Women's Basketball 1/13/2023 4:00:00 PM

Colonials Bring on the Jaguars

RMU Game Notes (1/14)

GAME 17
RMU (7-9 / 1-6 #HLWBB) vs. IUPUI (8-7 / 4-2 #HLWBB)
Saturday, January 14 | 1:00 p.m.
UPMC Events Center (4,000) | Moon Township, Pa.

TV: ESPN+
Talent: Adam Gusky (pxp), Justin Pyles (analyst)
Twitter & Instagram: @RMUWBasketball

Opening Tip

The Colonials (7-9) head back home to play the IUPUI Jaguars (8-7) in Horizon League action. This will be the first home game of the new year for RMU.
Last time out, the Colonials lost at Youngstown State 65-48. Phoenix Gedeon recorded her sixth double-double of the season, posting 17 points and 10 rebounds.
Junior point guard Mackenzie Amalia scored 12 points against the Penguins and led the team in assists with three. Being a key part of facilitating the Colonials offense, she's currently eighth in the Horizon League in minutes played, averaging 30 minutes a game.
Sophomore Danielle Vuletich scored eight points and freshman Louella Allana added seven.
Point guards Amalia and Allana both achieved career highs in rebounds, grabbing six boards at Youngstown.
Gedeon has now produced over 300 career points with over 200 this season. Amalia eclipsed 100 points after facing YSU.
Against Detroit Mercy (1/7) and Oakland (1/5), sophomore guard Alejandra Mastral produced 27 points, eight steals, six assists and seven rebounds, equaling her best stretch of basketball for RMU. The Spaniard shot 11-for-20 (.550) from the field over those two games.
In Detroit, both Amalia and Vuletich paced for 10 points each.
Across Division 1 women's basketball, the Colonials are ranked sixth in three-point defense percentage (.237). The team is 21^st in turnover margin (5.56). RMU is first in the Horizon League in both of these categories.

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The All-Time Series (IUPUI) – The Colonials on Saturday will be looking for the first win in program history against the Jaguars. IUPUI is 5-0 overall against RMU. The first time these two teams met was on New Year's Day back in 2021. Under head coach Charlie Buscaglia, the Colonials have hosted the Jaguars three times and have played in Indiana twice. Back in February of 2022, in a loss at IUPUI, Amalia and Vuletich posted eight points each. Vuletich grabbed seven boards and Amalia snagged five along with two assists.

Scouting the Jaguars – IUPUI is coming off a loss at Cleveland State (1/8) losing 92-59. Before then, the team was riding a four-game heater, beating NIU, Northern Kentucky, Wright State and Purdue Fort Wayne. Overall, IUPUI is 8-7 and 4-2 in Horizon League action. Under a completely new coaching staff led by head coach Kate Bruce, the team has provided depth in the 2022-23 season. They feature three players in the top eight in scoring: Jazmyn Turner (14.5), Destiny Perkins (13.4) and Rachel Kent (11.9). Perkins leads their squad in assists and steals with 55 and 18. Leading the team in rebounds with 90 and three-point baskets is Rachel Kent. She's shooting (.417) from behind the arc.

STEAL CITY
The Colonials boast three players in the top six in steals per game across the Horizon League. Mastral is ranked third averaging 1.7 steals per game. Amalia and Rebecca Dwomoh are both tied for sixth (1.4). Amalia's six steals vs. Canisius (11/26) remain the most in a game this season in the Horizon. Gedeon and Mastral are right behind her as they both put up five in a game. Gedeon did so vs. Waynesburg (11/12), and Mastral achieved this recently at Detroit Mercy (1/7).

SIX GOING ON SEVEN
Sophomore forward Phoenix Gedeon has posted the third most double-doubles in the conference this season with six. In the last six games, the Canadian has produced a double-double in four of them. All but two games this year she's scored in double figures. Ranked fourth in rebounds (8.2), Gedeon is the youngest player in the conference that's in the top five in boards per game. Currently, Gedeon is seventh in points per game (13.3). Across all of Division 1 women's basketball, Gedeon is tied ninth in double-doubles.

MILESTONE ALERT

Beaver Falls native Mackenzie Amalia is two away from 100 career field goals. She heads into Saturday's game with 291 career points and 89 career assists.
Rebecca Dwomoh is a basket away from scoring 100 points on the season.
From Zarazoga, Spain, sophomore Alejandra Mastral owns 197 career points and 92 points this season. She's 12 caroms away from 100 in her career.
Simone Morris owns 89 career field goals in her collegiate career.
Center Danielle Vuletich is at 89 rebounds in her two years at RMU.