Robert Morris Defeats Knights’ Men’s Basketball, 86-57

Box Score/Play-by-Play

Fairfield, Conn. – Tyler Bacon scored a game-high 26 points and Aaron Thomas added 21 points to lead Robert Morris University past Fairleigh Dickinson by a score of 86-57, in Northeast Conference men’s basketball action this evening.  Matt Hammond (Burlington, N.J.) paced the Knights with 11 points and six rebounds. Robert Morris improved to 6-11 overall and 5-3 in NEC play, while the Knights fell to 2-15 overall and 2-6 in the NEC.

            Bacon’s dunk with 5:09 remaining in the first half capped a 16-0 run over a span of 4:50 to give the Colonials a 39-24 advantage.  Bacon went on to score 19 in the first frame to lead Robert Morris into the break with a 47-31 lead and they didn’t look back from there.

            The Knights had opened up the contest by building a 17-9 lead over the first 3:48.   They came out on fire, hitting four three-pointers during that span, two by Marcus Whitaker (Trenton, N.J.) who finished with nine points and five assists.  They cooled off and Bacon heated up, scoring 10 points in a 14-3 run that gave the Colonials their first lead of the game (23-20) with 11:26 remaining before halftime.

            The second half belonged to Thomas who scored 15 of his points over the final 18:33.  Thomas finished 8-of-13 from the field and pulled down five rebounds.  Bacon hit on 9-of-14 from the field, including 4-of-7 beyond the arc, and also grabbed nine boards.

            The Knights return to action on January 23^rd when they travel to Quinnipiac for a 7:00 p.m. contest.