STONY BROOK SEAWOLVES
Wednesday, November 28, 2012 - 7:00 p.m.
Moon Township, Pa. - Charles L. Sewall Center

Audio: WPIT 730 AM     
Adam Gusky, play-by-play; Michael Asti, color analyst   
Video: www.rmucolonials.com
Live Stats: www.rmucolonials.com

The Capsule

The Robert Morris University women's basketball team returns to the Charles L. Sewall Center for the first time since Nov. 9 when they host the Stony Brook Seawolves in a 7:00 p.m. contest Wednesday, November 28. RMU recently finished a four-game road trip that with games at Big 10 opponents Iowa and Michigan State.

The Series

Robert Morris and Stony Brook will be meeting for the third time in four seasons with each team garnering a victory in the first two games. The Colonials upended the Seawolves, 61-43, in the inaugural meeting in 2009-10. A late three-pointer gave SBU the win last year.

Musket Shots

• Junior forward Artemis Spanou was named to the All-NEC Preseason team
• Spanou joined the 1,000-point club with nine points at Iowa Tuesday. She now has 1,015 points.
• Spanou also tied her career-high with 16 rebounds against the Hawkeyes
• Four players have led the team in scoring over the first five games
• Senior forward Anna Gailite is tied for second all-time at RMU with 116 career blocks
• Freshman Lou Mataly had a season-high 13 points to lead the team at Iowa
• 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, Gailite Leaving Their Marks in Record Book

Junior forward Artemis Spanou and senior Anna Gailite have left their marks on the RMU career record lits. Spanou is the 11th player in team history to reach both 1,000 career points and collect 500 career rebounds. Gailite is now second all-time at Robert Morris with 119 career blocks. Gailite is averaging 2.0 blocks this season while Spanou is dropping 16.4 points and grabbing 12.0 rebounds per contest.

Chuck's Charms

The Charles L. Sewall Center, a.k.a. "The Chuck", has lent a certain advantage for the Colonials over the past nine seasons. Since 2004-05, RobertMorris is 92-23 (.800) in home games, including an even more impressive .836 (61-12) winning percentage in home NEC games.

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.

Euro-Stats

The contributions of the Colonials European-born players cannot be overlooked. Three of five starters and five of the team's 10 players were born on the other side of the Atlantic Ocean (junior forward Jolie Olingende is from the Democratic Republic of the Congo). Those European players are accounting for 74 percent of the team's scoring (39.5 points per game).