HACKENSACK, N.J. – Coming off its most dominant performance of the season, the Fairleigh Dickinson men's basketball team travels to Robert Morris to square off with the first-place Colonials in their first of two scheduled meetings this season.

FDU Knights (7-16, 5-7 NEC) at Robert Morris Colonials (15-11, 11-2 NEC)
Saturday, Feb. 15 – 1:00 PM
UPMC Events Center – Moon Township, Pa.
Watch: NEC Front Row
Talent: Chris Shovlin & Jim Elias
Notes: KNIGHTS | Robert Morris
Links: Live Stats | Twitter 

All-Time Series
FDU trails 34-46
at RMU..12-25
Last Five..3-2
Streak..W2
First Meeting.. FDU 69, RMU 63 (1/5/80 at FDU)
Last Meeting..FDU 66, RMU 62 (3/9/19 at FDU - NEC Semifinals)
The No. 2 seed Knights advanced to the NEC Championship following its 66-62 victory over No. 4 seed Robert Morris. In the victory, the Knights shot 50 percent from the field and featured four players in double figures led by senior guard Darnell Edge's 20-point effort. Edge made 8-of-12 overall including a season-high seven two-point field goals. Also in the win, Jahlil Jenkins finished with 18 points, Brandon Powell netted 11 and senior Mike Holloway Jr. added 10 points and a game-high eight rebounds. Senior guard Matty McConnell's 17 points topped the box score for the Colonials, who led by as many as 10 points in the second half. Charles Bain added 10 in the loss as the team shot 42.9 percent overall and 8-of-21 from behind the arc. The Burgundy and Blue were able to overcome 17 turnovers by out-rebounding the Colonials 29-23 and making 22-of-27 (81.5 percent) free throws. With the win the Knights improved to 4-0 in home NEC postseason games under Herenda.

FDU Last Time Out
Led by a career-high 31 points from junior guard Jahlil Jenkins, the Knights rolled over Wagner 106-73 inside the Rothman Center on Thursday night. Five Knights scored in double figures as the home team stretched a 13-point halftime lead to 40 points en route to their largest offensive output against a Division I opponent in 30 years. In addition, the Burgundy and Blue hit a program-record 16 3-pointers in the victory.

The 106 points are the most scored by the Knights in a game since they amassed 111 against NCAA Division III FDU-Florham in 2018 and their most against a Division I opponent since they logged 106 against Central Connecticut in 1990. Jenkins was remarkably efficient, connecting on 12-of-15 (80 percent) overall including a career-high 5-of-7 from three-point range. The West Virginia product added seven assists and five steals to his ledger in the one-sided win. In total, the Knights nabbed a season-high 13 steals and 26 assists. The 26 helpers are the Knights' most against a Division I foe since 2006.

Joining Jenkins in the offensive onslaught was junior forward Elyjah Williams who made all seven of his shots and finished with 16 points, eight rebounds and four assists. Sophomore Brandon Powell also tallied 16 points, while freshmen Devon Dunn and Brandon Rush netted 14 and 13 points, respectively. In addition, senior forward Kaleb Bishop scored nine points, grabbed nine boards and dished out a career-best five assists.

Coach Herenda's Thoughts
"What I am most proud of tonight is that we had six players with higher than a 3.0 grade-point average honored tonight and two guys that were decimal points away," said Greg Herenda following the victory. "There are so many great student-athletes here at FDU and I am blessed to be able to be around them everyday."

"Tonight was one of those rare nights when almost everything we did went well for us and our guys really deserved it all. Jahlil was insane and everyone else followed suit. To have 26 assists and make 16 threes are both monumental milestones but the greatest thing about tonight was just how hard we played against a team that always plays so hard."

"Quietly, we have been playing good basketball for the last seven games and I like the fact that we are doing that at this time of the year," Herenda concluded. "We are practicing great and tonight it really showed. Now we have to get on a bus and head west."

Next Up
The Knights travel north to New Britain, Conn. to face Central Connecticut State next Tuesday, February 18 at 7:00 p.m. The game will air on ESPN3.