Game Notes @ Buffalo (12.16.17)

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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 (2-1) 2 @ Siena 6 RIDER 10 DREXEL 16 @ Buffalo 19 @ N.C. State 22 CANISIUS + 29 @ Bryant * 31 @ Central Connecticut * JANUARY (0-0) 4 ST. FRANCIS BROOKLYN * + 6 LIU BROOLKYN * 11 SAINT FRANCIS U * 13 @ Fairleigh Dickinson * 18 @ Sacred Heart * 20 @ Wagner * 26 SACRED HEART * 28 WAGNER * FEBRUARY (0-0) 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

Radio: ESPN 970 AM & 106.3 FM w/ Chris Shovlin (pxp) & Jim Elias (color) Video: ESPN3 Twitter: @RMUMBasketball • Instagram: @RMUMBasketball

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 2:00 p.m. 7:00 p.m. 7:00 p.m. 3:00 p.m. 3:30 p.m.

7:00 p.m. 4:00 p.m. 7:00 p.m. 4:30 p.m. 6:00 p.m. 4:00 p.m. 7:00 p.m. 2:00 p.m.

7:00 p.m. 2:00 p.m. 7:00 p.m. 4:30 p.m. 7:00 p.m. 7:00 p.m. 7:00 p.m. 2:00 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, winners of six of its last seven after an 0-3 start to the 2017-18 season, opens a two-game road trip Saturday with a 2:00 p.m. tip against Buffalo at Alumni Arena in Buffalo, N.Y. • RMU wrapped up a two-game homestand at PPG Paints Arena with a 74-60 victory over Drexel (12/10/17). Sophomore guard Dachon Burke paced the Colonials with 25 points and added four rebounds and five steals. He set a career high with six threepointers. • Freshman forward Koby Thomas added 21 points and a team-high six rebounds in the win over the Dragons, while junior guard Matty McConnell registered his third career double-double courtesy of 10 points and a career-high 11 assists. • The win over Drexel marked RMU’s 600th victory as an NCAA Division I program. Alltime the Colonials are 600-625 (.490). It also marked the 250th game on the sideline for eighth-year head coach Andrew Toole. Only Jarrett Durham (340) has coached more games in the 42-year Division I history of Robert Morris basketball. • Robert Morris has received seven weekly honors from the Northeast Conference through the first five weeks of the 2017-18 season. Sophomore guard Dachon Burke is the three-time reigning NEC Player of the Week, while freshman forward Koby Thomas has been named NEC Rookie of the Week three times. In addition, freshman guard Jon Williams was named NEC Rookie of the Week Dec. 4, 2017. • Over his last four games, freshman guard Jon Williams is averaging 10.5 points and 5.5 assists per game while shooting 54.2 percent (13-for-24) from the field, including 63.2 percent (12-for-19) from beyond the arc. • The Colonials enter Saturday’s game @ Buffalo leading the Northeast Conference in turnover margin at +3.00 and defensive efficiency (101.6). Robert Morris is forcing an average of 18.8 turnovers per game. • RMU opened the home portion of its 2017-18 slate with a 78-75 victory over Rider (12/6/17) at PPG Paints Arena. Freshman forward Koby Thomas finished with a gamehigh 20 points, including six in the final 2:59 to help seal the victory. • Sophomore guard Dachon Burke contributed 15 points, eight rebounds and five assists in the win over the Broncs, while freshman guard Jon Williams and junior guard Matty McConnell each scored 10 points. Williams dished out a career-high eight assists in the victory, while McConnell registered six dimes. • Burke, Williams and McConnell are the second RMU trio to dish out at least five assists in a game this season. In a 75-53 win over Norfolk State (11/24/17) in Little Rock, Ark., as part of the Grand Canyon Classic, Williams notched seven dimes, while Burke and freshman guard Leondre Washington each had five helpers.

Robert Morris Probable Starters ...

# 5 10 1 11 23

P F F G G G

Name Malik Petteway (6-8, 240, Jr.) 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 6.4 6.5 10/2 14.5 5.6 10/10 5.6 1.7 10/10 17.3 6.4 9/9 10.0 3.9 10/10

Hometown Waterbury, Conn. Philadelphia, Pa. Akron, Ohio Orange, N.J. Oakdale, Pa.

Quick Fact Two points, three rebounds in return to starting five vs. Drexel Fourth 20+ scoring game in win over Drexel (21 points) Shooting 40% (16-for-40) from beyond the arc Three-time reigning NEC Player of the Week Third career double-double (10 pts, 11 assists) vs. Dragons

# 2 3 20 24 22

P F G F F F

Name David Cole (6-7, 240, R-Fr.) Leondre Washington (6-0, 175, Fr.) Charles Bain (6-8, 200, Fr.) Chris Coalmon (6-6, 185, Fr.) Ronnie Gombe (6-8, 240, Gr.)

Pts. 3.5 8.4 3.7 3.6 2.3

Hometown Corona, N.Y. Englewood, N.J. Freeport, Bahamas North Babylon, N.Y. Nairobi, Kenya

Quick Fact Four points, three rebounds in eight minutes against Drexel Has missed RMU’s last three games due to lower body injury First double-figure scoring game (10 points) @ YSU Career-high nine points @ Siena and in win over Rider Contributed six points, four rebounds in win over Drexel

Reb. 2.0 1.4 2.1 0.7 2.0

Robert Morris Off The Bench ... G/GS 10/8 7/0 10/0 10/0 6/0


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