The Robert Morris men’s basketball team will look to snap a two-game losing streak when it travels to Indiana to play the Indiana University-Indianapolis Jaguars at 6:30 p.m. Thursday.
The Horizon League game will feature the 11-7 Colonials against the 4-15 Jaguars, who are on a six-game losing streak. IU-Indianapolis is winless in conference action at 0-8, while RMU enters the game with a 5-3 record in the Horizon League.
Kyler D’Agustino leads the Jaguars in scoring with an average of 18.1 points per game and is shooting over 54% from the field.
Robert Morris’ latest outing resulted in a 79-74 home loss to the Purdue-Fort Wayne Mastodons Sunday. After several back-and-forth first-half lead changes, the Mastodons took a 43-37 halftime lead. Robert Morris went on a 9-0 run early in the second half to take the lead, but Purdue-FW answered with a 22-7 run of its own.
The Colonials were not done and answered with a 21-10 run late in the game to cut the lead to one possession at 77-74. The Colonials Ryan Prather’s last-second 3-point attempt was blocked, sealing the win for Purdue-FW.
Prather had a game-high 20 points for RMU and DeSean Goode added 14, but it was the balanced scoring from Purdue-FW that was the difference. Corey Hadnot scored 17 and Maximus Nelson, DeAndre Craig and Mikale Stevenson added 15 each, respectively.
WOMEN’S BASKETBALL
RMU to host IU-Indianapolis Thursday
The Robert Morris women’s basketball team will continue Horizon League action against the Indiana University-Indianapolis Jaguars at 6 p.m. Thursday at the UPMC Events Center in Moon Township.
The Jaguars are 6-10 overall and 2-5 in league play, while the Colonials are 11-5 overall and 4-3. IU-Indy’s leading scorer is Navaeh Foster, who is averaging 12.3 points per game.
The Colonials will be looking to rebound after an 81-76 home conference loss to the Northern Kentucky Norse Saturday.
The Norse shot 44.4% from 3-point range and outrebounded RMU 34-28, which were the differences in the game. Northern Kentucky was led by Karina Bystry, who scored a game high 24 points, while Taysha Rushton added 19, Mya Meredith chipped in 17 and Maddie Moody had 10 rebounds.
Robert Morris’ Aislin Malcolm scored 23 points, Eva Levingston added 18 and Ava Leroux had 10 points. Levingston also had seven rebounds.
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