Robert Morris category, Page 8
Robert Morris basketball loses 2 players to portal, receives commitment from Gannon star Josh Omojafo
Robert Morris lost two players from its men’s basketball roster to the NCAA transfer portal, according to Rivals Portal, but added one in coach Andy Toole’s efforts to rebuild from a 10-22 season. Sophomore wing T.J. Wainwright and freshman guard Alfredo Boglio entered the portal while Toole received a verbal...
Robert Morris hires Oakland Catholic’s Eddie Benton as assistant women’s basketball coach
Oakland Catholic girls basketball coach Eddie Benton, who led the Eagles to consecutive section titles, is leaving for a job at Robert Morris. The university announced Tuesday that Benton was joining the Colonials women’s basketball team as an assistant under recently hired head coach Chander McCabe. Benton, a veteran college...
Robert Morris loses 4 players to transfer portal, plus 2 assistants
Significant change is coming to the Robert Morris men’s basketball program after four players, including three who started at least 19 games this season, and two assistants left the program. In the wake of a 10-22 record (6-14 in the Horizon League), players Josh Corbin, Stephaun Walker, Jackson Last and...
Robert Morris hires UCF assistant Chandler McCabe as new women’s basketball coach
Robert Morris has a new women’s basketball coach. Athletic director Chris King announced Chandler McCabe as the seventh head coach in program history Monday. McCabe joins the Colonials from Central Florida, where she served as an assistant for the 2023-24 campaign. Previously, she spent two years at George Mason as...
Recent spotlight on Bill Hillgrove, Chris Shovlin illustrates Pittsburgh’s basketball play-by-play legacies
Bill Hillgrove retired after 30 years as the voice of the Pittsburgh Steelers last week. However, he will remain as the play-by-play man of the Pitt football and men’s basketball teams. He has been a part of both of those broadcasts for more than 50 years. The news of Hillgrove’s...
Robert Morris’ season ends in Horizon League Tournament 1st roundVideo
FORT WAYNE, Ind. — Quinton Morton-Robertson had 17 points in Purdue Fort Wayne’s 78-63 win over Robert Morris on Tuesday night in the first round of the Horizon League Tournament. Morton-Robertson added five rebounds, five assists and three steals for the Mastodons (21-11). Jalen Jackson scored 16 points while shooting...
For Robert Morris, Horizon League tournament is last chance to end disappointing season on positive note
Just over a year ago, Robert Morris hosted a Horizon League tournament game at UPMC Events Center in Moon for the first time since making the jump from the Northeast Conference ahead of the 2020-21 season. The Colonials put together a four-game winning streak toward the end of the regular...
Roberts’ 18 lead Purdue Fort Wayne over Robert Morris, 83-65Video
FORT WAYNE, Ind. — Anthony Roberts had 18 points in Purdue Fort Wayne’s 83-65 win over Robert Morris on Saturday night. Roberts also had seven rebounds for the Mastodons (20-11, 11-9 Horizon League). Rasheed Bello scored 14 points, and Quinton Morton-Robertson had 12 points and shot 4 for 7 from...
Robert Morris falls to Northern Kentucky in final home game
As the regular season comes to a close, Robert Morris’ position within the 11-member Horizon League is solidified heading into the upcoming conference tournament. The Colonials (10-20, 6-13) will be the league’s No. 9 seed when the tournament begins March 5. Given that circumstance, not much was on the table...
Robert Morris seeks to build $28M hockey arena
Robert Morris University wants to build a $28 million arena on campus for its Division I men’s and women’s hockey programs and is seeking $10 million from the state for the project. If it comes to fruition, the state-of- the-art venue would hold 2,500 people through general spectator seats “with...
Robert Morris men lose to Cleveland State on last-second basket
For the second time, Robert Morris fell one basket short against Cleveland State, bolstering the Vikings chances for a Horizon League Tournament bye. Drew Lowder’s off-balance layup at the shot-clock buzzer and with just 1 second left in the game lifted Cleveland State to a 73-71 victory Sunday at UPMC...
Robert Morris men no match for Horizon League leader Oakland
Robert Morris’ final homestand of the season began Thursday night with a whimper as another in a steady parade of Horizon League heavyweights harassed the outmanned Colonials. Trey Townsend scored 22 points and gathered 17 rebounds, and conference-leading Oakland completed a season sweep of Robert Morris with a 63-43 victory...
Braun scores 24 as Wright State takes down Robert Morris, 101-71Video
FAIRBORN, Ohio — AJ Braun had 24 points in Wright State’s 101-71 victory over Robert Morris on Saturday. Braun had eight rebounds for the Raiders (15-12, 10-6 Horizon League). Brandon Noel scored 21 points while shooting 6 of 7 from the field and 8 for 10 from the free-throw line,...
