Robert Morris category, Page 5
Robert Morris men claim 3 Horizon League postseason awards
Five years into its Horizon League membership, Robert Morris finally is proving the prognosticators wrong. Picked to finish ninth in the 11-team conference and with no one on the preseason all-league men’s basketball teams, the Colonials on Monday claimed three of the Horizon’s major postseason awards less than a week...
Folgueiras’ health a concern for top-seeded Robert Morris as Horizon League Tournament approaches
Top-seeded Robert Morris entered the week with a bit of uncertainty as the start of the Horizon League Men’s Basketball Tournament loomed. The Colonials (23-8), one of five teams with first-round byes, were looking ahead to the quarterfinals on Thursday night with an eye on the status of injured sophomore...
Robert Morris men win, clinch their 1st Horizon League regular-season titleVideo
After four agonizing seasons in the Horizon League, Andy Toole finally is back on top. And the longtime Robert Morris men’s basketball coach is hoping for even more. “We’ll enjoy this tonight and then we’ll be back to work (Friday) trying to figure out what we’ve got to do to...
Robert Morris men roll past Milwaukee for 12th victory in past 13 games
And just like that, Robert Morris is in first place in the Horizon League men’s basketball standings. For the first time. Ever. Don’t tell coach Andy Toole, though. He’s not biting. “We’ve just got to keep doing what we do,” Toole said Sunday after Robert Morris’ 72-59 victory over Milwaukee...
Robert Morris men top Green Bay for 11th win in past 12 games
Everyone in the Robert Morris locker room was delighted with another victory. Nobody could’ve been thrilled with much else. Not even Kam Woods, the Colonials senior guard who flirted with a triple-double. This was Green Bay, after all. “It’s your biggest fear as a coach,” Robert Morris’ Andy Toole said...
Robert Morris opens 2025 football season on the road with back-to-back games vs. WVU, Youngstown State
Robert Morris’ 2025 football schedule, released Tuesday by coach Bernard Clark and the Northeast Conference, will include five Saturday home games at Joe Walton Stadium. The opener is Aug. 30 at West Virginia, a first-time opponent and the Colonials’ first game against a Big 12 team. Before the home opener...
Robert Morris basketball stays hot, defeats Purdue Fort Wayne
The ball worked its way inside the paint and back to the arc as the shot clock ticked into single digits. Back inside and out to Kam Woods in the right corner. Woods’ 3-point shot went up and bounded off the back of the iron before kissing the backboard and...
With tenacious coach Andy Toole leading the way, Robert Morris surges in Horizon League
When Andy Toole took the men’s basketball reins at Robert Morris in 2010, he was going by his given name, Andrew. As time passed, it, naturally, morphed into Andy. A decade later, the Colonials, for years among the top contenders in the lightly regarded Northeast Conference, made their way to...
Tim Benz: After finishing a game with no healthy goalies and an empty net, RMU hockey finds an EBUG
A week after the Robert Morris men’s hockey team had to finish a game without a goalie, the Colonials are preparing for this weekend’s games with the NCAA version of an EBUG: Emergency Backup Goaltender. The Colonials entered last weekend’s series against Bentley with one of their goalies, Croix Kochendorfer,...
Robert Morris defeats Horizon leader Cleveland State
Robert Morris sent a stern message Wednesday night to the rest of the Horizon League men’s basketball teams. League-leading Cleveland State certainly heard it loud and clear: “Beware.” “You can’t beat a team like Cleveland State on the road unless you get contributions from everybody, and that’s what we did...
Alvaro Folgueiras scores 35 to propel Robert Morris past Northern KentuckyVideo
Robert Morris made another strong statement Saturday in its bid for a first-round bye in the Horizon League Tournament, and Alvaro Folgueiras spoke the loudest. Folgueiras scored a career-high 35 points and grabbed 10 rebounds for his 10th double-double, Kam Woods scored five straight points late to give Robert Morris...
Robert Morris looks to follow path of fellow mid-major Duquesne to NCAA Tournament
Remember last season? Who could forget when Duquesne won the Atlantic 10 Tournament in men’s basketball and surged to its first NCAA Tournament in something like a million years? Remember that? It had been 47 seasons — the year was 1977, to be exact — since the Dukes made The...
Robert Morris men bounce back to swat away Detroit Mercy
Amarion Dickerson appeared in disbelief. “A school record?” the Robert Morris junior forward said, repeating what someone just told him. “Really, a school record?” But for Dickerson, honestly, it was business as usual. He entered the night fourth in Division I in blocks with 59. The total swelled to 67...
