Jimmy Langhurst News

This is my 10th year covering boys basketball at the News Journal and in that time North central Ohio has produced an embarrassment of riches.

Appalachian State beats Robert Morris 65-52 Eds: APNewsNow. Appalachian State 65, Robert Morris 52.

Gary Wallace scored 14 points off the bench and Robert Morris defeated Cleveland State 78-70 on Tuesday night.

There was nothing cheap about what happened inside the A.J. Palumbo Center last night.

Robert Morris continued its recent mastery of Mount St. Mary's on Thursday night.

Paul Schofield can be reached via e-mail or at 724-853-2109. It's been 11 days since the Robert Morris men's basketball team last played.

The California University women's basketball team opened a double-digit lead during the second half Saturday afternoon in its home opener against Charleston and held off a late rally for a 74-72 victory at Hamer Hall.

ALBANY, N.Y. -- Thomas Kennedy scored 19 points and had four steals in Detroit Mercy's 71-59 win over Robert Morris today.

PLYMOUTH -- With the stroke of a pen, Brook Turson added another accolade to his resume.

Now that getting head coach Jim Boeheim his 800th career win is out of the way, the Syracuse Orange can now turn their attention to Robert Morris in the second round of the 2K Sports Classic benefiting Coaches vs.

When the Robert Morris men's basketball team last came into the Carrier Dome in the first round of the 2008 NIT, its gameplan was simple and expertly executed: make 3-pointers. On Wednesday, in the Colonials' season opener against Syracuse, those same shots weren't falling as frequently as they were then.

Robert Morris men's basketball coach Mike Rice vividly remembers the day his father was ejected from an NBA game.

Paul Schofield can be reached via e-mail or at 724-853-2109. When the Robert Morris men's basketball team tips off the season tonight against Syracuse at the Carrier Dome in Syracuse, N.Y., don't look for the veterans to be intimidated by the surroundings.

Defending Northeast Conference regular season and playoff champion Robert Morris earned two first-place votes and was picked to finish third in the conference by the coaches.

SCOUTING THE NEWCOMERS: Robert Morris coach Mike Rice thinks he has a pair of guards, Karon Abraham and Coron Williams, who can step right in and help fill the void left by the losses of Jeremy Chappell and Bateko Francisco.

G Jimmy Langhurst becomes more of the focus of the Robert Morris attack with the departure of Jeremy Chappell .

PLYMOUTH -- Brook Turson and New Knoxville's Brad Piehl shared the Northwest District Division IV Player of the Year award last season.

THE GOOD NEWS: The tradition has been set in Moon Township as the Colonials have won the last two NEC regular season titles and this year's league championship.