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GAME #7
Robert Morris (3-3) @ Buffalo (1-2)
Tuesday, Nov. 26, 2013 • 7:00 p.m.
Alumni Arena (6,100) • Buffalo, N.Y.
Radio: WPIT AM 730
Radio Talent: Chris Shovlin (play-by-play) & Jim Elias (color)
 
Top Story - The Robert Morris University men's basketball team continues a four-game road trip Tuesday with a 7:00 p.m. tip against the University at Buffalo at Alumni Arena in Buffalo, N.Y. The Colonials opened their road swing and wrapped up play in the Keightley Classic by dropping an 87-74 decision @ Cleveland State (11/23/13). RMU jumped out to a 17-7 lead against the Vikings by hitting seven of its first 10 shots from the field in the first six and-a-half minutes of the contest. However, the Colonials would go cold from the field, going over 10 minutes without a field goal and shooting just 3-for-18 (16.7 percent) the rest of the half as Cleveland State came back to grab a 33-29 halftime advantage en route to the win. Freshman forward Jeremiah Worthem paced Robert Morris against the Vikings, supplying a team-high 16 points and five rebounds off the bench. Worthem was one of three Colonials to reach double figures in scoring @ Cleveland State, as senior guard Karvel Anderson finished with 14 points, while junior forward Lucky Jones registered 13 points. Robert Morris will also visit Delaware (Nov. 26) and Youngstown State (Dec. 4) to wrap up its four-game road trip before welcoming to Toledo to the Charles L. Sewall Center in its next home game Saturday, Dec. 7.


 
Quick Stat of the Night - Jeremiah Worthem has quickly established himself as one of RMU's top options off the bench this season, and the freshman forward produced the best game of his young career @ Cleveland State (11/23/13). Worthem paced the Colonials with 16 points, hitting four of his five shots from the field, including his lone attempt from beyond the arc, and also tied for team-high honors in rebounds with five. In two games last week, Worthem averaged 11.5 points and 5.5 rebounds, and for those efforts he was tabbed the Choice Hotels Northeast Conference Rookie of the Week Nov. 25, 2013. Worthem enters Tuesday's game @ Buffalo averaging 7.3 points and 4.2 rebounds per game and is showing a penchant for getting to the free-throw line, as he ranks second for Robert Morris in free-throw attempts with 25. He owns a free-throw percentage of 60 percent (15-for-25) but is 11-for-18 (61.1%) on the road.
 
Tuesday's Opponent and The All-Time Series - RMU and Buffalo will meet for just the second time in school history Tuesday, with the Bulls having won the inaugural meeting between the two programs, 79-66, at Alumni Arena (12/17/03). In that contest the Colonials trailed, 60-54, after a jumper from former forward Chaz McCrommon (2000-05) with 5:14 to play, but Buffalo sealed the win at the free-throw line, going 13-for-14 at the stripe in the final 4:42 to keep Robert Morris at bay. McCrommon led the Colonials with 22 points, converting seven of his 11 shots from the field and going 8-for-9 at the free-throw line in playing all 40 minutes. He also grabbed six rebounds. 
 
A Special Night Part Deux - Senior guard Karvel Anderson added to his legacy as one of the best three-point shooters in school history in an 88-81 win over UT Arlington (11/21/13), tying a Charles L. Sewall Center record for three-pointers by a student-athlete from RMU with eight. Anderson finished 8-for-10 from beyond the arc against the Mavericks en route to a team-high 24 points. It marks the second time Anderson has connected for eight three-pointers in a game at "The Chuck," as he also accomplished the feat in an 84-76 win over Ohio (12/1/12). Anderson, one of six Colonials in school history to bury eight three-point field goals in a game at the Sewall Center, is the first to turn the trick twice. Anderson heads into RMU's tilt Tuesday @ Buffalo leading the Colonials in scoring (18.2 ppg) while owning a team-high 22 three-pointers, an average of 3.67 per contest that is tops in the Northeast Conference.
 
Double Trouble - Lucky Jones is certainly someone who can fill the stat sheet, and the junior forward did just that in an 88-81 victory over UT Arlington (11/21/13). Jones recorded his first double-double of the 2013-14 season and third of his career with 15 points and 10 rebounds and also added a career-high four assists and four steals. Jones, RMU's active leader in both points (762) and rebounds (444), has produced a large portion of his offense so far this season at the free-throw line. Through six games, Jones is 29-for-34 at the stripe, a success rate of 85.3 percent that ranks fourth in the Northeast Conference. Thanks to his early surge at the chalk this season, Jones currently ranks 17th all-time at RMU for career free throws (240) and ninth in career free-throw percentage (.803).
 
Double Nickel On A Dime - Senior guard Anthony Myers-Pate dished out a season-high nine assists in RMU's 88-81 victory over UT Arlington (11/21/13) to go along with 10 points, and thanks to his performance cracked the top 10 all-time in program history for career dimes. Myers-Pate enters Tuesday's game @ Buffalo with 343 career assists, which eclipsed former Colonial Jeremy Chappell (2005-09) for 10th all-time at Robert Morris. Through six games of the 2013-14 season, Myers owns 28 assists against just 11 turnovers to rank second in the Northeast Conference in assist-to-turnover ratio (2.55) while being tied third in the circuit in assists per game (4.67). In 107 career contests, Myers-Pate has proven to be a steady ball handler, posting a career 1.87 assist-to-turnover ratio.
 
International Waters - Robert Morris is coming off a record-breaking season in shooting from beyond the arc in 2012-13, and the Colonials have picked up right where they left off from a season ago. Through the first six games of the 2013-14 season, RMU has converted 52 of its 137 attempts (38 percent) from beyond the arc. Robert Morris enters Tuesday's game @ Buffalo leading the Northeast Conference in three-point field goal percentage and three-point field goals made per game (8.70). Robert Morris has drilled at least 11 three-pointers in each of its first three victories of the 2013-14 campaign, helping the Colonials improve to 26-3 (.897) in four seasons under head coach Andrew Toole when converting at least 10 three-pointers in a contest.

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