Wagner, Rivers defeat Robert Morris, 80-69
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Sophomore Latif Rivers matched his season high with 28 points while Wagner converted a season-high 34 free throws en route to a decisive 80-69 victory against Robert Morris.
The sophomore guard had 17 points in the first half, when the Seahawks (18-4, 9-3 NEC) shot 60 percent (12 of 20) and led by as many as 17 points while taking a 44-30 lead at the break.
The Colonials came no closer than six points the rest of the way, 71-65 with 2:09 left in the game. Two free throws by Chris Martin and a three by Rivers built the lead back to 11 points.
With the victory, the Seahawks avenged a Northeast Conference quarterfinal loss to the Colonials a year ago.
RMU, which has played in the conference championship game in each of the past three years, fell to 16-8 (7-4).
Forward Mike McFadden led the Colonials with 10 points and 6 rebounds while Brandon Herman scored 11 points off of the Robert Morris bench.
Lucky Jones and Velton Jones added nine points each for Robert Morris.
First Published February 3, 2012 12:00 am
