MOON TOWNSHIP, Pa. (AP) — Coron Williams scored 20 points and Robert Morris held off Sacred Heart for a 70-67 win on Saturday night.
The Colonials (13-6, 4-2 Northeast Conference) led 37-30 at halftime and by as many as 15, 53-38, with 11:31 remaining.
The Pioneers (8-11, 2-4) made 7 of 13 3-pointers in the second half, and tied it at 67 on Shane Gibson’s 3-pointer with 2:37 to play. Sacred Heart, however, went cold from that point on missing its final four shots.
Lawrence Bridges went 2 of 3 from the free-throw line the resqt of the way to seal it for Robert Morris.