Mark Sears scored 19 of his 22 points in the second half to help second-seeded Alabama hold off Robert Morris and secure a 90-81 victory on Friday afternoon in an NCAA Tournament East Region first-round game at Cleveland.Mouhamed Dioubate finished with 18 points and 10 rebounds and Clifford Omoruyi had 17 points for Alabama (26-8), which advanced to Sunday’s second round to face either No. 7-seed Saint Mary’s or No. 10 Vanderbilt.Sears, who also dished out 10 assists, made 11 of 13 free throws and sparked a late 11-1 surge by the Crimson Tide after the Colonials briefly took the lead late in the second half.”Sears didn’t want this to be his last game and you could see that,” Alabama head coach Nate Oats said on the TruTV broadcastAmarion Dickerson scored a game-high 25 points and added nine rebounds for 15-seed Robert Morris (26-9), which fell short of what would have been its first appearance in the second round.Alvaro Folgueiras had 15 points and 10 rebounds for the Colonials, while Josh Omojafo had 12 points and DJ Smith added 10.The Colonials led 65-64 with 7:10 remaining before the Crimson Tide went on a decisive 11-1 run to take control with 3:24 remaining.”We finally got some stops and some defensive rebounds,” Oats said. “They did a great job on the boards, and we didn’t rebound most of the game. They’re a good team and Dickerson did a great job on the glass.”