GAME 1
RMU (0-0) vs. SFU (0-0)
Monday, November 7, 2022 | 11:00 a.m.
UPMC Events Center | Moon Township, Pa.
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Talent: Adam Gusky (pxp), Justin Pyles (color)
 
Opening Tip

• RMU begins the regular season at home playing the Red Flash (0-0) Monday morning. It marks the beginning of a four-game home stand to open the year. Season tickets for the 2022-23 season are on sale now and can be purchased by calling the RMU Ticket Office at (412) 397-4949.
• The Colonials last season were 14-15 overall, and 11-11 in Horizon League play. In games played at home, RMU was 8-6.
• Led by Charlie Buscaglia, he's entering his seventh year as head coach for the Colonials in 2022-23. RMU earned a 70-56 victory over Purdue Fort Wayne (3/1) in the first round of the 2022 Horizon League Tournament at the UPMC Events Center last season.
• RMU is returning two starters (Sol Castro, Alejandra Mastral) from the 2021-22 season. Castro led the team in a few categories last season. She was #1 in FG % (.419), averaged 5.4 rebounds per game and totaled 17 blocks on the team. She was also second in points per game with 8.6. Castro was one of two Colonials to start in each of RMU's 28 games last season. In her 45 career games, she's produced an average of 9.1 points per game and 5.4 caroms per contest while converting 43.3 percent (177-for-409) of her shots from the field. Mastral started last season as a freshman playing point guard. She averaged 3.9 points per game.
• The Colonials will also be bolstered by the return of junior guard Mackenzie Amalia, who led RMU in three-pointers (38) last season in averaging 5.2 points per game.
• This team features eight international players: Fatim Sarr Ndow (Barcelona, Spain), Louella Allana (Laval, Quebec), Candela Rabadan Solis (Madrid, Spain), Paris Kirk (Kelowna, B.C.), Rebecca Dwomoh (London, England), Phoenix Gedeon (Montreal, Quebec), Sol Castro (Rio Colorado, Argentina) and Alejandra Mastral (Zaragoza, Spain).
• In a vote by Horizon League head coaches, RMU was picked to finish ninth in the conference in the 2022-23 season. Junior forward Sol Castro earned a spot on the 2021 Preseason All-Horizon League Second Team last year.

 
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The All-Time Series (Saint Francis) – The Colonials will be taking on the Red Flash for the first and only time this season. RMU owns a 48-41 (.539) record in the all-time series against SFU. Monday's game will be No. 90 in the all-time series. RMU is 28-14 (.667) all-time against SFU at home. Both teams have not met since March of 2020, but the Colonials ride a five-game win streak against the Red Flash since February of 2019. In those five games, RMU has put up 62 points or more in each game. They have won by scores of 62-29, 66-57, 65-54, 66-53, 66-60.

Grade A – The RMU women's basketball program continued its tradition of success in the classroom last year earning the No. 2 ranking in the Women's Basketball Coaches Association (WBCA) Academic Top 25 Division I Team Honor Roll. RMU posted a 3.762 grade point average (GPA) during the 2021-22 school year, matching its highest designation thus far. The Colonials also extended their streak of six consecutive seasons with a top four ranking in the WBCA Academic Top 25, remaining the only D1 school to do so over that stretch. This unprecedented run began in 2016-17 (3.726) with a national runner-up finish, followed by a No. 4 ranking in 2017-18 (3.748). RMU posted a 3.713 GPA in 2018-19, a 3.767 GPA in 2019-20, and a 3.824 last season, coming in at No. 3 each year.

Welcome Aboard – The Colonials this season are welcoming five Freshman. They bring on Fatim Sarr Ndow from Putnam Science Academy, Louella Allana from TPLS Christian Academy, Candela Rabadan Solis from Complejo Universitario Mas Camarena, Paris Kirk from Putnam Science Academy and freshman Natalie Johnson from Northpoint.
 
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