GAME 2
Robert Morris (0-1) @ Notre Dame (0-1)
2019 Men Against Breast Cancer Invitational presented by FieldTurf
Saturday, November 9, 2019 • Noon
Edmund P. Joyce Athletic & Convocation Center (9,149) • South Bend, Ind.
 
Radio: ESPN 970 AM & 106.3 FM
Talent: Adam Gusky (pxp)
Video: ACC Network Extra
Talent: Austin Rooney (pxp), Mike Lightfoot (color) & Holden Perrelli (sideline)
Twitter: @RMUMBasketball • Instagram: @RMUMBasketball

Quick Hits
 
- The Robert Morris University men's basketball team continues play in the 2019 Men Against Breast Cancer (MABC) Invitational with a Noon tipoff against Notre Dame at the Edmund P. Joyce Athletic & Convocation Center.
 
- The Colonials opened their 2019-20 campaign and 44th season of NCAA Division I basketball with a 67-60 loss @ Marshall (11/7/19) in their first game of the MABC Invitational.
 
- Senior forward Yannis Mendy paced RMU against the Thundering Herd by tying a career-high with 14 points while grabbing seven rebounds. He converted seven of his eight shots from the field.
 
- In his NCAA Division I debut, junior forward AJ Bramah registered a double-double, finishing with 11 points and 10 rebounds to go along an assist and two steals. Combined, Mendy and Bramah recorded nine offensive caroms @ Marshall.
 
- Redshirt senior guard Josh Williams joined the Robert Morris 1,000-Point Club against the Thundering Herd, as his three-pointer at the 18:51 mark of the second half helped him eclipse the threshold.
 
- Williams finished with 13 points @ Marshall in the 2019-20 season opener and also registered four rebounds, two assists and a steal. In two seasons at the University of Akron prior to transferring to RMU, Williams scored 489 points and has scored 519 points for the Colonials.
 
- RMU registered eight steals in its 2019-20 season opener against the Thundering Herd, with forwards AJ Bramah and Yannis Mendy leading the way with two each. The Colonials have led the Northeast Conference in six times during Andrew Toole's tenure as head coach.
 
- Led by 10th-year head coach Andrew Toole, RMU returns four starters and seven letterwinners from a 2018-19 squad that finished with an overall record of 18-17 (.514), including a mark of 11-7 (.611) in the Northeast Conference.
 
- The Colonials entered the 2019-20 campaign returning 62.2 percent (1,525-of-2,448) of their scoring, 48.2 percent (568-of-1,178) of their rebounding and 70.2 percent (342-of-487) of their assists.

- Robert Morris was picked fifth in the 2019 NEC Preseason Coaches Poll. RMU has never been the preseason favorite in the poll despite owning a league-high eight NEC Tournament titles, the last of which came in 2015.
 
- Over the last 12 years, Robert Morris has averaged 20.1 victories per season. The Colonials have recorded an overall record of 241-172 (.584) during that span, including a mark of 148-66 (.692) against Northeast Conference foes.

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