Moon Township, Pa. – The
Robert Morris University men's basketball team will host Presbyterian in the second round of the CollegeInsider.com Postseason Tournament (CIT) Sunday, March 24, at 1:00 p.m. at the North Athletic Complex.
Tickets for the game against the Blue Hose are $10 and can be purchased at the North Athletic Complex beginning at Noon Sunday. Student admission is free.
The Colonials advanced to the second round of the 2019 CIT thanks to a 98-89 overtime win over Cornell (3/19/19) at the North Athletic Complex. Trailing, 62-51, with 12:07 remaining in regulation, RMU (18-16) rallied to force overtime and received a spark from senior guard
Matty McConnell, who knocked down three-pointers on three consecutive possessions in the extra frame to help spark Robert Morris.
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Senior guard
Josh Williams scored a game-high 36 points in the win over the Big Red, while McConnell added a career-high 27 points, seven rebounds and three steals. Sophomore guard
Jon Williams also established a career high in scoring in the win over Cornell with 20 points while adding six assists and four steals.
Combined,
Josh Williams, McConnell and
Jon Williams shot 50 percent (15-for-30) from beyond the arc against the Big Red. As a team, Robert Morris finished 16-for-34 (47.1 percent) from deep.
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The performance by the Williams' brothers and McConnell marks the first time a trio of Colonials scored at least 20 points in a game since Jan. 23, 2007, when A.J. Jackson (28), Tony Lee (23) and Derek Coleman (20) combined for 71 points in a 94-75 victory @ Saint Francis U. At home, the feat hadn't been accomplished in almost 20 years, when Kevin Covert (24), Steve Pettyjohn (23) and Gene Nabors (20) combined for 67 points in a 102-99 overtime loss to Quinnipiac (2/19/00) at the Charles L. Sewall Center.
Robert Morris is making its second appearance in the CIT and first since 2012. In the 2012 CIT, the Colonials posted road wins over Indiana State and Toledo before falling in the quarterfinals at Fairfield.
In nine seasons under head coach
Andrew Toole, RMU has posted a record of 168-139 (.547), including a mark of 102-58 (.638) in the NEC. In the last 12 years, Robert Morris has averaged 20.1 victories per season thanks to an overall record of 241-170 (.586).
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