Colonials slip past Green Bay

Green III scores a season-high 21

Brandon Stone hit two free throws with 24 seconds left and Robert Morris held off Green Bay, 62-60, Saturday night at UPMC Events Center.

Michael Green III led the Colonials (5-16, 3-9 Horizon League) with a season-high 21 points and Enoch Cheeks had 11 points and 10 rebounds. Stone added 11 points off the bench.

Cade Meyer led the Phoenix (4-16, 3-8) with 16 points and eight rebounds.

Robert Morris has won back-to-back games for the first time this season.

Other men’s game

Arkansas 77, West Virginia 68: Former Pitt Panther Au’Diese Toney scored 19 points and Arkansas never trailed to win its sixth game in a row, beating visiting West Virginia in an SEC/Big 12 Challenge game.

The Razorbacks (16-5) led by as many as 19 points in the second half after JD Notae’s layup with 16:06 to play, but West Virginia rallied, getting within five points after a 13-0 run capped by a Jalen Bridges layup with 12:24 to make it 54-49.

Toney answered with five consecutive points to push the Razorbacks’ lead back to double digits and Jaylin Williams added a three-point play to make it an 8-0 run for a 62-49 advantage. The Mountaineers (13-7) got within 68- 62 on Sean McNeil’s 3-pointer with 4:44 left, but Arkansas again pushed its lead back to double digits until Taz Sherman’s layup with 24 seconds left got West Virginia within nine with its final points.

Kedrian Johnson, who came into the game averaging 4.5 points per game, led West Virginia with a season-high 18 in just his second game scoring in double digits. Sherman finished with 15 points and three steals and Malik Curry added 11 points off the bench.

Women’s game

Baylor 87, West Virginia 54: Queen Egbo and NaLyssa Smith combined to score 25 of their 40 points in the first half and No. 11 Baylor (15-4, 5-2 Big 12) beat host West Virginia.

The Mountaineers led, 64, then were outscored 24-4 the rest of the opening quarter. Esmery Martinez was the only player in double figures with 13 points for West Virginia (10-8, 3-5), which shot 30% from the field. KK Deans, the Mountaineers’ leading scorer at over 15 points a game, left with a leg injury six minutes into the game with 2 points.