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Detroit Mercy tops Robert Morris 70-64 in Horizon League semifinal, will play Wright State for title

By The Associated Press

INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Orlando Lovejoy had 21 points and Lance Stone came off the bench to score 16, leading Detroit Mercy to a 70-64 victory over Robert Morris on Monday night in a Horizon League Tournament semifinal.

No. 3 seed Detroit Mercy (17-14) will play top-seeded Wright State in the championship game on Tuesday with an automatic berth in the NCAA Tournament on the line.

Lovejoy made 5 of 14 shots and 11 of 12 free throws for the Titans, adding six assists. Stone sank 6 of 12 shots with two 3-pointers. Tyler Spratt had 10 points and Legend Geeter contributed nine points and 10 rebounds.

DeSean Goode finished with 14 points and 10 rebounds to pace the second-seeded Colonials (22-11). Nikolaos Chitikoudis had 13 points and seven assists. Ryan Prather Jr. and reserve Ta’Zir Smith both scored 11.

The Titans outscored Robert Morris 37-28 in the second half.

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Columbia’s Riley Weiss named Met Basketball Writers Association Player of the Year

By The Associated Press
NEW YORK (AP) — Columbia's Riley Weiss was chosen as the Met Basketball Writers Association Player of the Year on Tuesday. Weiss set a school record scoring 662 points this past season to lead the Lions to a 25-8 record and the WBIT championship. The junior averaged 21.0 points in the postseason tournament to earn Most Outstanding Player honors. Fairleigh Dickinson coach Stephanie Gaitley was picked as the Maggie Dixon Met Coach of the Year — the fourth time she's won the award. Gaitley led the Knights to a 30-5 mark. That's the most wins in a season for the program. FDU was second in the nation in scoring defense and reached the NCAA Tournament for the second consecutive year. Gaitley also won the award in 2013, 2018 and 2019 while coaching Fordham.
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