Nov. 21, 2016
Teams: Vanderbilt (3-1) vs. Robert Morris (3-1)
Day, Date: Tuesday, Nov. 22
Tip-off time: 11:30 a.m. (CT)
Site: Memorial Gym (Nashville, Tenn.)
Radio: WNSR 560 AM / 95.9 FM
TV: SECN+ (Online: ESPN3. Link: HERE)
Game Notes:
Vanderbilt Game Notes (RMU) 
l Robert Morris Game Notes
Before heading into the Thanksgiving holidays, the Vanderbilt women still have some business to handle. The Commodores — who posted an impressive 77-73 victory over Duke on Sunday — are set to host Robert Morris on Tuesday morning at 11:30 a.m. The contest is the third annual Education Day game at Memorial Gym, and a large collection of children from local elementary schools are slated to attend the game. Here’s a closer look at the contest:
l Update on the Commodores: With five players reaching double figures, the Commodores notched their first true attention-grabbing victory of the Stephanie White Era on Sunday afternoon, knocking off previously undefeated Duke, 77-73, at Memorial Gym. Christa Reed had a team-high 19 points and Marqu’es Webb matched her career high with 13 rebounds (More on that game below) . … Rebekah Dahlman is leading VU in scoring at 14.8 points per game. She ranks second in the SEC in 3-point percentage (61.5), seventh in assists (4.0) and third in FT percentage (89.3). … Marqu’es Webb is averaging 11.5 rebounds per game, which ranks fourth in the conference. Webb leads the SEC in total defensive rebounds (34). … Freshman Cierra Walker ranks 12th in the SEC in assist-to-turnover ratio, having delivered 11 assists with only three turnovers.
l What’s trending: The Commodores are shooting 38.3 percent from 3-point range in the first four games, including going 14-of-26 against Kennesaw State in the season opener. The 14 3-pointers against KSU are the most by an SEC team this season. … The Commodores are ranked 35th in the nation and No. 2 in the SEC in free throw percentage (77.3). … Entering the weekend, redshirt junior guard Rebekah Dahlman was ranked sixth among active players in the SEC in career 3-pointers with 109, and Rachel Bell was ranked 10th in that same category with 73. … Senior forward Marqu’es Webb was ranked ninth among active players in the SEC in career rebounds (434).
l The lowdown on Robert Morris: The Colonials are members of the Northeast Conference, and won the conference title last season. They have made the NCAA tournament four times in the program’s history, with all four appearances coming since 2007. … Senior guard Anna Niki Stamolamprou is the team’s leading scorer at 15.0 ppg, and ranks No. 5 on the program’s all-time scoring list. She is the program’s all-time leader in 3-pointers (217). … Tuesday’s game marks the third straight road contest for the Colonials, who won at Kent State, 68-65, on Saturday and at LaFayette three days before that. … RMU’s non-conference schedule features only three home games compared to eight road games that will include stops in seven different states (Delaware, Florida, Iowa, Maryland, Ohio, Pennsylvania and Tennessee).
l Series History: This is the first-ever meeting between the teams.
l Last time out: Despite being noticeably out-sized, the Commodores earned an impressive 77-73 victory over Duke on Sunday afternoon at Memorial Gym. Christa Reed scored a game-high 19 points, and Marqu’es Webb added 10 points and matched her career high with 13 rebounds — her third double-digit rebounding effort of the season — for the Commodores (3-1). Cierra Walker and Rachel Bell had 12 points each, and Rebekah Dahlman had 11. The game was tied 71-71 with 1:16 to play but the Commodores made a series of big plays — including a pivotal steal by Reed with 1:01 to go — to grab the victory. Webb hit a pair of free throws with 48 seconds left to give Vanderbilt a 73-71 lead, and the Commodores stayed in front the rest of the way.
l Marqu’es marching toward 500: Marqu’es Webb is zooming toward the 500-rebound mark for her career. With her 13 boards on Sunday, she now has 486. Webb is averaging 11.5 rebounds per game this season.
l New leader: Stephanie White is in her first season with the Commodores after being named head coach on May 24. Becoming just the fifth head coach in the program’s history, White replaced former head coach Melanie Balcomb, who resigned in April after 14 seasons with the team. White came to Vanderbilt after spending two seasons as head coach of the WNBA’s Indiana Fever. She led the team to the playoffs each season, including guiding the Fever to the 2015 WNBA Finals in her rookie season to become the first rookie coach in league history to take a team to the finals. During her playing career, she was a standout at Purdue, where she earned national player of the year honors after helping lead the Boilermakers to the 1999 NCAA championship. Her coach that season was Carolyn Peck, who now the associate coach on White’s staff at Vanderbilt.
l Mad success at Memorial: With Sunday’s win over Duke, the Commodores have now posted a 48-3 record against non-conference foes at Memorial Gym since the start of the 2010-11 campaign, and they will enter Tuesday’s game having won 12 straight non-conference home games … Dating back to the start of the 2002-03 season, VU owns a 98-8 record on its home floor in regular-season, non-conference games, including 8-0 last season. The Commodores have gone 17-1 against non-conference opponents at home since the start of the 2014-15 season.
l Signing Day: Comprising the inaugural signing class of Vanderbilt first-year head coach Stephanie White, a pair of highly-rated recruits — Autumn Newby and Chelsie Hall — signed National Letters of Intent with the Vanderbilt women’s basketball team on Nov. 8. Newby is a 6-2 forward from Archer High in Lawrenceville, Ga., who averaged 12.7 points and 12.6 rebounds per game last season. Hall is a 5-7 point guard from Seffner Christian Academy in Tampa, Fla., who averaged 21.2 points per game last year. Together, the two players form a signing class that was ranked No. 23 in the nation by BlueStar Report on Wednesday. (Newby was ranked by BlueStar as the No. 20 overall prospect and Hall was ranked No. 28).
l Looking ahead: Vanderbilt is on the road for its next game, visiting UT Martin on Sunday.