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Colonials fall victim to Bobcats' late rally
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HAMDEN, Conn. -- Ike Azotam hit a go-ahead free throw with 1:18 left and Quinnipiac beat Robert Morris, 63-61, Thursday night in Northeast Conference play.
The first of Azotam's two free throws put the Bobcats ahead amid a 6-0 run that created a 62-58 lead.
Quinnipiac (11-13, 7-5) trailed, 51-46, with 7:49 to play, but pieced together a 10-2 run over the next three minutes and took a 56-53 lead on Izotam's layup.
The Colonials' Russell Johnson responded with a tying 3-pointer and Lucky Jones added a layup for Robert Morris' 58-56 lead with 4:21 to play.
The Bobcats then launched their 6-0 run and held the Colonials scoreless until Coron Williams' 3-pointer with a second left.
The win was Quinnipiac's third in a row. Evan Conti led the Bobcats with 18 points, while Izotam had 10.
Johnson paced Robert Morris (17-9, 9-4) with 16 points and seven rebounds. Jones and Coron Williams scored 12 points each with Jones also grabbing seven rebounds and three assists.
Guard Anthony Myers-Pate scored seven points for the Colonials as did Mike McFadden off the bench.
Conference Overall
Team W L Pct. W L Pct.
Bryant 9 3 .750 16 7 .696
RMU 9 4 .692 17 9 .654
LIU9 4 .692 14 11 .560
Wagner 8 5 .615 14 10 .583
Sacred Heart 7 5 .583 9 14 .391
Quinnipiac 7 5 .583 11 13 .440
C. Conn. St. 6 6 .500 10 13 .435
Mt. St. Mary's6 7 .462 11 13 .458
St. Francis6 7 .462 10 14 .417
Monmouth 4 9 .308 9 17 .346
Saint Francis3 10 .231 3 21 .125
F. Dickinson2 11 .154 7 19 .269
First Published February 15, 2013 12:02 am
