Robert Morris category, Page 17
Robert Morris, Green Bay start Horizon play
Robert Morris (0-5, 0-0) vs. Green Bay (1-5, 0-0) Resch Center, Green Bay, Wis.; 8 p.m. Thursday BOTTOM LINE: Robert Morris and Green Bay meet in the first conference game of the season for both teams. In conference play last season, Robert Morris finished with three wins and 12 losses,...
Lee scores 23 to lead Davidson past Robert Morris 88-70Video
DAVIDSON, N.C. — Hyunjung Lee tossed in 23 points to propel Davidson past Robert Morris, 88-70, on Saturday. Michael Jones had 15 points for the Wildcats (4-2). Desmond Watson scored 11 points, and Luka Brajkovic pitched in with 10 points and eight rebounds. Kahliel Spear had 15 points and nine...
Nick Bisceglia’s field goal in overtime lifts Robert Morris over CampbellVideo
Kiski Area grad Nick Bisceglia kicked a 25-yard field goal to give Robert Morris a 20-17 overtime victory over Campbell in the season finale for both teams Saturday. After Bisceglia’s kick, Isaac Riffle missed a 24-yard field goal attempt to end the game. Campbell (3-8, 2-5 Big South) had a...
Mount St. Mary’s beats Robert Morris in OT
Nana Opoku recorded 13 points and 12 rebounds to lead Mount St. Mary’s to a 74-70 overtime win over Robert Morris on Friday night. Jalen Benjamin had 19 points for Mount St. Mary’s (2-3). Mezie Offurum added 18 points. Malik Jefferson had 14 rebounds. Rasheem Dunn had 18 points for...
Former Steelers, Penguins, Pirates pitch in to help save Robert Morris hockey
Former Pittsburgh Penguin Ryan Malone didn’t play college hockey for Robert Morris. He played at St. Cloud State. Colby Armstrong, another former Penguin, didn’t play college hockey at all. He played junior hockey in Red Deer. Brett Keisel and Shaun Suisham played football for the Steelers. And Neil Walker was...
First Call: Far-too-early ESPN mock draft has Kenny Pickett gone before Steelers; Le’Veon Bell may not be done with Ravens
Former Steeler Le’Veon Bell has fallen on hard times but may not have fallen out of favor with the Baltimore Ravens. An “all-too-early” NFL mock draft has Pitt quarterback Kenny Pickett off the board before the Steelers have a chance to select him. A former WPIAL and Penn State star...
Ohio University pulls away from Robert Morris in second halfVideo
Kahliel Spear had a game-high 22 points, and Jaron Williams added 19, but the Robert Morris men’s basketball team dropped to 0-3 with an 85-71 loss to Ohio University on Monday night. Jason Carter had 18 points to lead five Bobcats players in double figures. Ohio outrebounded Robert Morris, 36-30,...
Tony Muskett, Monmouth overwhelm Robert Morris football
WEST LONG BRANCH, N.J. — Tony Muskett threw all four of his touchdown passes in the first half, and Monmouth beat Robert Morris, 44-7, on Saturday. Robert Morris took its opening drive and marched 55 yards in five plays and scored in a little more than two minutes, capped by...
Robert Morris no match for No. 10 KentuckyVideo
LEXINGTON, Ky. — Kellan Grady had 19 points, including four 3-pointers, Oscar Tshiebwe had 20 rebounds and 14 points and No. 10 Kentucky blew out Robert Morris, 100-60, in its home opener on Friday night. Daimion Collins went 7 of 8 for 14 points and had a couple of highlight-reel...
First Call: Chase Claypool’s injury was initially feared to be season threatening; Lions odds; RMU hockey update
Thursday’s “First Call” has an interesting angle on Chase Claypool’s injury. The Detroit Lions have some mixed health updates as they prepare to visit Pittsburgh. The odds on the Steelers-Lions game make more sense the deeper you study them. And the displaced Robert Morris University hockey teams appear to be...
Robert Morris men drop opener at Central FloridaVideo
ORLANDO, Fla. — Darius Perry posted 18 points as Central Florida topped Robert Morris, 69-59, on Wednesday night in the season opener for both teams. Perry hit 4 of 6 3-pointers. Darin Green Jr. had 14 points for Central Florida. C.J. Walker added 12 points and eight rebounds, and Cheikh...
Robert Morris men’s basketball preview: Colonials set to embark on 2nd season in Horizon League after tough debut
Robert Morris enters its second season of men’s basketball in the Horizon League with the idea of concentrating on … basketball. The other stuff that seemingly got in the way last year — covid-19, dissension, defections — shouldn’t be a distraction again this season. Except, sometimes, when you least expect...
