Game Information
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NOVEMBER (0-4) @ Penn (ESPN3) @ Cincinnati (FSO/ESPN3) BUCKNELL @ Air Force + @ New Mexico State + (ESPN3) @ Tennessee Tech + vs. Mississippi Valley State + DECEMBER (0-0) @ Youngstown State OAKLAND @ Columbia LEHIGH @ Duquesne @ Georgia JANUARY (0-0) SACRED HEART * WAGNER * @ LIU Brooklyn * @ St. Francis Brooklyn * MOUNT ST. MARY’S * FAIRLEIGH DICKINSON * @ Central Connecticut * @ Bryant * (ESPN3) @ Mount St. Mary’s * (CBSSN) @ Saint Francis U. * FEBRUARY (0-0) CENTRAL CONNECTICUT * BRYANT * SAINT FRANCIS U. * (ESPNU) @ Fairleigh Dickinson * (FCS) LIU BROOKLYN * ST. FRANCIS BROOKLYN * @ Sacred Heart * @ Wagner * MARCH (0-0) NEC Tournament Quarterfinals NEC Tournament Semifinals NEC Tournament Final
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+ Air Force Classic; * Northeast Conference game
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Quick Hits • The Robert Morris University men’s basketball team continues play in the Air Force Classic as well as a five-game road trip Tuesday with a 9:30 p.m. eastern tip against New Mexico State at the Pan American Center in Las Cruces, N.M. • The Colonials opened play in the Air Force Classic with a 64-52 setback @ Air Force (11/22/15). RMU slipped to 0-4 for the first time since 2001-02 with the loss. • Senior guard Rodney Pryor paced RMU against the Falcons with his first double-double of the 2015-16 campaign and second of his career with a game-high 25 points to go along with 10 rebounds. Pryor shot 9-for-18 from the floor, including 4-for-10 from beyond the arc, and was a perfect 3-for-3 at the free-throw line. • Also reaching double figures @ Air Force (11/22/15) was sophomore forward Elijah Minnie, who scored 10 points and also grabbed eight rebounds. • RMU dropped its 2015-16 home opener to Bucknell (11/18/15), 81-76, at the Charles L. Sewall Center. Senior guard Rodney Pryor led four players in double figures for Robert Morris with 15 points and also added six rebounds, four assists and three steals. • Also reaching double figures in scoring for the Colonials against the Bison were junior guard Kavon Stewart (14), freshman guard Isaiah Still (13) and sophomore guard Andre Frederick (10). Still was making his first collegiate start against Bucknell, while Frederick posted his first career double-figure scoring game. • Robert Morris returns four starters and six letterwinners from a 2014-15 squad that finished with an overall record of 20-15 (.571), including a 12-6 (.667) mark in the Northeast Conference. The Colonials posted their 10th consecutive winning season. • RMU earned its eighth NEC Tournament title and subsequent bid to the NCAA Tournament in 2015 and posted its first victory in the Big Dance since 1983 and second overall in program history with an 81-77 win over North Florida (3/18/15) in the 2015 NCAA First Four. In the second round of the NCAA Tournament, the Colonials fell to eventual national champion Duke (3/20/15), 85-56. • RMU was tabbed second in the 2015 NEC Preseason Coaches Poll, the 10th consecutive year the Colonials have been picked to finish in the top three in the league. Senior guard Rodney Pryor, who led RMU in scoring last season at 15.6 points per game, was named to the 2015 Preseason All-NEC Team. • From the 2007-08 season through 2014-15, Robert Morris compiled an overall record of 183-96 (.656), with the 183 victories ranking ninth among mid-major programs in the eight-year span. The Colonials have won at least 20 games in seven of the last eight years and have also appeared in seven postseason tournaments, including three appearances each in the NCAA Tournament (2009, 2010, 2015) and NIT (2008, 2013, 2014) as well as the 2012 CollegeInsider.com Postseason Tournament (CIT).
Robert Morris Probable Starters ... # 33 5 1 11 3
P F C G G G
Name Andre Frederick (6-8, 220, So.) Elijah Minnie (6-9, 210, So.) Isaiah Still (6-6, 190, Fr.) Rodney Pryor (6-5, 205, Sr.) Kavon Stewart (6-0, 190, Jr.)
Pts. 3.5 8.0 8.8 21.3 7.5
Reb. G/GS 2.5 4/4 6.8 4/4 3.0 4/2 6.8 4/4 1.3 4/4
# 10 20 2 24 23
P G F G F G
Name Jordan Lester (6-2, 195, Fr.) Billy Giles (6-7, 200, Jr.) Steven Whitley (6-4, 210, Fr.) Aaron Tate (6-5, 230, Sr.) Matty McConnell (6-2, 195, Fr.)
Pts. 4.0 2.5 0.8 4.0 5.0
Reb. G/GS 1.8 4/0 3.3 4/0 0.5 4/0 2.7 3/0 2.0 2/0
Hometown Detroit, Mich. Monessen, Pa. Rahway, N.J. Evanston, Ill. Paterson, N.J.
Quick Fact Scored a career-high 10 points in home opener vs. Bucknell RMU’s active career leader in blocks with 41 (1.14 per game) Shooting 42.9 percent (12-for-28) from the field Second career double-double (25 pts, 10 reb) @ Air Force Leads Robert Morris in assists (14) and turnovers (14)
Robert Morris Off The Bench ... Hometown Sammamish, Wash. Richmond, Va. Norfolk, Va. Cove City, N.C. Oakdale, Pa.
Quick Fact Scored nine points, dished out two assists vs. Bison Finished with eight points, three boards against Bucknell Averaging 9.8 minutes through RMU’s first four games Missed opener of Air Force Classic due to leg injury Missed RMU’s last two games due to shoulder injury