MEN’S BASKETBALL SEASON IN REVIEW • Robert Morris finished with an overall record of 20-14 (.588) in 2019-20 under the guidance of 10th-year head coach Andrew Toole, including a mark of 13-5 (.722) in the Northeast Conference • As the No. 1 seed in the 2020 NEC Tournament, the Colonials claimed their ninth championship with a 77-67 triumph over No. 2 seed Saint Francis U in front of 4,034 fans at Peoples Court at the UPMC Events Center • RMU paced the NEC in three-point field goal percentage (.363), assists (16.53 per game) and assist-to-turnover ratio (1.30) while ranking second in turnover margin (+2.03) and third in scoring defense (67.1 ppg) • Redshirt senior guard Josh Williams, named to the 2020 All-NEC Second Team, led RMU in scoring in 2019-20 with an average of 13.6 points per game while adding averages of 4.4 rebounds and 2.6 assists per contest
JON WILLIAMS
• Junior forward AJ Bramah also earned a spot on the 2020 All-NEC Second Team after supplying Robert Morris with averages of 13.4 points and a team-high 8.2 rebounds per game while converting 56.9 percent (173-for-304) of his shots from the field • Sophomore guard Dante Treacy finished second in the NEC in assists per game (4.50) and third in assist-to-turnover ratio (2.25) while contributing an average of 8.7 points per contest
AJ BRAMAH JOSH WILLIAMS
• In two seasons in an RMU uniform, Josh Williams knocked down 209 threepointers, which ranks sixth in program history • Junior guard Jon Williams has started each of the 102 games of his career, establishing a new school record for consecutive starting assignments in 2019-20 • Jon Williams averaged 6.3 points and 4.1 assists per game in 2019-20 while shooting 39.6 percent (55-for-139) from beyond the arc, which ranked seventh in the NEC • Senior forward Yannis Mendy provided the Colonials with averages of 8.6 points and 4.7 rebounds per game in 2019-20, converting 55.3 percent (126-for-228) of his attempts from the field • Bramah led the NEC in field goal percentage in 2019-20, while Mendy ranked fourth in the same category • Over the last 13 seasons, RMU has compiled an overall record of 261-185 (.585), an average of 20.1 wins per season • Robert Morris has finished with at least 20 wins five times under Toole, eight times in the last 13 years and 11 times overall in program history
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2019-20 RMU ANNUAL REPORT
YANNIS MENDY
