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GAME #2
Robert Morris (1-0) @ Lafayette (0-1)
Tuesday, November 12, 2013 • 7:00 p.m.
Kirby Sports Center (2,644) • Easton, Pa.
Radio: 1320 WJAS AM
Radio Talent: Chris Shovlin (play-by-play) & Jim Duzyk (color)
 
Top Story - The Robert Morris University men's basketball team opens takes to the road for the first time on the 2013-14 season Tuesday when it travels to Easton, Pa., for a 7:00 p.m. tip against Lafayette at the Kirby Sports Center. The Colonials opened their 2013-14 campaign with an 86-66 victory over Savannah State (11/9/13) at the Charles L. Sewall Center as senior guard Karvel Anderson scored 18 of his game-high 21 points in the second half to help lead RMU to the win. Senior forward Mike McFadden added 12 points and nine rebounds against the Tigers, while junior guard Charles Oliver came off the bench to supply 12 points. Thanks to the win over Savannah State, Robert Morris improved to 20-18 (.526) all-time in season openers. RMU's tilt against the Leopards begins a stretch in which the Colonials will play 14 of their next 17 games on the road. Robert Morris will take part in the Keightley Classic after squaring off with Lafayette Tuesday, beginning with a 7:30 p.m. tip @ Eastern Michigan Thursday, Nov. 14.


 
Quick Stat of the Night - Senior guard Karvel Anderson picked up right where he left off last season in RMU's season opener against Savannah State (11/9/13), scoring 18 of his game-high 21 points in the second half of an 86-66 victory over the Tigers at the Charles L. Sewall Center. Anderson shot 7-for-12 from the floor, including 5-of-8 from beyond the arc, in producing his sixth career contest eclipsing the 20-point plateau. In Anderson's two seasons in a Robert Morris uniform, the Colonials own a perfect 6-0 record when he scores at least 20 points in a game as well as a 4-0 mark when he connects for at least five three-pointers in a contest. As a team, RMU finished 11-for-21 (52.4 percent) from beyond the arc against SSU to improve to 24-3 (.889) in four seasons under head coach Andrew Toole when hitting at least 10 three-poiners in a game.
 
Tuesday's Opponent and The All-Time Series - RMU and Lafayette will meet for the third time on the hardwood Tuesday night, with the Colonials having won each of the first two meetings between the two programs. Robert Morris and Lafayette played a home-and-home series during the 2007-08 and 2008-09 seasons, with the Colonials posting an 88-76 win at the Charles L. Sewall Center (12/30/07), followed by an 83-70 victory at the Kirby Sports Center (12/17/08) in the last meeting between the teams. Fourth-year head coach Andrew Toole spent one season as an assistant coach under Lafayette's Fran O'Hanlon in 2006-07 before joining RMU's coaching staff in 2007-08. In the last meeting at the Kirby Sports Center, former guard Jeremey Chappell (2005-09) scored 24 points to lead three Colonials in double figures in an 83-70 win. Former forward Rob Robinson (2008-10) added 15 points and seven rebounds, while former forward Josiah Whitehead (2008-10) supplied 10 points off the bench. 
 
Big Mac - There may not be another member of the 2013-14 Robert Morris roster playing with more confidence right now than senior forward Mike McFadden. In an 86-66 win over Savannah State (11/9/13), McFadden supplied 12 points and nine rebounds, missing his second career double-double by just a carom. McFadden, who hit a pair of free throws with 8.7 seconds to play to help lift the Colonials to arguably their biggest win in school history in the first round of the 2013 National Invitation Tournament (NIT) with a 59-57 win over Kentucky, enters Tuesday's game @ Lafayette with career totals of 655 points and 309 rebounds. He also owns a career shooting percentage of .523 (258-for-493), which ranks sixth all-time at RMU. In 61 career games with the Colonials, however, McFadden's career field goal percentage is 55 percent (202-for-367).  
 
Chicks Dig The Long Ball - Robert Morris enters the 2013-14 campaign coming off a record-breaking season in its shooting from beyond the arc. The Colonials finished the 2012-13 campaign having established new single-season records in both three-point field goals (300) and three-point field goals attempted (788). RMU also led the Northeast Conference in both three-point field goals made (8.57 per game) and three-point field goal percentage (.381). The Colonials picked up right where they left off in the 2013-14 season opener against Savannah State, finishing 11-for-21 (52.4 percent) from deep against the Tigers.
 
Chuck Norris - While senior guard Karvel Anderson supplied the Colonials with five three-pointers in their 2013-14 season opener against Savannah State (11/9/13), junior guard Charles Oliver provided a spark off the bench in RMU's 86-66 victory. Oliver finished with 12 points in 13 minutes of action, hitting three of his five shots from the floor, including 2-of-4 from deep, and also going 4-for-6 at the free-throw line. Also known as "Chuck", Oliver will supply Robert Morris with depth in regard to its three-point shooting this season. Last year at Lakeland Community College, Oliver shot 44.9 percent (62-for-138) from international waters and 51.8 percent (172-for-332)?overall.

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