Robert Morris Rides Dominant Second Quarter to First Season Win

Robert Morris (1-1) used a dominant second quarter and a quartet of double-digit scorers to defeat Delaware State by the score of 69-53 and pick up the program’s first victory of the season.

The Colonials found themselves in a tie game after the first quarter of Sunday’s game at the UPMC Events Center, but an explosive second quarter in which they outscored the Hornets 24-11 allowed them to take a 44-31 lead into halftime.

The Hornets made a run at the Colonials’ eventual 21-point second-half lead, but double-digit scoring games from four of the five starters made the deficit too great to come back from.

Forward Ava Leroux paced Robert Morris in the win with a game-high 16 points. She also added five rebounds in the win, four of which came on the offensive glass.

Starting guard duo, Teigh Yeast and Meghan Murray, were right behind Leroux in the scoring department.

Yeast, a true freshman starter, tallied 14 points, four rebounds and four assists in 37 minutes of action while Murray chipped in 13 points and four assists.

All-Horizon returner Myriam Traore was the last of the Colonials’ double-digit scorers as she scored 12 points to go along with her six rebounds and three assists.

The win was a solid bounce back performance for the Colonials after the disappointing second-half collapse in their season-opening loss just three days prior.

Robert Morris will play its third-straight home game on Wednesday when it hosts Eastern Michigan. The Colonials first road test comes the following Monday when they travel across town to take on Duquesne.