Lucky Jones scored 17 points and Anthony Myers had 15, leading Robert Morris to a Northeast Conference victory against Mount St. Mary's, 67-62, Saturday in Emmitsburg, Md. The game was close throughout, but the Colonials (17-8, 8-4 NEC) rallied from a five-point halftime deficit and outscored the Mountaineers, 39-29, in the second half to secure the win. (Today)

Carnegie Mellon University track and cross country coach Dario Donatelli is the first to point out that junior distance runner Emily Wobb is a unique individual. A Pine-Richland High School graduate and a junior at Carnegie Mellon, Wobb has run in two indoor meets this winter for the Tartans finishing first both times. (02/03/2012)

Porsche Poole scored a career-high 32 points and Michigan State rallied to beat No. 18 Penn State, 83-77, in Big Ten Conference action Sunday at Breslin Center in East Lansing, Mich. Following a 28-point effort in a loss to Illinois, Poole was 10 for 15 from the field, including hitting three 3-pointers, for the Spartans (13-9, 5-4). She also had 6 rebounds, 6 assists and 3 steals. (01/30/2012)

There are basketball players who just have a knack for grabbing rebounds. Of course, it helps if a player if 6 feet 7 and weighs 250 pounds. Meet Pitt-Greensburg junior forward David Palmer. Twice this season, he has had games in which he has pulled down 20 rebounds. He leads the Allegheny Mountain Collegiate Conference in rebounding (11.9 per game) ... (01/27/2012)

If a person is blessed with height, sometimes others expect him to take advantage of it. Just ask Zeke Marshall, a 7-footer who has been taller than his peers throughout most of his life and was not-so-subtly pushed into playing basketball from a young age. "When I was younger, I was always told 'You should play basketball,'" said Marshall, a McKeesport native. (01/26/2012)