MOON TOWNSHIP, Pa. (AP) - Velton Jones scored 23 points and Robert Morris held off Northeast Conference leader LIU 75-66 on Thursday night, snapping the Blackbirds' nine-game winning streak and handing them their first league loss.
Jones also had seven assists, six rebounds and two steals for the Colonials (16-6, 7-2), who have won a season-high four in a row.
Robert Morris never trailed and the only tie was at 3-3. The Colonials led 34-26 at halftime after hitting 4 of 13 3-pointers compared to the Blackbirds' 0 of 8.
With Robert Morris leading 64-49 with 6:11 remaining, LIU (14-7, 8-1) went on a 10-0 run, C.J. Garner and Julian Boyd scoring four points apiece to cut the deficit to 64-59 with 2:36 left.
Lijah Thompson answered with a three-point play for the Colonials, who maintained a six-point cushion from there.
Boyd led LIU with 25 points and 12 rebounds and Jamal Olasewere scored 18.
| Scoreboard | |||
| Final | 1 | 2 | T |
| LIU-Brooklyn (14-7) | 26 | 40 | 66 |
| Robert Morris (16-6) « | 34 | 41 | 75 |
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| LIU-Brooklyn Blackbirds | |||||||
| STARTERS | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| J. Boyd, F | 35 | 8-11 | 7-8 | 12 | 0 | 5 | 25 |
| J. Olasewere, F | 28 | 6-9 | 6-6 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 18 |
| J. Brickman, G | 35 | 3-6 | 2-2 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 8 |
| C. Garner, G | 35 | 2-8 | 4-4 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 8 |
| M. Culpo, G | 27 | 0-10 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| BENCH | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| B. Thompson | 22 | 1-3 | 0-0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 3 |
| K. Onyechi | 12 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| A. Mayorga | 3 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| B. Hucks | 1 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| K. Joseph | 1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| R. Odoch Opong | 1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 22-50 | 19-20 | 35 | 7 | 20 | 66 | |
| 44% | 95% | ||||||
| Robert Morris Colonials | |||||||
| STARTERS | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| L. Jones, F | 31 | 4-7 | 2-6 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 10 |
| M. McFadden, F | 28 | 2-4 | 3-4 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 7 |
| L. Bridges, F | 12 | 0-0 | 0-1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| V. Jones, G | 31 | 6-13 | 8-11 | 6 | 7 | 1 | 23 |
| C. Williams, G | 30 | 4-11 | 1-2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 13 |
| BENCH | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| L. Thompson | 24 | 3-6 | 3-3 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 9 |
| A. Myers | 22 | 3-7 | 0-0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 7 |
| K. Armstrong | 14 | 2-4 | 0-0 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 4 |
| B. Herman | 8 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Totals | 25-54 | 17-27 | 29 | 13 | 20 | 75 | |
| 46.3% | 63% | ||||||
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