Memory Lane with Cory Giger: Colonials' Lucky Jones on NIT upset of Kentucky, fleeing Ukraine before war

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4.6 • 832 Ratings

🗓️ 18 February 2023

⏱️ 36 minutes

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In this episode, Cory Giger welcomes former Robert Morris basketball player Lucky Jones. The Colonials pulled off a stunning upset of Kentucky in the NIT in 2013, and Jones was a big part of it. He discusses that historic victory and what it has meant to the Robert Morris program 10 years later. Jones was playing professional basketball in Ukraine when Russia invaded the country in 2022. He discusses the harrowing moments he faced trying to get out of Ukraine and back to his family in the United States.

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1:22.6	And something really cool will happen at Robert Morris on Saturday coming up today. They will honor
1:29.5	the 10-year anniversary of the Colonials, really just tremendous victory over Kentucky in the
1:36.5	NIT back in 2013. We are pleased to be joined by a member of that Robert Morris team, Lucky Jones.
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