Title Tilt Vs. Gators
ROBERT MORRIS COLONIALS (4-5) vs. FLORIDA GATORS (9-3)
Sunday, December 21, 2010 - 4:30 p.m.
Gainesville, Fla. - O'Connell Center
Internet: www.rmucolonials.com
Adam Gusky, play-by-play

The Game
The Robert Morris University Colonials (4-5) play the fifht installment of a nine-game, 48-day road trip when they take on the Florida Gators (9-3) in the championship game of the Gator Holiday Classic. Tipoff for the title tilt is slated for 4:30 p.m. Tuesday, Dec. 21, at Florida's O'Connell Center  in Gainesville, Fla. RMU has won four straight games and are 4-3 away from the Sewall Center. The Gators are undefeated at home this season following a 95-38 victory against Alabama State Monday night.

Musket Shots

• RMU had a season-high 17 steals against Corpus Christi
• The Colonials have led by an average of 16.5 points at halftime during their four-game win streak
• The RMU bench scored double-digits for the first time this with 11 points yesterday
• Robert Morris plays nine consecutive games away from the Sewall Center, a team record
• A span of 48 days will pass between RMU's last home game, Nov. 28, and their next, Jan. 15
• RMU has reached the 20-win plateau in five of the last six seasons
• The Colonials were selected second in the NEC Preseason Coaches' Poll
• Head coach Sal Buscaglia is 617-284 (.685) in his 33rd season of coaching
• Robert Morris has captured NEC regular season titles in 2007, 2008 and 2010
• Four former Colonials are playing professionally overseas - Angela Pace (Germany), Vega Gimeno-Martinez (Spain), Sade Logan (Iceland) and Sugeiry Monsac (Israel).

All-Time Series vs. Florida
Tuesday night's game marks the second game between the Gators and Colonials. Florida won the only other meeting, 67-63, in the 2007-08 season opener for both teams.

Strength of Schedule
Through the first nine games of the season, Robert Morris has played the 73rd toughest schedule in the nation according to realtimerpi.com. During the team's four-game win streak over the last two weeks, the Colonials have rocketed through the RPI rankings as well. They moved 83 spots in the last week alone fueled by the 14-point win at Virginia Tech.

Scouting the Gators
Florida is unbeaten at home following a 95-38 win against Alabama State Monday night and sit at 9-3 overall this season. The Gators are scoring 67.8 points a game, hitting at a 40.2 percent clip from the field and 31.1 percent from three-point range. They allow 57.9 points with opponents shooting 37.0 percent against them. Jordan Jones leads a balanced scoring attack at 10.8 points a game. Jaterra Bonds adds 8.2 while Azania Stewart scores 7.7 points to go along with her team-best 7.3 rebounds per game.

Stacked Starters Stats
The starting five for Robert Morris have accounted for 90 percent of the team's scoring, averaging 50.5 of the team's 55.6 points per game. They also have skewed percentage of rebounds in relation to the minutes played per game, corralling 87 percent of the team's rebounds while playing 82 percent of the team's minutes.

Glass-tastic
The Colonials are outrebounding their opponents by an average of 15.0 rebounds a game during their current win streak. For the season, RMU holds a 2.3 rebound advantage over their opposition. RMU is averaging 15.1 offensive rebounds a game and 11.2 second-chance points on the season.

International Success
The Colonials feature seven international players, five of whom are members of their respective national teams. Of those, four collected medals in international competition in either the FIBA European Championships (EURO) or the Central American and Caribbean Games (CAC).

Road Warriors
The Colonials open the season at home, then play 12 of 13 games on the road opening the year with 12 of 14 games on the road. RMU will have a 48-day span between home games against Duquesne (Nov. 28) and Monmouth (Jan. 15), the longest stretch in team history. Overall, 17 of the team's 28 games this season are on the road.

Racking Up The Mileage
Robert Morris will travel 4,790 miles over the course of its non-conference schedule this fall. That's roughly the equivalent of a round-trip drive from Moon Township to UCLA's Pauley Pavilion. The longest trip of the season will the Colonials to Gainesville, Fla., 914 miles one way. RMU's shortest non-conference trip is 95 miles along I-76 to Kent State.

Spreading The Talent
The Colonials 13 players represent a total of 11 different states or countries. Latvia and Greece are the only countries that can boast being the home of more than one RMU player. Robert Morris features players from Maryland, Pennsylvania, Ohio, New York, England, Latvia, Oklahoma, Greece, Germany, Dominican Republic and Virginia.