ALTOONA, Pa. -- It took less five minutes of game time before Northern Kentucky took its first double-digit lead as they took down Robert Morris 78-64 Thursday night. The loss moved the Colonials to 7-22 overall and 5-15 in the Horizon League with a game remaining in the regular season.
"We weren't ready to play," head coach Andrew Toole said. "A number of the three's that (Marques Warrick) took we just stood around and watched him. They were the aggressor and locked in, and we just weren't able to fight back."
It wasn't all terrible for Robert Morris as sophomore guard Kam Farris scored 14 points off the bench while senior forward Kahliel Spear added 12 points of his own.
"It was nice to see Kam get his shooting touch back," Toole said. "If he can get into a rhythm that's only going to bolster us. He certainly needs to continue to focus on the defensive end, but since he's battled back from COVID you can see he's getting healthy and that shooting ability is back to where he it was before he was out."
Getting Farris back will bolster the Colonials on both ends of the floor, but despite their record, there's still a lot left to play for this season for Robert Morris.
"The good teams in this league are trying to get ready to play their best basketball as we close in on the conference tournament," Toole said. "Northern Kentucky was locked in tonight, and they're ready for this time of year. We're going up against another team in Wright State Saturday that's looking to do the same thing. For us it's another opportunity to put on the jersey and go out and compete. You only have so many times to do that at this level of basketball. Hopefully our guys can take advantage of that."
THE ESSENTIALS
• Boxscore
• Scoreboard
• Standings
• Statistics
THE SCHEDULE
The Colonials will finish the regular season at Wright State Saturday for a 7 p.m. tip.
THE CONTENT
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