GAME 29
Mount St. Mary's (10-17 / 6-8 NEC) vs. RMU (15-13 / 11-4 NEC)
Friday, February 21, 2020 • 7:30 p.m. ET
Peoples Court at the UPMC Events Center (4,000) • Moon Township, Pa.

Radio: ESPN 970 AM & 106.3 FM
Talent: Chris Shovlin (pxp) & Jim Elias (color)
Video: RMUColonials.com • NECFrontRow.com 
Twitter: @RMUMBasketball • Instagram: @RMUMBasketball
 
Quick Hits
 
- The Robert Morris University men's basketball team looks to snap a two-game slide Friday when it returns to Peoples Court at the UPMC Events Center to host Mount St. Mary's in a 7:30 p.m. tip.
 
- RMU dropped its second straight game with an 86-71 setback to Saint Francis U (2/18/20) in Loretto, Pa., at DeGol Arena. Junior forward Charles Bain paced the Colonials with a season-high 17 points while also tying a season high with six rebounds. Over the last four games, Bain is averaging 12.3 points and 5.0 rebounds while shooting 43.6 percent (17-for-39) from the field, including 43.5 percent (10-for-23) from deep.
 
- Junior forward AJ Bramah contributed 14 points and five rebounds against the Red Flash, extending his streak of consecutive double-figure scoring games to 23, while senior forward Yannis Mendy finished with 12 points and seven rebounds. Combined, Bain, Bramah and Mendy shot 51.5 percent (17-for-33) from the floor.
 
- RMU has clinched a berth in the 2020 Northeast Conference Tournament, extending the league's longest active streak for consecutive appearances in the tournament to 17. Over the last 13 years, Robert Morris owns a record of 159-70 (.694) against league opposition during the regular season.
 
- Robert Morris enters Friday's game against Mount St. Mary's leading the Northeast Conference in assists (16.46 per game) and assist-to-turnover ratio (1.27). The Colonials, who rank ninth 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 eight categories. RMU paces the league in assists (17.07 per game) and assist-to-turnover ratio (1.39) while ranking second in scoring defense (63.4 ppg), scoring margin (+6.5) and turnover margin (+2.20). Robert Morris also ranks third in field goal percentage (.459), three-point field goals made per game (7.73) and three-point field goal percent defense (.319).
 
- Forwards AJ Bramah and Yannis Mendy rank second and fourth, respectively, in the Northeast Conference in field goal percentage. Bramah is shooting 56.2 percent (140-for-249) from the floor, while Mendy converts 54.1 percent (105-for-194) of his attempts from the field.
 
- Junior forward AJ Bramah is averaging 15.9 points and 8.8 rebounds against Northeast Conference opposition while shooting 61.7 percent (92-for-149) from the field. He leads the league against NEC foes in field goal percentage while ranking fourth in the circuit in rebounding and fifth in scoring. 

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Saint Francis U Tidbits - Robert Morris has lost nine consecutive games to the Red Flash dating back to the 2015-16 campaign ... In the all-time series the Colonials own a 49-38 (.563) advantage ... SFU established season highs for an opponent in field goals (36) and field goal attempts (72) while tying a season high in three-point field goals (9) and assists (18) ... RMU shot 57.1 percent (16-for-28) from the field in the second half and 46.6 percent (27-for-58) overall ... Robert Morris converted 80 percent (12-for-15) of its attempts at the free-throw line and enters Friday's game against Mount St. Mary's having shot 87.1 percent (27-for-31) at the stripe in its last two games.
 
Consistency - Redshirt senior guard Josh Williams knocked down a pair of three-pointers @ Saint Francis U (2/19/20), pushing his season total in the category to 86. He cracked the top five in the Robert Morris single-season record book for triples and in the process became the first student-athlete to own two of the top five marks. Last season, Williams connected for 103 three-pointers, which ranks second in single-season annals. Williams is two three-pointers shy of eclipsing former guard Coron Williams (2009-13) for fourth place. Williams posted 87 three-pointers during the 2011-12 campaign, while former forward Scott Shepherd (1988-91) hit 93 during the 1988-89 campaign and ranks third.
 
Dunkin Donuts - Junior forward AJ Bramah has proven to be active around the rim for Robert Morris in his first season with the program in 2019-20, and one only needs to look at his dunks to prove that. Bramah posted a pair of dunks @ Saint Francis U (2/18/20) to push his season total in the category to 37. It's the most dunks by an RMU student-athlete in 10 years under RMU Pat Gallagher Head Coach Andrew Toole, tying the mark originally established by former forward Billy Giles (2015-17) during the 2016-17 campaign.
 
Rolling - Junior forward AJ Bramah scored in double figures for the 23rd consecutive game against @ Saint Francis U (2/19/20). Against the Red Flash, Bramah contributed 14 points while also grabbing five rebounds. Over the last 23 games, Bramah is averaging 14.6 points and 8.6 rebounds while converting 58.4 percent (128-for-219) of his shots from the field. Bramah's 23 consecutive double-figure scoring games ranks as the fourth longest in school history. 
 
The Golden Corral - Junior forward AJ Bramah became the first student-athlete in program history to record at least 16 rebounds in a game three times after finishing with 16 caroms in a 64-54 victory over Bryant (1/20/20). Former forward Earl Cureton did it twice in his only season at Robert Morris in 1976-77, while former forward Vaughn Luton (1986-89) also turned the trick twice. Bramah, who owns 223 rebounds on the 2019-20 campaign, is currently on pace to finish the 2019-20 regular season with 248 rebounds. Thanks to five caroms @ Saint Francis U (2/18/20), Bramah cracked the top 10 in the RMU single-season record book for rebounds, ranking ninth. 

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