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The Wagner College Seahawks (0-5) will complete their two-game Western Pennsylvania road swing by meeting the Robert Morris Colonials (2-5) at 7:00 pm on Saturday night. The Seahawks opened their NEC season on the short end of a 69-42 decision at Saint Francis (PA) on Thursday night. Robert Morris, meanwhile, knocked of NEC preseason favorite Mount St. Mary's 63-57.

THE SERIES
The Colonials lead the all-time series between the schools 31-22. The teams split their two meetings last season. In Moon Township, Robert Morris thumped the Seahawks 104-56 on Jan. 17 but Wagner returned the favor on Grymes Hill with a late-season 62-59 victory. on Feb. 21.

THE COACHES
Wagner head coach Mike Deane enters his 26th season as a head coach and his seventh as the head man of the Seahawks. He holds an overall coaching mark of 432-314. His 432 wins entering the season rank 24th among all active coaches. In his six seasons at Wagner, Deane is 90-92. Over the previous two seasons, Wagner's 39 wins are the second-most in the NEC behind only Robert Morris. Mike Rice is in his third season as the head man at Robert Morris and he boasts a 52-23 record. In 2007-08, Rice led the Colonials to a 26-8 record and a berth in the NIT. Last season, his club went 24-11, and won the NEC Championship and accompanying NCAA Tournament berth with a thrilling 48-46 win over Mount St. Mary's.

DEANE AND RICE NO STRANGERS
Mike Deane and Mike Rice are no strangers as Rice served three seasons under Deane as an assistant coach at Marquette University from 1994-1997.

Up Next...Wagner returns to the friendly confines of the Spiro Center to host Ivy League member Columbia on Tuesday, Dec. 8 in a 7:00 pm tip-off. Following the Columbia game, the Seahawks will travel to Jersey City to meet the Peacocks of Saint Peter's College in a 2:00 pm tilt at the Yanetelli Recreation and Life Center.