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GAME #4
Robert Morris (2-1) @ No. 1/1 Kentucky (2-1)
Sunday, Nov. 17, 2013 • 7:00 p.m.
Rupp Arena (23,000) • Lexington, Ky.
TV: ESPN2
Talent: Jon Sciambi (play-by-play) & Jimmy Dykes (color)
Radio: 970 ESPN AM
Talent: Chris Shovlin (play-by-play) & Jim Elias (color)
 
Top Story - The Robert Morris University men's basketball team closes out a three-game road trip and continues play in the Keightley Classic Sunday night when it visits Rupp Arena in Lexington, Ky., for a 7:00 p.m. tip against the University of Kentucky in a game that will be televised live on ESPN2. The Colonials opened the Keightley Classic with a 69-64 setback @ Eastern Michigan (11/14/13) in their first loss of the 2013-14 campaign. RMU shot just 37.5 percent (24-for-64) from the floor against the Eagles and were led by junior forward Lucky Jones, who finished with 18 points, eight rebounds and a pair of steals. Senior guard Karvel Anderson added 13 points, while senior forward Mike McFadden contributed 11 points. Robert Morris returns home to the Charles L. Sewall Center after taking on the Wildcats Sunday, welcoming Texas-Arlington Thursday, Nov. 21, in a 7:00 p.m. tip to continue play in the Keightley Classic.
 
Quick Stat of the Night - Robert Morris will take on the No. 1 team in the country Sunday night at Rupp Arena in the University of Kentucky, marking just the second time in the program's 38-year Division I history the Colonials have faced off with a team ranked No. 1. Ironically, the last time RMU faced off with a No. 1 team, it was also the Wildcats. In the first round of the 1989 NCAA Tournament  March 16, 1989, at University Pavilion in Boise, Idaho, Robert Morris dropped a 94-60 decision to No. 1 Arizona. The Wildcats featured future NBA first-round pick Sean Elliott, who scored a game-high 27 points, and future Major League Baseball (MLB) American League stolen base champion Kenny Lofton. Robert Morris was led in that contest by former forward Vaughn Luton (1986-89), who finished with 23 points.
 
Sunday's Opponent and The All-Time Series - Robert Morris and Kentucky will square off on the hardwood for just the third time Sunday, with the all-time series tied, 1-1. In the last meeting between the two programs, forward Mike McFadden hit a pair of free throws with 8.7 seconds to play that helped lift the Colonials to a 59-57 victory over the Wildcats in the opening round of the 2013 National Invitation Tournament (NIT) March 19, 2013. The game was played in front of 3,444 fans at the Charles L. Sewall Center, the largest crowd in school history. Kyle Wiltjer's three-pointer at the buzzer was off the mark, giving RMU its first-ever victory in the postseason NIT. Forward Lucky Jones paced the Colonials in the victory with 15 points, while former forward Russell Johnson (2008-13) contributed 14 points, five rebounds and three steals. In the only other meeting between the two programs, Kentucky posted a 92-67 win over RMU at Rupp Arena Dec. 30, 1993. In that contest all-time leading scorer Myron Walker (1990-94) led the Colonials with 22 points on 8-of-17 shooting from the field, including 4-of-7 from beyond the arc. 
 
Luck Of The Draw - Junior forward Lucky Jones, a 2013 All-Northeast Conference Third Team selection, led the Colonials in their opening game of the Keigthley Classic @ Eastern Michigan (11/14/13), posting 18 points and eight rebounds. Jones was 7-for-7 at the free-throw line against the Eagles and enters Sunday's game @ Kentucky a perfect 13-for-13 at the chalk so far this season. Jones has quietly become one of the best free-throw shooters in the NEC, as he owns a career free-throw percentage of .806 (224-for-278), which currently ranks ninth all-time at Robert Morris.
 
Second Half Surge - Senior guard Karvel Anderson enters Sunday's game @ Kentucky as part of the Keightley Classic leading RMU in scoring, producing a scoring average of 18.3 points per game. Anderson has scored 55 points in his first three games this season, 47 of which have come in the second half. So far this season after halftime, Anderson is averaging 15.7 points while shooting 59.3 percent (16-for-27) from the field, including 50 percent (8-for-16) from deep, and a perfect 7-for-7 at the free-throw line. In the first half so far this season, Anderson has produced just 2.7 points while shooting 25 percent (3-for-12) from the field, including 33.3 percent (2-for-6) from beyond the arc.
 
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 RMU's first three games of the 2013-14 season, McFadden has averaged 11.0 points and a team-high 5.3 rebounds while shooting an even 44.8 percent (13-for-29) from the field. McFadden enters Sunday's tilt @ Kentucky with career totals of 676 points and 316 rebounds. He also owns a career shooting percentage of .520 (268-for-515), which is tied for seventh all-time at RMU. In 63 career games with the Colonials, however, McFadden's career field goal percentage is 54.5 percent (212-for-389). 
 
Ant Marching - Senior guard Anthony Myers-Pate may have struggled with his shot in the early going of the 2013-14 season, but it hasn't curbed his ability to facilitate the offense. Myers-Pate has dished out 14 assists (4.7 per game) through three contests against just seven turnovers, pushing his career total in dimes to 329. That total is good enough to rank 11th all-time at RMU, and he needs just nine assists to crack the top 10 all-time while also owning a career assist-to-turnover ratio of 1.84.

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