GAME 28
Robert Morris (15-12 / 11-3 NEC) @ Saint Francis U (17-8 / 10-4 NEC)
Tuesday, February 18, 2020 • 7:00 p.m. ET
DeGol Arena (3,500) • Loretto, Pa.

Radio: ESPN 970 AM & 106.3 FM
Talent: Chris Shovlin (pxp) & Jim Elias (color)
Video: SFUAthletics.com • NECFrontRow.com 
Twitter: @RMUMBasketball • Instagram: @RMUMBasketball
 
Quick Hits
 
- The Robert Morris University men's basketball team takes to the road for its third game in six days Tuesday by traveling east on Route 22 to Loretto, Pa., for a 7:00 p.m. tip against Saint Francis U at DeGol Arena. The Colonials, in second place in the Northeast Conference and a game behind Merrimack, sit a game in front of the Red Flash.
 
- RMU had its six-game winning streak snapped with a 72-71 loss to Fairleigh Dickinson (2/15/20) at Peoples Court at the UPMC Events Center. Kaleb Bishop converted a putback with 1.2 seconds remaining to help lift the Knights to the victory.
 
- Off the bench against FDU, junior forward AJ Bramah paced the Colonials with 17 points while grabbing six rebounds. Forwards Yannis Mendy and Charles Bain each contributed 10 points against the Knights as the trio finished the contest with 37 points and 15 rebounds while shooting 52 percent (13-for-25) from the field.
 
- RMU has clinched a berth in the 2020 Northeast Conference Tournament, extending the league's longest active streak for appearances in the tournament to 17. Over the last 13 years, Robert Morris owns a record of 159-69 (.697) against league opposition during the regular season.
 
- Robert Morris enters Tuesday's game @ Saint Francis U leading the Northeast Conference in assists (16.48 per game) and assist-to-turnover ratio (1.29). The Colonials, who rank 11th in NCAA Division I in assists, have only lead the conference in dimes on two occasions, the last of which came in 2007-08 when RMU averaged a school record 17.56 assists per contest.
 
- Against NEC foes, the Colonials rank in the top three in the league in 10 categories. RMU paces the league in scoring margin (+8.1), assists (17.14 per game) and assist-to-turnover ratio (1.43) while ranking second in scoring defense (61.8 ppg) and turnover margin (+2.57). Robert Morris also ranks third in field goal percentage (.458), three-point field goal percentage (.372), three-point field goals made per game (7.93), three-point field goal percent defense (.309) and rebounding defense (32.6).
 
- Over the last five games, senior guard Sayveon McEwen is averaging 7.6 points contest while shooting 53.8 percent (14-for-26) from the field, including 53.8 percent (7-for-13) from beyond the arc. During that same stretch, Robert Morris is averaging 27.6 points per game from its bench. Overall on the 2019-20 campaign, the Colonials are 11-5 (.688) when receiving at least 25 points from their reserves.  
 
- Junior forward AJ Bramah is averaging 16.1 points and 9.1 rebounds against Northeast Conference opposition while shooting 61.9 percent (86-for-139) from the field. He leads the league against NEC foes in field goal percentage while ranking third in the circuit in rebounding and fourth in scoring. 
 
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Fairleigh Dickinson Tidbits - RMU dropped its third consecutive game to the Knights and slipped to 46-35 (.568) in the all-time series against FDU ... The last three games between the two programs have been decided by a total of eight points ... Fairleigh Dickinson shot 50 percent (15-for-30) from the field in the second half and 46.6 percent (27-for-58) overall ... The Colonials held a 33-31 edge in rebounding, with each team posting seven offensive caroms ... FDU owned a 36-32 edge in points in the paint, while the RMU bench outscored the reserves for the Knights, 33-8 ... In five minutes freshman forward Olisa Ngonadi posted two rebounds and his first career assist.
 
Free Is For Me - Junior forward AJ Bramah finished 7-for-7 at the free-throw line against Fairleigh Dickinson (2/15/20), including a pair with 8.4 seconds left that gave the Colonials a 71-70 advantage. Bramah has now converted each of his last 12 attempts at the chalk entering Tuesday's game @ Saint Francis U. As a team, RMU established a season high against a Northeast Conference foe in free-throw percentage against the Knights, converting 93.8 percent (15-for-16) of its attempts.
 
The Shadows Won't Protect You - Junior forward Charles Bain enters Tuesday's game @ Saint Francis U averaging 10.7 points over his last three games while shooting 44 percent (11-for-25) from the field, including 47.1 percent (8-for-17) from beyond the arc. 
 
Rolling - Junior forward AJ Bramah scored in double figures for the 22nd consecutive game against Fairleigh Dickinson (2/15/20) at the UPMC Events Center. Against the Knights, Bramah paced the Colonials with 17 points while also grabbing six rebounds. Over the last 22 games, Bramah is averaging 14.6 points and 8.8 rebounds while converting 58.4 percent (122-for-209) of his shots from the field. Bramah's 22 consecutive double-figure scoring games ranks as the fourth longest in school history.
 
Brotherly Love - In two years that redshirt senior guard Josh Williams and junior guard Jon Williams have been on RMU's active roster, the pair have each started the 62 games the Colonials have played. In that stretch, the brothers have combined for 285 three-pointers, an average of 4.60 per contest, while shooting 40.1 percent (285-for-710) from beyond the arc. Josh Williams ranks 11th all-time in program history with 187 career three-pointers, while Jon Williams ranks 13th with 153. Josh Williams leads the NEC against conference foes with a three-point field goal percentage of .471 (40-for-85).
 
A New Record - Junior guard Jon Williams established a new Robert Morris record for consecutive starts by being a member of the starting lineup in a 64-57 victory over Central Connecticut (2/1/20) at the UPMC Events Center. Williams broke the mark of 90 held by former guard Tony Lee (2005-08) and former forward A.J. Jackson (2003-08) and has started each of the 95 games he has appeared in. Across NCAA Division I, the 95 consecutive starts ranks third in the junior class, trailing Matt Coleman III (96) from Texas and Taveion Hollingsworth of Western Kentucky (98). Williams ranks eighth all-time at RMU for career starts entering Tuesday's game @ Saint Francis U.

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