‘The Holdovers’: RMU hockey senior night takes on special meaning for players who stuck around to reboot the program
For three Robert Morris hockey players, this weekend, they will be getting the senior night send-off they never thought they’d receive. Saturday against Canisius (5 p.m.) marks the final regular-season home game for the Colonials in their return campaign after a two-year absence for the program. In May 2021, the...
Thompson’s 27, Burns’ double-double lead Youngstown State over Robert MorrisVideo
YOUNGSTOWN, Ohio — Brett Thompson scored 27 points, Damiree Burns had a huge double-double and Youngstown State beat Robert Morris, 87-77, on Wednesday night. Burns had 24 points and 17 rebounds for the Penguins (19-8, 11-5 Horizon League). Ziggy Reid finished with 20 points and added eight rebounds. Josh Corbin...
Robert Morris finalizes 2024 football schedule
Robert Morris’ football team will face two first-time opponents as part of its 2024 nonconference schedule, which was announced Tuesday. The Colonials will host Edinboro in their home opener Sept. 7, at Joe Walton Stadium. They also will welcome Frostburg State for homecoming Sept. 28. Robert Morris’ other nonconference contests...
Robert Morris women’s basketball coach Charlie Buscaglia resigns
Robert Morris women’s basketball coach Charlie Buscaglia resigned Monday, said Chris King, RMU vice president and director of athletics. “We thank Charlie for his efforts on behalf of RMU women’s basketball,” King said. “We wish him well personally and professionally moving forward.” In eight seasons, Buscaglia leaves RMU with an...
Following OT heartbreaker Thursday, Robert Morris tops Milwaukee for 10th win on year
Robert Morris was left with a bad taste in mouth after Thursday’s overtime loss at home to Green Bay, the Horizon League’s top team. Making matters worse, guard TJ Wainwright went down with an injury, which kept him out of Saturday afternoon’s matchup at UPMC Events Center vs. Milwaukee. Facing...
Robert Morris men fall to conference-leading Green Bay in OT
How many times can Andy Toole say it? How many times can the longtime Robert Morris basketball coach explain the process of becoming a consistent winner? “We’ll say it as many times as we have to,” said Toole, whose Colonials are deep into their fourth season in the Horizon League...
Former Robert Morris player Earl ‘The Twirl’ Cureton, who won 2 NBA championships, has diedVideo
DETROIT — Earl “The Twirl” Cureton, who started his college basketball at Robert Morris and later won two NBA championships in 12 seasons in the league, has died. He was 66. Cureton, who served as a community ambassador for the Detroit Pistons for the last 10 years, died “unexpectedly” on...
Stephaun Walker, Josh Corbin lead Robert Morris past winless Detroit Mercy
DETROIT — Stephaun Walker’s 21 points helped Robert Morris defeat winless Detroit Mercy, 75-67, on Saturday. Walker added seven rebounds for the Colonials (9-14, 5-7 Horizon League). Josh Corbin added 20 points and 11 rebounds, and Markeese Hastings finished with 10 points. Jayden Stone led the Titans (0-24, 0-13) with...
Big night from Markeese Hastings not enough for Robert Morris men
Robert Morris played a catch-up game for the entire night Thursday at Oakland and dropped its second straight Horizon League men’s basketball decision. Blake Lampman scored 20 of his game-high 26 points in the first half, and the Golden Grizzlies went on to an 87-72 victory over the Colonials in...
Robert Morris’ 1st game in return to NEC set for Sept. 21 at Wagner
With immediate NCAA FCS Playoff eligibility, Robert Morris football will play its first Northeast Conference game since announcing its return to the league when it visits Wagner on Sept. 21. The NEC released its 2024 schedule Tuesday, with seven teams playing each other in six games: three at home, three...
Markeese Hastings’ double-double can’t lift Robert Morris men
CLEVELAND — Tristan Enaruna had 28 points in Cleveland State’s 66-64 win against Robert Morris on Sunday. Markeese Hastings led the way for the Colonials (8-13, 4-6 Horizon League) with 18 points, 11 rebounds and two blocks. Josh Corbin added 15 points and five assists for Robert Morris. In addition,...
Robert Morris men extend winning streak to 3 after beating IUPUI
INDIANAPOLIS — Josh Corbin’s 20 points helped Robert Morris defeat IUPUI, 80-63, on Saturday as the Colonials extended their winning streak to three. Corbin added five assists for the Colonials (8-12, 4-5 Horizon League). Justice Williams scored 17 points, and TJ Wainwright finished with 16 points. Jlynn Counter led the...