Robert Morris men come up short at Wright StateVideo
Even with its late-game miscues, the Robert Morris men’s basketball team nearly kept its long winning streak alive Sunday at Wright State. But the Colonials weren’t able to come through. Andrew Welage’s jumper and Jack Doumbia’s free throw in the final 11 seconds completed a run of 10 unanswered points...
7 players score in double figures as Robert Morris men rout IU Indy
As the seasons progress in men’s basketball, Robert Morris’ desire to make noise in the Horizon League grows stronger. The surging Colonials were deafening Thursday night at UPMC Events Center, doubling up IU Indianapolis, 106-53, for their sixth consecutive victory and 10th in the past 12 games. “We’re getting hot...
Robert Morris men edge defending league champion Oakland for 5th straight victory
Robert Morris is on a roll in men’s basketball, and the Colonials are doing it by winning the close ones. They claimed another one Saturday, their fifth consecutive victory and fourth by three points or fewer during that time to keep pace with the Horizon League leaders. “(Again) a pretty...
Robert Morris men run road winning streak to 4 with late victory over Youngstown StateVideo
Robert Morris’ midseason surge in men’s basketball continued Wednesday night with another road victory, the Colonials’ fourth consecutive success away from UPMC Events Center. Kam Woods’ driving layup with 2 seconds left carried RMU to a 72-70 victory against Youngstown State at Beeghly Center in Youngstown, Ohio, giving the Colonials...
Behind 5 double-digit scorers, Robert Morris edges Milwaukee for 700th win in program history
Josh Omojafo and Kam Woods scored 15 points apiece to pace five double-figure scorers for Robert Morris, and the Colonials defeated Milwaukee, 81-79, on Sunday at UW-Milwaukee Panther Arena for their third consecutive road win in men’s basketball. It also was the Colonials’ third straight victory overall and fourth in...
Amarion Dickerson scores 22, Robert Morris beats Green Bay
GREEN BAY, Wis. — Amarion Dickerson scored 22 points as Robert Morris beat Green Bay, 89-67, on Friday night. Dickerson shot 8 for 11 (2 for 3 from 3-point range) and 4 of 5 from the free-throw line for the Colonials (12-7, 4-4 Horizon League). Kam Woods scored 20 points...
Robert Morris survives buzzer-beater scare vs. Wright State
Five years into its Horizon League journey, Robert Morris has shown signs of stabilizing its men’s basketball program following a rocky transition from the lesser-renowned Northeast Conference, where the Colonials traditionally were among the top teams. On Sunday against Wright State at UPMC Events Center, where four days earlier a...
Robert Morris drops 80-69 Horizon League decision to Cleveland State
Over the previous five games, Robert Morris offered coach Andy Toole hope. The Colonials had won four of those games and looked like they were ready to stand up to a team such as Cleveland State and take whatever punches its players might throw. He was wrong. Cleveland State (11-6,...
Kam Woods’ 29 lead Robert Morris past Oakland
AUBURN HILLS, Mich. — Kam Woods had 29 points in Robert Morris’ 79-71 win over Oakland on Saturday night. Woods shot 9 of 15 from the field, including 3 for 4 from 3-point range, and went 8 for 10 from the line for the Colonials (10-6, 2-3 Horizon League). Josh...
Detroit Mercy takes down Robert Morris men in overtime
DETROIT — Orlando Lovejoy’s 32 points led Detroit Mercy past Robert Morris, 78-76, in overtime on Thursday night. The Colonials (9-6, 1-3 Horizon League) were led by Kam Woods and Amarion Dickerson with 20 points apiece. Josh Omojafo finished with 13 points. Robert Morris had a three-game winning streak snapped....
Robert Morris gets double-doubles from 2 players in 3OT win over Northern KentuckyVideo
Andy Toole was worn out just watching Sunday’s marathon Horizon League battle at UPMC Events Center. You can bet he was feeling an assortment of other emotions, too. “Your mind’s racing on every possession. It was exhausting,” the Robert Morris men’s basketball coach said moments after his Colonials came away...
Alvaro Folgueiras leads Robert Morris’ win against St. Francis (Pa.)
MOON TOWNSHIP — Alvaro Folgueiras scored 27 points as Robert Morris beat St. Francis (Pa.), 90-77, on Saturday for the Colonials’ second win in a row. Folgueiras added 16 rebounds, four steals and three blocks for the Colonials (8-5). He entered the game averaging 11.7 points and 10.4 rebounds. “He...
