The ball worked its way inside the paint and back to the arc as the shot clock ticked into single digits. Back inside and out to Kam Woods in the right corner.
Woods’ 3-point shot went up and bounded off the back of the iron before kissing the backboard and falling through the hoop to the tune of the shot clock expiring.
Those types of plays add up for a hot team heading into March.
Alvaro Folgueiras scored 22 points, Amarion Dickerson added 16 and Robert Morris continued its hot play Saturday, winning for the fourth consecutive time and 10th in the past 11 games, beating Purdue Fort Wayne, 76-69, at UPMC Events Center to move within a game of first place in the Horizon League.
Robert Morris (20-8, 12-5), which led for all but 17 seconds, reached the 20-win mark in a season for the first time since 2019-20, when the Colonials won the Northeast Conference Tournament championship and posted a 20-14 mark in their final season in the league.
Kam Woods also scored in double digits with 12 points for the Colonials, who have won 14 games in their past 17 starts after a three-game losing streak from Nov. 30 to Dec. 8.
The Colonials have three regular-season games remaining, beginning with two straight at home — the first Friday night against last-place Green Bay.
Rasheed Bello led Purdue Fort Wayne (18-10, 11-6) with 25 points.
Quinton Morton-Robertson added 15, and Jalen Jackson finished with 12 for the Mastodons, who entered the day in a three-way tie for second with Robert Morris and Youngstown State.
The Penguins play at first-place Cleveland State on Sunday afternoon.