Box Score PITTSBURGH, Pa. – The Robert Morris women's basketball team dropped a Saturday afternoon showdown with the Milwaukee Panthers 66-47 at UPMC Events Center. The loss moves the Colonials to 3-5 (1-3 Horizon League) on the year.

MOMENTS THAT MATTERED

Trailing 26-14 with 1:53 to play in the second quarter, the Colonials locked it down for the final two minutes of the opening half Saturday, closing things out on a 7-3 run to get themselves to within striking distance at 29-21.  Nina Augustin buried her first three of the day from deep to cut it to 26-17 before an Ashya Klopfenstein layup and free throw helped cut it to 29-21 before the half was out.  The Colonials took advantage of ten Panthers turnovers in the first 20 minutes of play, scoring five off the pressure including Klopfenstein's layup with under 0:26 seconds left.

QUOTABLES

"When the early butterflies left our team, I thought we started to play a bit more free, but once again it's kind of the story of the shooting woes that we put ourselves in in certain quarters. Last game it was the second, today it was the first where we put ourselves in a tough position." - Associate Head Coach Scott Schneider

MOMENTS THAT MATTERED

The Colonials were hot on the heels of the Panthers to start the third, cutting the Milwaukee lead down to as little as seven at 33-26, however a 13-3 run for Milwaukee over the final seven minutes of the third gave the Panthers some much-needed breathing room heading into the final quarter. The Black and Gold went 5-6 from the field during the stretch as five separate Panthers knocked down buckets to help put the game out of reach for RMU.

UP NEXT

The Colonials are in action just once next week when they fly south to Miami for a showdown with the Hurricanes on Sunday, December 12 at 1:00 p.m.