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Cleveland Crowd Gets Behind Upset-Minded Robert Morris

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1 month ago

March 21, 2025

CLEVELAND — The crowd on hand at Rocket Arena in Cleveland is heavily rooting for the Robert Morris basketball squad.

Check out this video of the crowd booing Alabama fans and cheering on Robert Morris fans from the arena.

If you want an idea of the crowd support here for Alabama/Robert Morris, listen to this pic.twitter.com/gHKsGv5Tum

— George Michalowski (@MichalowskiCBB) March 21, 2025

Robert Morris came back after a slow start, cutting Alabama’s lead down to just four points. At the half, Alabama leads 40-36. In the first half, Amarion Dickerson led the Colonials with 13 points and four rebounds. RMU shot 16 for 39 from the field and just 4 for 14 from three-point range, but overcame early shooting struggles to come back into the game. The Colonials defense held its own against Alabama, forcing the Crimson Tide to turn the ball over five times. However, Alabama shot the lights out, making 61% of its field-goal attempts.

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Cliff Omoruyi went 7 for 7 in the half with 15 first-half points. He added on to his total with an alley-oop slam dunk in the first 45 seconds of the second half, too.

If Robert Morris pulls off the opening-round upset, they will stay in Cleveland to play the winner of Vanderbilt and Saint Mary’s on Sunday afternoon.

Dickerson is a Cleveland native. See our recent story from Adam Borst on his journey to the NCAA Tournament below.

CLEVELAND — There is always touching stories around this time of the year in the college basketball world as March Madness is officially underway. This one is about a “prideful Clevelander” that is seeing his basketball journey come full circle in this year’s NCAA Tournament.

While Amarion Dickerson has been playing some of the best basketball of his life just outside of the city of Pittsburgh for the Robert Morris Colonials, he is a Cleveland native through-and-through. Now, the Cleveland native gets the play in a NCAA Tournament game in his hometown during his first year of Division-I basketball.

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