GREEN BAY, Wis.  – Nikolaos Chitikoudis' layup with 2.4 seconds left capped a game-ending 15-3 run in Robert Morris' 80-78 victory at Green Bay on Thursday night in the Horizon League opener.
 
1st HALF
In the first half, Robert Morris (7-3, 1-0 HL) established an early lead and controlled the pace for the first six minutes of the game. RMU's lead peaked when a Ryan Prather Jr.'s three-pointer made the score 10-5. However, Green Bay (4-6, 0-1 HL) responded with an 8-0 scoring run over the next two and a half minutes, taking their first lead of the game at 13-10. For the remainder of the half, the contest remained tight, never separating by more than two possessions. The scoring for the half was closed out by a putback from Cam Wilds following a Josh Hill miss, giving the Colonials a 36-33 lead heading into halftime.
 
2nd HALF
The second half began with Green Bay making a run, using a 13-2 run to claim a 50-43 lead by the under-16 media timeout. The Phoenix lead reached nine points (55-46) at the 13:27 mark before a DeSean Goode layup cut the deficit to three points, 61-58, with 8:40 remaining. Green Bay later took an 11-point lead with 3:54 left. RMU narrowed the deficit from 77-70 when Darius Livingston's three-pointer made it a four-point game with 1:19 left. Wilds' free throws brought RMU within two points, 77-75, with 40.9 seconds to go. On the next possession RMU's defense forced a 10-second violation, which set up a Livingston three-pointer with 19.6 seconds left to put RMU ahead 78-77. Justin Allen made the back end of his free throws to tie the contest at 78-78 with 16 seconds remaining. On the final possession, a driving Livingston found Chitikoudis in the paint for the shot that resulted in the 80-78 final score with 2.4 seconds left.
 
INSIDE THE NUMBERS

• Goode finished with 18 points on 7-10 shooting and nine rebounds
• Prather, Livingston, and Wilds scored 11, 10, and 10 points, respectively
• Albert Vargas had a career-best four steals
• RMU outrebounded Green Bay 35-24 and 14-4 on the offensive boards
• The Colonials had 13 seconds chance points to the Phoenix's two
• This is the sixth time RMU has scored 80 or more points this season
• Allen finished with a game-high 20 points for Green Bay

 
UP NEXT
RMU remains on the road when it travels to Milwaukee on Saturday, December 6. The Colonials return home to the UPMC Events Center on Saturday, December 13 against Toledo.
 
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