MOON TOWNSHIP, Pa. – The RMU Colonials women's basketball team fell at home to Purdue Fort Wayne, 64-36. With the loss, RMU drops to 6-13 overall and 2-8 in the Horizon League while Purdue Fort Wayne jumps to 12-8 on the season and 6-4 in conference play.

MOMENTS THAT MATTERED
The RMU offense sputtered in the first five minutes of play as Purdue Fort Wayne jumped out to an 11-2 lead early on in the first quarter. The Colonials missed five of their first six shots while turning the ball over twice on the early scoring run from the Mastodons. RMU was only able to convert on 25 percent of their shots in the first frame as they trailed going into the second quarter, 20-7.
 
The Colonials were never able to gain traction against the Mastodons as the home team was only able to score four points in the fourth quarter, which was a season-worst. RMU however, was able to convert from the free-throw line as they were 8-12 from the charity stripe on Saturday afternoon.

QUOTABLES
"We made some rotation changes, we are trying to put the pieces together, we have to rise up and see the players that will do things they haven't done before. It wasn't effort early on it was miscommunication that misguided us to start the game", Coach Buscaglia's first comments after the game. "You got to keep your circle tight, you got to have people that have a positive voice and people that will hold you accountable and tell you what you need to hear and not what you want to hear," – Buscaglia on how the team can get on track.

INSIDE THE NUMBERS
Simone Morris led the Colonials with 14 points and was 5-6 from the free-throw line while also hauling in five rebounds. Danielle Vuletich had a team-high seven rebounds with four of those being on the defensive side.

UP NEXT
The Colonials will stay in Moon Township as they'll prepare to host Detroit Mercy on Wednesday night. Tipoff is scheduled for 7:00 p.m. and can be seen on ESPN+.


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