After sweeping the Horizon League weekly awards last week, the men’s basketball team extended their win streak to four games with wins over Cleveland State and second-placed, Oakland.
As a result, the Colonials took home Horizon League Player of the Week and Horizon League Freshman of the Week for the second straight week.
Forward Ryan Prather Jr. was named Horizon League Player of the Week one week after his teammate DeSean Goode took it home. And for the second straight week, freshman guard Darius Livingston was named Horizon League Freshman of the Week.
This past Thursday, Robert Morris traveled to Cleveland, Ohio, in a matchup with the Cleveland State Vikings. The Colonials began to pull away from the Vikings late in the first half and never looked back, coming out on top, 85 – 68, against one of the hottest teams in the conference.
Prather led all scorers in the game with his season-high 25 points, knocking down five three pointers in the game while dishing out six assists and grabbing four rebounds in the win over the Vikings. Livingston heavily contributed to the win on Thursday with 15 points, knocking down three behind the arc, three assists, and a career high in blocks with two on the evening.
Then on Sunday, the Colonials hosted the Oakland Golden Grizzlies in a matchup of the previous two Horizon League champions. The Colonials wreaked havoc in the second half, scoring 51 points and holding the Grizzlies to 31 points see out a 93 – 69 win over the second-ranked team in the conference.
The redshirt junior recorded a double-double in the win over the Golden Grizzlies with an 18-point performance while dishing out a career-high 10 assists and five rebounds. Meanwhile Livingston knocked down a career-high five three-pointers along with three assists to help the Colonials win their 10th conference game of the season.
The win bumps RMU up to number three in the standings and now sit one game back from Oakland for the number two seed with three games remaining.
Prather Jr. and Livingston will help lead the team for a fifth consecutive win on Sunday as they take on the one-seed, Wright State, in a nationally televised game on ESPN U at 2 PM.
