RMU for scoring 7.7 Steals Per Game 7.8 Moon Township, Pa. // Charles L. Sewall Center > Stamolamprou needs seven three-pointers to become the 3.5 Blocks Per Game 3.5 01.04 WAGNER W, 64-44 third RMU player in history with 200 career treys Moon Township, Pa. // Charles L. Sewall Center SERIES VS. FAIRLEIGH DICKINSON 01.09 @ St. Francis Brooklyn W, 62-53 Brooklyn Heights, N.Y. // Pope Center PLAY ON, PLAYER ... OF THE WEEK Overall 35-24 Streak L1 01.11 @ LIU Brooklyn W, 52-49 Anna Niki Stamolamprou was named the NEC Co-Player of the Home 21-9 Trend W 5 of 6 Brooklyn, N.Y. // Steinberg Wellness Center Week after averaging 17.5 points and 8.5 rebounds last week. Away 14-14 Last Game L, 68-83 01.16 FAIRLEIGH DICKINSON L, 68-83 She had 15 points and 10 boards against Bryant and 20 points Neutral 0-1 1.16.16 at RMU Moon Township, Pa. // Charles L. Sewall Center and seven reboounds against Central Connecticut 01.18 MOUNT ST. MARY’S W, 61-56 Moon Township, Pa. // Charles L. Sewall Center RAVELLI REACHES 1K 01.23 @ Bryant L, 65-71 Smithfield, R.I. // Chace Athletic Center Senior guard Ashley Ravelli became the 21st palyer in RMU history to reach 1,000 career points. She did it with foul shot in 01.25 @ Central Connecticut L, 39-48 the first half against Central Connecticut (Feb. 8). She is the second player this season to hit the 1K mark. New Britain, Conn. // Detrick Gymnasium 01.30 @ Saint Francis U L, 54-62 COACH SAL SAILING ON Loretto, Pa. // Stokes Athletic Center The 2015-16 season will be the last for 13th year RMU head coach Sal Buscaglia who will retire at the conclusion of the 02.01 @ Mount St. Mary’s W, 74-67 season after 38 years on the bench. Coach Sal, as he is respectfully called, has won 705 games at four schools and has Emmitsburg, Md. // Knott Arena 436 wins as a Division I coach. 02.06 BRYANT W, 55-53 Moon Township, Pa. // Charles L. Sewall Center 02.08 CENTRAL CONNECTICUT W, 72-55 MUSKET SHOTS Moon Township, Pa. // Charles L. Sewall Center > RMU is 129-37 (.777) at the Sewall Center since 2004-05, including 88-17 (.838) in NEC games 02.13 @ Fairleigh Dickinson 2:00 p.m. > Ashley Ravelli hit the 1,000 point plateau against CCSU, the 21st player in team history to reach 1K Hackensack, N.J. // Rothman Center > The Colonials shot 57.1% against Mount St. Mary’s, the fourth-best shooting percentage in team history 02.15 @ Sacred Heart 7:00 p.m. > Junior Janee Brown tied her career high with 14 points at Mount, going 6-of-7 from the field Fairfield, Conn. // Pitt Center > Sal Buscaglia became the winningest coach in RMU history winning his 212th game against Sacred Heart Jan. 2 02.20 ST. FRANCIS BROOKLYN 1:00 p.m. Moon Township, Pa. // Charles L. Sewall Center > Buscaglia won his 700th career game with a 64-44 victory against Wagner Jan. 4 02.22 LIU BROOKLYN 7:00 p.m. > Anna Niki Stamolamprou became the 20th RMU player to reach 1,000 career points eclipsing the mark Jan. 2 vs. SHU Moon Township, Pa. // Charles L. Sewall Center > Rebeca Navarro leads the NEC in three-point shooting converting at 45.2 percent (38-84) 02.27 @ Wagner 1:00 p.m. > RMU hit 12 three-pointers against both Northern Kentucky and Sacred Heart, second-most in program history Staten Island, N.Y. // Spiro Sports Center > Stamolamprou is fourth at RMU with 188 three-pointers and Ashley Ravelli is fifth with 176 02.29 SAINT FRANCIS U 7:00 p.m. > Mikalah Mulrain is sixth all-time at RMU with 88 career blocks in just 53 career games Moon Township, Pa. // Charles L. Sewall Center > RMU set team records for points (124), scoring margin (+65), FGs (49), assists (37) and rebounds (67) vs. WV Wesleyan 03.06 NEC Tournament Quarterfinal Higher Seed > The Colonials were selected first in the 2015-16 NEC Preseason Poll garnering seven first place votes 03.09 NEC Tournament Semifinals > Stamolamprou was named Preseason All-NEC by the league coaches Higher Seed > Robert Morris has made the NEC playoffs 10 times in the last 12 seasons under Sal Buscaglia 03.13 NEC Tournament Final Higher Seed PROBABLE STARTERS P # Player (based on previous game) PPG RPG Note Home games in BOLD CAPS; All times Eastern G 4 Anna Niki Stamolamprou (5-9, Jr., Thessaloniki, Greece) 14.1 5.5 NEC Co-Player of the Week * Northeast Conference contest G 12 Lou Mataly (5-10, Sr., Toulouse, France) 2.7 1.4 13th at RMU with 33.2 career 3pt% G 14 Ashley Ravelli (5-10, Sr., Milano, Italy) 6.8 1.7 Reached 1,000 points vs. CCSU F 22 Megan Smith (6-1, So., Barrie, Ontario) 7.8 6.0 Leads the team in charges taken C 21 Mikalah Mulrain (6-3, So., Brampton, Ontario) 6.9 6.0 6th at RMU with 88 career blocks THE RAIN FROM SPAIN The victory was the 212th for Buscaglia who surpassed 2015-16 COLONIAL TRENDS Junior Rebeca Navarro, a native of Galicia, Spain, leads the Dan Swalga (1978-90) for the record. Northeast Conference in three-point shooting at 45.7 At home 8-2 percent. She is 38-84 this season and is fourth all-time at A DOZEN THREES, PLEASE On the road 6-7 Robert Morris shooting .378 from beyond the arc for her Robert Morris buried a dozen three-pointers twice this Neutral Site 0-0 career. season, the second-most made treys in team history. Overtime 0-0 RMU hit a dozen in a two-point setback against Northern Home Northeast Conference 5-1 DOING IT WITH DEFENSE Kentucky and also nailed 12 in its NEC opening victory Away Northeast Conference 3-3 According to the most recent NEC statistics, Robert against Sacred Heart. Morris leads the league in points allowed (59.4), field goal Following a win 7-5 percentage defense (.377) and three-point FG defense THESSALONIKI THOUSAND Following a loss 5-4 (.276) and is second in rebounding margin (+2.5). Anna Niki Stamolamprou, a native of Thessaloniki, Greece, Playing teams w/ winning record 1-6 became the 20th player to record 1,000 career points Playing teams w/ losing record 10-3 RUN-DICULOUS / SURGE-ERY when she tallied 22 points against Sacred Heart on Jan. 2. Playing teams w/ .500 record 3-0 The Colonials have put together impressive scoring runs She joins all-time great Artemis Spanou (2010-14) as the Games decided by 1 point 0-0 in their last two outings.