Game #34 • #4 Mount St. Mary’s (15-16) vs. #1 Robert Morris (21-12) 2014 Northeast Conference Tournament Final
Schedule / Results 9 12 14 17 21 23 26 30 4 7 14 18 22 30 4 9 11 16 18 23 25 30 1 6 8 13 15 20 22 27 1 5 8 11
NOVEMBER (3-5) SAVANNAH STATE @ Lafayette @ Eastern Michigan $ @ #1 Kentucky $ (ESPN2) UT ARLINGTON $ @ Cleveland State $ @ Buffalo @ Delaware DECEMBER (2-4) @ Youngstown State TOLEDO @ Duquesne CAMPBELL @ Oakland @ #6 Oklahoma State (ESPNU) JANUARY (7-1) @ Alabama (ESPN3) @ Sacred Heart * @ Bryant * SAINT FRANCIS U. * @ Mount St. Mary’s * SACRED HEART * WAGNER * BRYANT * (ESPNU) FEBRUARY (7-1) CENTRAL CONNECTICUT STATE * @ LIU Brooklyn * (ESPNU) @ St. Francis Brooklyn * @ Saint Francis U. * MOUNT ST. MARY’S * LIU BROOKLYN * ST. FRANCIS BROOKLYN * (OT) @ Fairleigh Dickinson * MARCH (2-1) @ Wagner * (ROOT) FAIRLEIGH DICKINSON # SAINT FRANCIS U. # MOUNT ST. MARY’S # (ESPN2)
$ Keightley Classic; * NEC game; #NEC Tournament
W, 86-66 W, 90-81 L, 64-69 L, 49-87 W, 88-81 L, 74-87 L, 66-81 L, 67-86
Tuesday, March 11, 2014 • 7 p.m. • Charles L. Sewall Center (3,056) • Moon Township, Pa. TV: ESPN2 with Mike Crispino (play-by-play) & Miles Simon (color) Radio: 970 ESPN AM with Chris Shovlin (play-by-play) & Jim Elias (color) Follow RMU Men’s Basketball on Twitter and Instagram: RMUMBasketball
Top Story - The Robert Morris University men’s basketball team continues its quest for a leaguerecord eighth Northeast Conference Tournament title Tuesday when it hosts No. 4 seed Mount St. Mary’s in the championship game of the 2014 NEC Tournament in a 7:00 p.m. tip at the Charles L. Sewall Center. The Colonials earned a 60-57 win over No. 6 seed Saint Francis U. (3/8/14) in the semifinals to advance to their fifth NEC Tournament final in the last six years. Senior guard Karvel Anderson scored all of his game-high 21 points in the second half in the victory over the L, 76-84 Red Flash, the third time in 2013-14 he’s scored at least 20 points after halftime. Junior forward L, 77-80 W, 67-63 Lucky Jones chipped in 18 points, seven rebounds, three assists and a pair of steals against SFU and is averaging 18.5 points and 7.0 rebounds in two games of the 2014 NEC Tournament. TuesW, 72-61 L, 94-100 day’s championship game in the NEC Tournament marks the sixth time in program history RMU has hosted the title tilt and its first since a 48-46 win over Mount St. Mary’s (3/11/09). The ColoL, 66-92 nials are 5-0 in NEC Tournament championship games at home. L, 56-64 W, 79-70 Quick Stat of the Night - Robert Morris enters the 2014 Northeast Conference Tournament final W, 71-67 Tuesday against Mount St. Mary’s in the midst of its best stretch defensively on the 2013-14 campaign. The Colonials have held each of their last 10 opponents to 70 points or less, posting a W, 73-68 W, 77-69 record of 9-1 (.900) over that span while yielding an average of 59.4 points per contest. In the last 10 games, RMU has held its opponents to a shooting percentage of 39.7 percent (217-forW, 91-65 547), including 28.1 percent (62-for-221) from beyond the arc. In two victories in the 2014 NEC W, 74-70 Tournament to reach the championship game, the Colonials have allowed an average of 55.0 W, 79-76 points per contest on 35.9 percent (37-for-103) shooting, including 25 percent (11-for-44) from deep. L, 73-74 W, 65-56 RMU vs. Mount St. Mary’s W, 72-50 Tuesday’s Opponent and The All-Time Series W, 66-60 Mount St. Mary’s and Robert Morris tip for the Series Record ..... Robert Morris leads, 30-26 W, 69-61 57th time Saturday, with the Colonials owning a First Meeting .............. 1/6/90; Mount, 79-68 W, 73-64 30-26 (.536) edge in the all-time series. Tuesday’s Last Meeting .............. 2/15/14; RMU, 69-61 W, 71-70 game marks the seventh time in the last nine Last RMU Win ............ 2/15/14; RMU, 69-61 W, 69-64 years that the Mount and RMU have met in the Current Streak ....................... Robert Morris, 2 Toole vs. Mount St. Mary’s ......................... 6-1 NEC Tournament, with the two squads having split L, 48-59 the last six meetings. In the 2013-14 season series, Robert Morris posted a 77-69 victory at Knott W, 60-53 Arena (1/18/14) in Emmitsburg, Md., before earning a 69-61 win at the Charles L. Sewall Center W, 60-57 (2/15/14). In RMU’s victory at home, junior guard Charles Oliver paced the Colonials with a ca7:00 p.m. reer-high 19 points, hitting seven of his eight shots from the field, including 3-for-3 from deep, while junior forward Lucky Jones averaged 12.0 points and 9.5 rebounds in the two wins.
Robert Morris Projected Starters ... # 22 4 45 5 15
P F F C G G
Name Lucky Jones (6-6, 210, Jr.) David Appolon (6-4, 190, Jr.) Stephan Hawkins (6-9, 205, So.) Anthony Myers-Pate (5-11, 170, Sr.) Karvel Anderson (6-2, 190, Sr.)
Pts. 13.6 4.1 4.4 6.8 19.0
Reb. 6.8 3.2 2.8 2.5 3.3
# 3 24 12 11 2
P G F G F G
Name Kavon Stewart (6-0, 180, Fr.) Aaron Tate (6-5, 220, So.) Charles Oliver (6-3, 190, Jr.) Jeremiah Worthem (6-6, 215, Fr.) Britton Lee (5-11, 180, Fr.)
Pts. 4.8 3.2 6.3 8.9 0.0
Reb. 1.7 4.3 1.3 4.1 0.0
G/GS 33/32 33/14 32/18 33/33 33/33
Hometown Newark, N.J. Philadelphia, Pa. Gary, Ind. Washington, D.C. Elkhart, Ind.
Quick Fact Averaging 18.5 points, 7.0 rebounds in NEC Tournament Owns longest active streak for consecutive games (61) RMU is 20-5 (.800) all-time with Hawkins in starting five Ranks third in the NEC in assist-to-turnover ratio (2.35) Game-high 21 points vs. SFU in NEC Tournament semifinals
Robert Morris Off The Bench ... G/GS 27/0 33/8 33/0 19/11 3/0
Hometown Paterson, N.J. New Bern, N.C. Scotch Plains, N.J. Philadelphia, Pa. Philadelphia, Pa.
Quick Fact Ranks 11th in the Northeast Conference in assists (2.81) Averaging 5.8 rebounds per game last 10 contests Ranks third for Colonials in three-pointers with 34 Has not played last 14 games (suspended indefinitely) Has not played last 14 games (suspended indefinitely)