Blue Hose end men’s basketball’s season
Tyler Gallo, Contributor
March 24, 2019
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MOON TOWNSHIP-- The RMU Men’s basketball team’s (18-16, 11-7 NEC) season came crashing to a close on Sunday afternoon after falling 77-70 to the Presbyterian College Blue Hose (20-15, 9-7 Big South) in the second round of the Collegeinsider.com Tournament. Presbyterian previously defeated Seattl...
Men’s basketball heads to second round of CIT after strong performances of McConnell and Williams
Jonathan Hanna, Contributor
March 19, 2019
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MOON TOWNSHIP -- On a warm spring evening in the North Athletic Complex in Moon Township, the Robert Morris men’s basketball team (18-16) hosted the Cornell Big Red (15-16) in the opening round of the CollegeInsider.com Tournament. Robert Morris came back and defeated the Big Red in overtime by the ...
Preview: Men’s basketball to host Cornell in first round of CollegeInsider.com Tournament
Jonathan Hanna, Contributor
March 19, 2019
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MOON TOWNSHIP -- The Robert Morris men’s basketball team (16-15, 11-7 NEC) will host the Cornell Big Red (15-15, 7-7 IVY) in the first round of the CollegeInsider.com Tournament (CIT). This will be the Colonials second time in the CIT. Last time was in 2012, where the Colonials advanced to the semi-fin...
Men’s basketball heads to CollegeInsider.com Tournament
Jonathan Hanna, Contributor
March 14, 2019
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MOON TOWNSHIP -- After a hard-fought regular season and playoffs, the Robert Morris men's basketball team (16-15) has accepted an invite to the CollegeInsider.com Tournament (CIT). This will be the second time the team has participated in the CIT, the other being in 2012, where the Colonials advanced to the ...
Men’s basketball ties third largest comeback in program history to win in overtime
Logan Carney, Sports Manager
March 6, 2019
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MOON TOWNSHIP -- In the first ever playoff game in the history of the North Athletic Complex, the Robert Morris Colonials (17-15, 11-7 NEC) defeated the Terriers of Saint Francis Brooklyn (17-15, 9-9 NEC) in overtime by the score of 69-65. The Colonials came back after being down 15 at halftime, 37-22....
Men’s basketball defeats St. Francis Brooklyn, RMU remains tied for second in NEC
Logan Carney, Sports Manager
February 23, 2019
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MOON TOWNSHIP -- The Robert Morris men's basketball team (15-14, 10-6 NEC) defeated St. Francis Brooklyn (17-12, 9-7 NEC) by the score of 67-62. In attendance for senior night was NEC Commissioner Noreen Morris, who got to look on as the team honored seniors Matty McConnell and Malik Petteway. "It's probab...
Thomas, Colonials dunk on Blackbirds
Samuel Anthony, Digital Content Manager
February 22, 2019
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MOON TOWNSHIP -- Koby Thomas, playing his first home game in front of the Colonials faithful in nearly three months, found himself alone on the breakaway. It was a moment that many at Robert Morris (14-14, 9-6 NEC) had waited all season to see. The human highlight reel throwing down one of his signat...
‘It’s surreal’ – Matty McConnell on 1000 career points as a Colonial
Jonathan Hanna, Contributor
February 7, 2019
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MOON TOWNSHIP -- On a chilly January 31 at the North Athletic Complex, against the Saint Francis Red Flash, Matty McConnell of the RMU men’s basketball team did something only 24 others have done before: Score 1000 points as a Colonial. McConnell scored his 1000th point when he hit the first of two...
McConnell passes the millennium mark in loss to Saint Francis
Logan Carney, Sports Manager
January 31, 2019
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MOON TOWNSHIP -- History was made on Thursday night as Matty McConnell passed 1,000 career points as the RMU men's basketball team (12-10, 7-2 NEC) fell to Saint Francis University (9-11, 5-4 NEC) by the score of 76-73. For much of the first half, RMU led on the scoreboard. Their scoring started with a...
Robert Morris stays atop NEC after cruising past Sacred Heart
Matt Kurtik, Contributor
January 24, 2019
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MOON TOWNSHIP — The Robert Morris Colonials (11-9, 6-1 NEC) defeated the Sacred Heart Pioneers (8-12, 4-3 NEC) Thursday night 72-64 at the Student Recreation Center at the North Athletic Complex. The game featured the two teams on top of the Northeast Conference (NEC), but the Colonials stayed alone in f...
