Saturday v Robert Morris-- FDU NOTES | RMU NOTES | LIVE STATS | LIVE VIDEO | TWITTER
HACKENSACK, N.J. - The Fairleigh Dickinson women's basketball team is back in action on Saturday against Robert Morris. Tip is set for 1 p.m. with the men following also against Robert Morris.
QUICK HITTERS
• FDU and Robert Morris will meet for the fourth time this calendar year -- FDU is 2-1 in the previous three meetings in 2016.
• A win for the Knights would make back-to-back seasons with a 2-1 start to league play. A lose would be an 0-2 start for the third time in the last five years.
• Amina Markovic scored 32 points against SFU on Thursday, that is most points by a Knight this season and the most since Kelsey Cruz scored 30 against Robert Morris on 1/16/16.
• FDU had 32 offensive rebounds against Saint Francis U, which FDU was over 30 since having 30 against Manhattan (11/14/14).
SERIES SCORE
RMU and FDU will face off for the 61st time on Saturday. The teams meet three times last season with the Knights winning both regular season meetings and the Colonials getting the win the NEC Tournament. A win by FDU would bring them level all-time against RMU at home at 15-15.
LAST TIME OUT
For the second time in as many games, FDU has a chance to tie the game on its final possession but the 3-pointer from Courtney Blankenship was no good and SFU hung on to beat the Knights, 82-79, in the NEC opener for both schools. Amina Markovic led all scorers with a career-high 32 points and grabbed 11 rebounds for her first career double-double. Kiana Brown and Lauren Francillon added 10 points a piece. The Knights tried to comeback from an 11-point fourth quarter deficit but could not get level with the Red Flash.
ABOUT ROBERT MORRIS
The Colonials -- the defending NEC Tournament Champions -- dropped their conference opener to Sacred Heart in a rematch of the tournament final from a year ago, 69-59, on Thursday at SHU. Ana Niki Stamolamprou leads the offense for the Colonials at 13.9 points per contest. Fellow senior Megan Smith is second on the squad at 13.4 points per game. Smith is the leader on the backboards, grabbing over seven per game.
SHOTS! SHOTS! SHOTS!
The Knights and the Red Flash jacked up a combined 138 shots on Thursday. That may seem like a lot but that is not even the most in a game this season for FDU. FDU and Longwood combined for 143.
WHERE POINTS COME FROM
FDU has scored 734 points this season. 47.4% (348) of those have come from inside the arc. 30.7% (225) have come from three-pointers and the remaining 16.8% (123) have been scored via the free throw line. Compared to RMU, the Colonials get 14.8% from the free throw line, 32.8% from three and 52.5% from two-point range.
BEHIND THE LINE
The Knights are 4th in the NEC in 3-pointers made per game (6.25) and 3FGM (75).
TURNOVERS -> POINTS
The Knights had a season-high 25 points off 20 SFU turnovers on Thursday. FDU had never been over 20 either this season.
