IOWA HAWKEYES
Tuesday, November 15, 2012 - 7:00 p.m.
Iowa City, Iowa - Carver-Hawkeye Arena
Audio: www.rmucolonials.com
Adam Gusky, play-by-play
Video: Big Ten Digital Network (www.btn.com)
Live Stats: www.hawkeyesports.com

The Capsule

The Robert Morris University women's basketball team continues a four-game road trip when they meet the Iowa Hawkeyes for the first time in team history Tuesday, Nov. 20, in a 8:00 p.m. Eastern game. At 661 miles, it marks the longest bus trip the Colonials will take this season. The game is the second of three first-time opponents and the first of three Big 10 teams that RMU will play.

The Series

Tuesday's contest will mark the first meeting between Robert Morris and Iowa. The Hawkeyes are the second of four teams that RMU will be playing for the first time this season. The others are Colgate, Michigan State and Minnesota. The Colonials lost at Colgate, 55-71, on Nov. 11.

Musket Shots

• Junior forward Artemis Spanou was named to the All-NEC Preseason team
• Spanou averaged a double-double last season and finished fourth nationally with 20 of them
• Spanou tied her career-highs at the charity stripe against Niagara making 13-of-18 attempts
• Senior forward Anna Gailite is tied for second all-time at RMU with 114 career blocks
• Freshman Ashley Ravelli reached double-digits for the first time with 10 points at Miami
• Freshman Lou Mataly tallied 11 points playing 29 minutes off the bench Friday
• Robert Morris has made it to the NEC Tournament semifinals in seven of the last eight seasons
• RMU is 92-23 (.800) at the Sewall Center since 2004-05, including 61-12 (.836) in NEC games

Spanou Closing In On 1K

Junior forward Artemis Spanou needs three points to become the 19th player at Robert Morris to reach 1,000 career points. Spanou has already collected 500 career rebounds and would be the 13th player in team history to score both 1,000 points and grab 500 caroms.

Road Warriors

Robert Morris is in the midst of a four-game road swing and an extended portion of the Colonials schedule that will see the team play eight of 10 games away from the Charles L. Sewall Center between now and the turn of the calendars. During that span, RMU will travel 6,644 miles. The longest trip is the the 858-mile journey to Minnesota while the shortest is 94 miles to Kent State.