Robert Morris category, Page 7
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 died
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...
Robert Morris men survive in wild double-OT win over Detroit Mercy
TJ Wainwright considered the possibility of Robert Morris being “that team,” but he said the Colonials were determined not to allow Detroit Mercy to get its first men’s basketball victory of the season. Even when things were looking bleak. “I kept telling the guys, ‘We’re still going to win this...
Robert Morris men rebound in big way, top Purdue Fort Wayne on OT buzzer-beater
The dust hadn’t settled from a frantic finish Friday night at UPMC Events Center, where Markeese Hastings’ buzzer-beating 3-point shot lifted Robert Morris to a 91-88 overtime victory over Purdue Fort Wayne, when Colonials coach Andy Toole was swarmed by his ecstatic players. “Is your shirt wet?” Toole was asked...
Robert Morris men lose at home to Wright State
Stephaun Walker finished with 18 points and eight rebounds, but Robert Morris lost to visiting Wright State, 101-76, on Wednesday night. Tanner Holden scored 29 points to go with six rebounds, five assists and five steals for the Raiders (9-8, 4-2 Horizon League). Brandon Noel added 17 points and 12...
Robert Morris hockey takes on one of the nation’s ‘blue bloods’ with trip to Minnesota
Last weekend’s series against Stonehill was a measuring stick of sorts for the Robert Morris hockey team. The Skyhawks came in at 0-18-0 in their first year as a D-1 program. Meanwhile, the Colonials are in the first season of a program reboot after a two-year shutdown. It went well...
Robert Morris to add Tony Lee to Ring of Honor
Robert Morris will add 2014 RMU Hall of Fame inductee Tony Lee into its Ring of Honor prior to the men’s basketball team’s game against Purdue Fort Wayne on Jan. 12. Lee accumulated 1,489 points, 751 rebounds and 487 assists at Robert Morris from 2004-08. The four-year letter winner ranks...
Robert Morris men score most lopsided Horizon League win, 92-48 over IUPUI
Another season of struggles in the Horizon League provided a reprieve for Robert Morris on Thursday night at UPMC Events Center as the Colonials scored their most lopsided victory against a conference opponent in four seasons in the league. Josh Corbin’s 15 points led six RMU players in double figures...
Noah Reynolds scores 27 as Green Bay takes down Robert Morris
GREEN BAY, Wis. — Noah Reynolds scored 27 points as Green Bay beat Robert Morris, 78-61, on Sunday. Reynolds shot 10 for 17 (3 for 7 from 3-point range) and 4 of 4 from the free throw line for the Phoenix (8-7, 3-1 Horizon League). Foster Wonders scored 13 points...
Robert Morris men lose to Milwaukee on road
MILWAUKEE — Josh Corbin missed a 3-pointer that would have tied the score at the buzzer, and Robert Morris lost 78-75 at Milwaukee on Friday night. The Colonials (4-10) were led in scoring by Markeese Hastings, who finished with 24 points and six rebounds. Robert Morris also got 14 points...
2023 in Pittsburgh college sports: Pitt men’s basketball ended 5-year NCAA Tournament drought
To fully and fairly assess the 2023 sports year at Pitt, you need to go back to the end of 2022. The metamorphosis of coach Jeff Capel’s men’s basketball program began to take shape Dec. 30, 2022, when Pitt upset No. 25 North Carolina, 76-74, at Petersen Events Center. The...
Robert Morris men’s basketball fades in 2nd half of loss to Cornell
Long after the last of Friday afternoon’s fans had vacated UPMC Events Center following Robert Morris’ 90-85 loss to Cornell, coach Andy Toole slowly exited the Colonials locker room, head slightly bowed, and walked across the arena floor and out of sight. Merry Christmas, coach. Toole, who’s in the midst...
Williams puts up 20, hits late 3 to give Robert Morris a 75-73 victory against St. Francis (Pa.)
LORETTO — Justice Williams made a 3-pointer with 2 seconds left and finished with 20 points to lead Robert Morris to a 75-73 victory over St. Francis (Pa.) on Wednesday night. Cam Gregory’s layup gave St. Francis a 73-72 lead with 16 seconds left. Jackson Last had the ball with...
Elder Iuzzolino wins family showdown as Robert Morris snaps skid with win over St. Vincent
The postgame hug was brief, but that doesn’t mean the love is gone. This father-son combo enjoys a bond made in hoops heaven. That family tie was on display Sunday at UPMC Events Center as Mike Iuzzolino and the Robert Morris Colonials entertained Mike Iuzzolino and the St. Vincent Bearcats...
Iuzzolinos collide in unique father-son college basketball matchup
Mike Iuzzolino remembers using the floor of coach D.P. Harris’ office as a pretend highway. “When I was 8, I used to play with my toy trucks under his desk,” the Saint Vincent junior guard said. “I grew up here.” Iuzzolino spent four years as a curious tag-a-long with a...
Despite Markeese Hastings’ double-double, Robert Morris falls to Delaware
MOON TOWNSHIP — Jyare Davis’ 17 points helped Delaware defeat Robert Morris, 73-69, on Monday night. Davis had eight rebounds, six assists and three steals for the Fightin’ Blue Hens (7-3). Gerald Drumgoole Jr. scored 15 points, shooting 3 for 6 (3 for 4 from 3-point range) and 6 of...
Robert Morris men drop road game at Canisius
BUFFALO, N.Y. — Siem Uijtendaal scored 24 points as Canisius beat Robert Morris, 87-80, on Wednesday night. TJ Wainwright led the Colonials (2-7) with 19 points. Josh Corbin added 16 points and six assists, and Markeese Hastings finished with 14 points and eight rebounds. Uijtendaal had five rebounds for the...
