Game Information
Schedule / Results
OCTOBER (0-0) 27 @ Niagara (Exhibition) 30 @ Saint Vincent (Exhibition) NOVEMBER (4-3) 10 @ Ohio State 13 @ Grand Canyon $ 15 @ San Diego $ 19 @ Duquesne 24 vs. Norfolk State $ 25 @ Little Rock $ 29 @ Youngstown State DECEMBER (4-4) 2 @ Siena 6 RIDER 10 DREXEL 16 @ Buffalo 19 @ N.C. State 22 CANISIUS + 29 @ Bryant * 31 @ Central Connecticut * JANUARY (5-3) 4 ST. FRANCIS BROOKLYN * + 6 LIU BROOKLYN * 11 SAINT FRANCIS U * 13 @ Fairleigh Dickinson * 18 @ Sacred Heart * 20 @ Wagner * 26 SACRED HEART * 28 WAGNER * FEBRUARY (2-4) 1 MOUNT ST. MARY’S * 3 FAIRLEIGH DICKINSON * 8 @ St. Francis Brooklyn * 10 @ LIU Brooklyn * 15 BRYANT * + 17 CENTRAL CONNECTICUT * + 22 @ Mount St. Mary’s * 24 @ Saint Francis U * 28 NEC Tournament Quarterfinals MARCH (0-0) 3 NEC Tournament Semifinals 6 NEC Tournament Final
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W, 73-70 W, 78-61
L, 64-95 L, 61-75 L, 53-65 W, 66-59 W, 75-53 W, 78-64 W, 81-74
L, 74-76 W, 78-75 W, 74-60 L, 70-86 L, 69-81 L, 62-76 W, 68-54 W, 71-57
(OT) W, 80-79 W, 88-79 L, 80-89 W, 81-75 W, 74-60 L, 49-62 W, 64-56 L, 64-77 L, 42-67 L, 67-73 L, 65-77 W, 96-82 W, 83-60 L, 58-65 L, 53-72 7:00 p.m. TBA TBA TBA
$ Grand Canyon Classic; + A.J. Palumbo Center (Pittsburgh, Pa.) * Northeast Conference game
Quick Hits
• The Robert Morris University men’s basketball team concludes its 2017-18 regular season Saturday looking to snap a two-game slide with a 7:00 p.m. tip in Loretto, Pa., against Saint Francis U at DeGol Arena. • RMU opened its final road trip of the regular season with a 72-53 loss @ Mount St. Mary’s (2/22/18). Sophomore guard Dachon Burke paced the Colonials with 16 points, a career-high six assists and two steals. Junior guard Matty McConnell added 14 points and five rebounds. • The loss to the Mount assured Robert Morris it will have a road game in the quarterfinals of the 2018 Northeast Conference Tournament. The Colonials sit in a tie for fifth place in the league standings with LIU Brooklyn but own the tiebreaker over the Blackbirds after sweeping the 2017-18 season series. • RMU enters Saturday’s game against the Red Flash leading the Northeast Conference in three-point field goal percent defense (.321) and steals (7.65 per game) while ranking second in the circuit in scoring defense (70.8 ppg) and offensive rebounds (12.33 per contest). • Against Northeast Conference opposition, the Colonials enter Saturday’s finale leading the league in three-point field goal percent defense (.323) and steals (7.81 per game). Robert Morris has paced the NEC in league games in steals in eight of the last 10 years, including each of the last two seasons. • Sophomore guard Dachon Burke (2.10 per game) and junior guard Matty McConnell (1.83) rank first and second, respectively, in the Northeast Conference in steals. • Sophomore guard Dachon Burke has scored at least 25 points on six occasions this season and has also scored in double figures in 27 of his 29 contests. He is the 17th player in school history with at least 25 double-figure scoring games in a season, including the seventh under head coach Andrew Toole. • The Colonials concluded the home portion of their 2017-18 slate with a 65-58 loss to Central Connecticut (2/17/18) at the A.J. Palumbo Center on the campus of Duquesne University. Sophomore guard Dachon Burke was the only player to reach double figures, finishing with a game-high 24 points while adding four assists and three steals. • RMU opened its two-game homestand with an 83-60 victory over Bryant (2/15/18) at the Palumbo Center. Sophomore guard Dachon Burke led four players in double figures for the Colonials with 27 points on 11-of-14 shooting from the field, including 4-for-5 from beyond the arc. He also added five boards, three assists and two steals. • The win over Bryant helped Robert Morris clinch a berth in the 2018 Northeast Conference Tournament. The Colonials have qualified for the NEC Tournament 15 consecutive years, the longest active streak in the league.
Robert Morris Probable Starters ...
# 20 10 1 11 23
P F F G G G
Name Charles Bain (6-8, 200, Fr.) Koby Thomas (6-6, 190, Fr.) Jon Williams (6-1, 175, Fr.) Dachon Burke (6-4, 180, So.) Matty McConnell (6-2, 195, Jr.)
Pts. Reb. G/GS 5.3 2.8 30/4 12.4 7.0 30/30 6.3 2.0 30/30 17.8 6.0 29/29 10.5 4.2 29/29
Hometown Freeport, Bahamas Philadelphia, Pa. Akron, Ohio Orange, N.J. Oakdale, Pa.
Quick Fact Shooting 47.1% (16-for-34) from three in NEC games Notched nine points, 10 rebounds @ Mount St. Mary’s RMU is 7-4 (.636) when Williams posts 5+ assists in a game Averaging 21.9 points, 6.6 rebounds in month of February RMU is 12-4 (.750) when McConnell scores in double figures
# 3 5 22 24 2
P G F F F F
Name Leondre Washington (6-0, 175, Fr.) Malik Petteway (6-8, 240, Jr.) Ronnie Gombe (6-8, 240, Gr.) Chris Coalmon (6-6, 185, Fr.) David Cole (6-7, 240, R-Fr.)
Pts. 8.4 6.2 3.7 3.2 2.4
Hometown Englewood, N.J. Waterbury, Conn. Nairobi, Kenya North Babylon, N.Y. Corona, N.Y.
Quick Fact Scored five points in 10 minutes vs. Central Connecticut Has not played in 17 of last 18 games due to injury Leads Robert Morris in blocks with 22 (0.85 per game) Tied career-high with nine points @ Mount St. Mary’s Grabbed a career-high six rebounds against the Mount
Reb. 2.0 6.2 3.8 1.3 1.7
Robert Morris Off The Bench ... G/GS 24/1 13/4 26/12 30/0 29/10