RMU hoops: Women open Horizon League play in Kentucky; men battle in Milwaukee

The Robert Morris women’s basketball team will travel to Highland Heights, Ky., to face Northern Kentucky Sunday in RMU’s first Horizon League game.

The Norse are 3-7 overall and 0-1 in conference play and are led by Karina Bystry, who averages 11.3 points per game, followed by Maddie Moody at 9.4 PPG. The game is scheduled to tip off at 1 p.m. Sunday in Truist Arena.

Robert Morris enters conference play with a 5-2 record after defeating Mercyhurst, 73-71,  in the Colonials’ most recent game. The game, played Wednesday at the Mercyhurst Athletic Center in Erie, came down to a last-second missed 3-point attempt by Mercyhurst.

The Colonials were led by a breakout game from freshman Layke Fields, who scored 24 points. Myriam Traore added 14 points and nine rebounds, Aislin Malcolm scored 10 points and Mercyhurst transfer Bailey Kuhns had 10 points and seven rebounds against her former team.

Robert Morris only hit one 3-point attempt in the game and worked its inside game, shooting 55.6% from the field and dominating the Lakers in rebounding 36-16. Mercyhurst, from the Northeast Conference, fell to 0-7.

Colonial men continue Horizon League road trip in Milwaukee

The Robert Morris men’s basketball team, fresh off a last-second victory Thursday night, will take on Wisconsin-Milwaukee in a Horizon League matchup at 8 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 6, in Milwaukee.

Milwaukee is 3-5 for the season, not having lost at home, and the game will be its first in conference play. The Panthers’ leading scorer is Seth Hubbard, who averages 16 points per game, and Danico Jovanovich is second in scoring with 13.4 PPG. The game will be played at Panther Arena in Milwaukee.

Robert Morris enters the game 7-3 overall and 1-0 in conference play after defeating Wisconsin-Green Bay 80-78 Thursday at the Kress Center in Green Bay.

The game featured a great comeback by the Colonials, who trailed by 11 points with under three minutes remaining. RMU went on a 15-3 run and eventually regained the lead with two seconds remaining on a Nikolaos Chitikoudis layup. DeSean Goode led RMU in scoring with 18 points and nine rebounds, Ryan Prather added 11 points and Cam Wilds and Darius Livingston both scored 10. A key statistic was Robert Morris’ offensive rebounds as they worked their way to 13, to Green Bay’s three.