Robert Morris women’s basketball preview: With talented sophomore Sol Castro, better things could be on Horizon
There was nothing simple about Sol Castro’s first year with the Robert Morris women’s basketball team. Between playing during a pandemic, navigating numerous quarantines throughout the season and adjusting to life away from home for the first time, Castro dealt with hurdle after hurdle as a freshman. Oh yeah, and...
Shepherd passes for 4 TDs, Kennesaw St. beats Robert Morris
MOON — Xavier Shepherd passed for four touchdowns on just eight completions, and Kennesaw State beat Robert Morris, 45-21, on Saturday. Kennesaw State jumped out to a 14-0 lead after Robert Morris fumbled on its first two possessions — both recovered by Kennesaw State lineman Tyler Moore. Shepherd tied KSU’s...
Tim Benz: Derek Schooley prepares for Robert Morris hockey’s ‘championship game’ this Sunday
Autumn weekends have become very difficult for Derek Schooley. The Robert Morris University men’s hockey coach has a void in his life right now. Those days are usually dedicated to coaching his Colonials in Atlantic Hockey contests. In a normal season, his team would have six to eight games under...
Kiski Area grad Nick Bisceglia makes FG with 5 seconds left to lift Robert Morris past Hampton
MOON TOWNSHIP, Pa. — George Martin threw for 315 yards and two touchdowns, and Nick Bisceglia made a 38-yard field goal with five seconds left to help Robert Morris beat Hampton, 38-35, on Saturday. Martin highlighted Robert Morris’ final drive with a scramble to get away from pressure before finding...
Robert Morris women’s, men’s teams picked to finish 9th, 10th in Horizon League
The Robert Morris women’s and men’s basketball teams were picked to finish 9th and tenth, respectively, in their second season in the 12-team Horizon League, according to preseason polls released Tuesday by the league. Horizon League head coaches voted in the women’s poll and a committee of media members, communication...
Robert Morris hockey programs short on pledges, but optimism remains for reinstatement
Logan Bittle wants more. He needs more. The former Robert Morris hockey player and assistant women’s coach is sitting on $1.4 million in pledges earmarked for reinstating the Robert Morris men’s and women’s ice hockey teams in time for the 2022-23 season. All that is left is collecting — and...
99-yard touchdown run helps North Alabama past Robert Morris
FLORENCE, Ala. — Parker Driggers ran for 145 yards and three touchdowns — including a school- and Big South Conference-record 99-yarder — on just 12 carries and North Alabama picked up its first win of the season with a 42-31 victory over Robert Morris on Saturday. Driggers staked the Lions...
Lorenzo Euline’s late pick-6 helps Robert Morris beat Charleston SouthernVideo
Lorenzo Euline returned an interception 50 yards into the end zone with about three minutes remaining to help Robert Morris beat Charleston Southern, 31-24, on Saturday. Euline’s pick-6 gave the Colonials (2-2, 1-1 Big South Conference) a 31-21 lead. Sam Babbush kicked a 26-yard field goal for Charleston Southern (0-2,...
North Carolina A&T powers past Robert Morris
GREENSBORO, N.C. — Jalen Fowler threw two touchdown passes and Jah-Maine Martin ran for 105 yards and two scores to lead North Carolina A&T to a 41-14 victory over Robert Morris in a Big South Conference opener Saturday. Andrew Brown sandwiched two field goals around an 18-yard TD run by...
George Martin accounts for 3 TDs as Robert Morris rallies past Howard
MOON TOWNSHIP — George Martin found D’Andre Hicks for a 17-yard touchdown as Robert Morris put together a nearly six-minute drive late in the fourth quarter to edge Howard, 22-16, on Saturday. Howard’s Quinton Williams ran for one touchdown, passed for another and Faraji Woodson kicked a 27-yard field goal...
Robert Morris set to hit the road to start 2021-22 men’s basketball season
Robert Morris will open its 46th season of NCAA Division I basketball with a three-game road trip that will take the Colonials to Orlando, Fla., Lexington, Ky., and Athens, Ohio, before they finally return to the UPMC Events Center for the home opener. The season starts Nov. 10 at Central...
Robert Morris opens season with 45-0 loss at Central Michigan
MOUNT PLEASANT, Mich. — Jacob Sirmon threw for three touchdowns, Dallas Dixon had two receiving scores and Central Michigan dominated Robert Morris, 45-0, on Saturday. Robert Morris (0-1) was outgained 515-109, and Central Michigan held the ball for more than 35 minutes. The Colonials, facing a Mid-American Conference opponent for...
Derek Schooley named coach, director of operations for RMU hockey programs
Derek Schooley, the only head coach the Robert Morris men’s hockey team has ever known, will remain at the forefront of efforts to reinstate the school’s men’s and women’s programs. The school announced Tuesday that Schooley has been named coach and director of men’s and women’s hockey operations. Prominent RMU...
