Robert Morris clinched at least a share of its third consecutive Northeast Conference regular-season title with a 76-55 road victory Thursday night against Wagner.

"I'm sure it's something you look upon and people outside our program look upon and say, 'They're building a good program there,' " said Robert Morris coach Mike Rice.

But he is not one of them.

"All we're thinking about is winning it outright," he said.

With Quinnipiac's victory against Monmouth, Robert Morris (20-10, 15-2) needs one more win or a Quinnipiac loss to win the championship outright and earn home-court advantage in the NEC tournament.

Robert Morris will play Mount St. Mary's (14-14, 11-6) Saturday in Emmitsburg, Md., and Quinnipiac (20-8, 14-3) will visit Fairleigh Dickinson (11-19, 10-7).

With the win against Wagner (4-26, 2-15), the Colonials now have at least part of nine regular-season NEC championships since the conference was founded in 1981-82.

It also clinched Robert Morris' third consecutive 20-win season, a school record.

The Colonials shot 50.8 percent from the field and used a 39-21 rebounding advantage to crush the Seahawks.

Rice said rebounding was a point of emphasis after the Colonials were manhandled on the boards Saturday night by Quinnipiac.

Senior forward Rob Robinson led all scorers with 16 points. Four Colonials finished in double figures in the team's first win at Wagner since 2005.

The Colonials led, 36-24, at halftime despite having their leading scorer, freshman guard Karon Abraham, on the bench for the majority of the half after he picked up two early fouls.

Robinson had 11 points in the first half and grabbed three offensive rebounds as the Colonials dominated inside, scoring 20 of their 36 first-half points in the lane.

The Seahawks pulled within eight early in the second half, but they came no closer.

Tyler Murray and Chris Martin each scored 15 points to lead Wagner, which shot 50 percent from the field against the NEC's second best field-goal percentage defense.

"I'm not happy with our field-goal percentage defense," Rice said.

But the Colonials made few other mistakes and had twice as many assists (18) as turnovers.

Robert Morris freshman walk-on Treadwell Lewis scored his first collegiate point, hitting a free throw near the end of the game. A Connecticut native, his parents were in the stands. Rice said it was a nice reward for a player who puts in a lot of time and effort but rarely gets any credit.

"There's not a lot of people in this world who can say they've scored a point in Division I basketball," Rice said. "But now he's one of them."

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