YOUNGSTOWN, Ohio – Kam Woods' coast-to-coast layup with 2.0 seconds remaining broke a tie and gave RMU (14-7, 6-4 HL) a 72-70 victory over Youngstown State (12-9, 7-4 HL) on Wednesday night at the Beeghly Center. The win is the Colonials' fourth straight victory and fourth straight road win.
 
1^st HALF
With RMU ahead 19-17 at the midway point of the half, YSU used an 8-0 run to take its largest lead of the game at 25-19 at the 7:40 mark. The Penguins would stay ahead until three straight field goals by Alvaro Folgueiras, Amarion Dickerson and a 3-pointer from Ryan Prather Jr. put the Colonials up 35-32. DJ Smith closed out the scoring to give RMU a 40-36 lead heading into halftime.
 
2^nd HALF
RMU carried the momentum over into the second half and Woods' steal and layup at 18:28 gave the Colonials their largest lead of the game at 48-38. RMU would keep it a two-possession game until the midway point when Juwan Maxey's 3-pointer made the score 59-56. Coming out of the under-4 media timeout, a Folgueiras layup put RMU ahead 69-63 but YSU would score seven of the next eight points capped by Ty Harper's tip in with 7.5 seconds left to tie the game at 70-70. Woods took the inbounds pass the length of the court for the game-winner as Nelson's desperation 3-pointer was short.
 
 
INSIDE THE NUMBERS

• The last time RMU won four consecutive games away from home was during the 2019-20 season
• Woods finished with 17 points, seven assists and five steals
• Dickerson and Folgueiras each scored 15 points with Smith adding 13
• Ismael Plet scored his 500^th career point and pulled down a game-high eight rebounds
• Maxey scored a game-high 22 points

 
UP NEXT
The Colonials return to the UPMC Events Center for a two-game homestand beginning with Oakland on January 25 and IU Indy on January 30.
 
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