Staten Island, N.Y. - Four players scored in double figures as the Robert Morris University men's basketball team clinched a share of the 2010 Northeast Conference regular-season championship Thursday night by posting a 76-55 victory over Wagner at the Spiro Sports Center.

RMU improved to 20-10 overall and 15-2 in the NEC with the win, while the Seahawks dropped to 4-26 overall and 2-15 in league play. The Colonials have now won at least 20 games in each of the last three seasons, the longest stretch in school history.

Robert Morris shot 50.8 percent (30-for-59) from the field and held a 38-21 edge in rebounding while never trailing against Wagner. Redshirt freshman Velton Jones (Philadelphia, Pa. / Northeast Catholic) scored the first four points of the game as the Colonials jumped out to a 9-2 advantage.

The Seahawks used a quick 6-2 burst thanks to three-pointers from T.J. Czeski and Chris Martin to close within three, 15-12, with 11:13 to play before halftime, but a 14-6 surge gave RMU a double-digit advantage, 29-16.

Senior forward Dallas Green (Indianapolis, Indiana / Northwest) started the run with a jumper as five different Colonials scored, including four points from senior forward Rob Robinson (Waldorf, Md. / Globe Institute of Technology) and a three-pointer from senior guard Mezie Nwigwe (Hyattsville, Md. / High Point). 

Wagner cut its deficit back into single digits with 2:45 left before intermission, 33-24, after a three-pointer by Tyler Murray, but a free throw from Robinson and a dunk by Green as time was expiring in the first half off a feed from Nwigwe gave Robert Morris a 36-24 lead at halftime.

In the opening minutes of the second half Martin buried a three-pointer to help close the Seahawks to within seven, 41-34, with 16:56 to go, but Robert Morris took control with a 14-2 run that opened up a 55-36 advantage.

Six different Colonials scored during the spurt, including three points from senior forward Josiah Whitehead (Portsmouth, Va. / Cecil Community College) and a three-pointer from freshman guard Karon Abraham (Paterson, N.J. / Harp Academy).

RMU's biggest advantage came with under three minutes to play, 75-49, thanks to a jumper from Whitehead, who scored a season-high 11 points off the bench in 18 minutes of action.

Robinson led Robert Morris for the fourth straight game with 16 points while adding four rebounds, three assists and a block. Abraham finished with 11 points, while Green chipped in with 10 points, two rebounds and a pair of steals. The Colonials have won 13 straight games when Green scores in double figures.

Whitehead converted five of his seven shots from the floor and was 1-for-2 at the charity stripe as the Colonials dominated inside, holding a 36-18 edge in points in the paint. In all, RMU's five forwards combined for 41 points.

Wagner was led by Murray and Martin, who each scored 15 points and dished out four assists. The Seahawks shot an even 50 percent (23-for-46) from the field but were just 7-for-20 (35 percent) from beyond the arc.

Robert Morris posted 18 assists against just nine turnovers in the victory, with Jones leading the way with five dimes while also posting nine points and four rebounds.

The Colonials conclude the 2009-10 regular season Saturday, Feb. 27, with a 4:00 p.. tip against Mount St. Mary's at Knott Arena in Emmitsburg, Md. A victory over the Mount would clinch RMU's third consecutive outright NEC regular-season title and secure the No. 1 seed in the 2010 NEC Tournament.