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Moon Township, PA - Junior Ashley Olsen's (Staten Island, NY / Notre Dame Academy) career-high 21 points was not enough for Wagner (2-5; 0-1 NEC) to overcome an early 17-2 deficit in a 74-62 wire-to-wire loss to Robert Morris (5-2; 0-1 NEC) at the Sewall Center.

Classmate Sha'Ron Harrison (Paterson, NJ / John F. Kennedy) also had a solid showing, recording her second double-double of the year with 12 points and 10 rebounds.

Robert Morris started the game's scoring with a Monica Jones three pointer before Harrison answered with a jumper from the left side. The Colonials then ripped off 14-straight points over the next 4:11 while forcing the Green & White into nine-straight missed shots to take a commanding 17-2 lead at the 13:36 mark.

Robert Morris extended its lead out to a game-high 16 at 20-4 with 12:54 to go. Wagner finally awoke from their game-opening funk and rattled off a 12-5 run over to cut the lead to 25-16 with 9:02 to go following an Andrea Reed (Pocomoke City, MD / Pocomoke) three pointer. The Colonials would push the lead back out to 14 points on two more occasions in the half.

Down 43-29 with 2:04 remaining, junior Stephanie McBride (Mechanicville, NY / Catholic Central) closed out the half with a personal 7-2 run, highlighted by three-straight free throws with no time on the clock, after being flattened on a 45-foot three-point attempt.

Robert Morris accrued a nine-point halftime lead thanks to shooting 54.2 percent (13-24) from the floor, including 60.0 percent (6-10) from beyond the arc. Despite shooting 35.3 percent (12-34) from the floor, Wagner stayed in the game thanks to out-rebounding the Colonials by a 23-15 count, leading led to a 10-2 advantage in second-chance points.

The second half was a back-and-forth battle as neither team could string together anything more than a four-point run. Robert Morris pushed its lead out to 14 on three occasions while Wagner cut it to eight three separate times.

For the game, the Seahawks shot just 34.3 percent (23-67), including 19.0 percent (4-21) from long range, but made good on 70.6 percent (12-17) from the charity stripe. The Colonials, meanwhile, connected on 46.8 percent (22-47), including 38.9 percent (7-18) from three-point range, while knocking down 82.1 percent (23-28) from the line.

The Green & White controlled the glass by a 41-36 count, including 21-10 on the offensive end leading to a 15-6 advantage in second-chance points.

Also standing out was Reed, who turned in her best game of the year with 10 points, five rebounds, four steals and three assists, against no turnovers, in 32 minutes.

Angela Pace's team-high 20 points led four double-figure scorers for Robert Morris.

Wagner hosts Columbia on Tuesday, December 8 at 5:00 pm in the first game of a women's/men's doubleheader.

Notes: Olsen's 21 points tops her previous high of 20 set against Army (11/13) earlier in the year and last year against Sacred Heart (1/24) … Harrison's double-double is the fifth by a Seahawk this year, matching last year's total … Reed's four swipes moves her past Shawn Martin (Class of 1988) for fifth place on the all-time Wagner steals list with 188 ... The Green & White  won the battle of the boards for the fourth time this year, after doing so just four times a year ago …Wagner is now 29-19 all-time against Robert Morris, despite having lost 10 in a row to the Colonials … The Seahawks have lost six-straight NEC-openers.