University of Richmond Athletics
1988 NCAA Sweet Sixteen
10/20/2005 | Men's Basketball
Richmond 72, Indiana 69
March 18, 1988
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| Richmond vs. Indiana |
Rodney Rice nailed a jumper with less than a minute to play to put Richmond ahead to stay. Rice finished with 21 points, which led all Spiders in double figures. Peter Woolfolk finished with 16, Ken Atkinson with 14 and Steve Kratzer posted a double-double with 12 points and 12 rebounds.
The Spiders never trailed by more than six points in becoming only the second team to oust a defending champion in the first round. Arkansas had done the same to Louisville in 1981. Keith Smart led Indiana with 23 points.
Richmond FG-FA FT-FA R TP Stapleton, Scott* 0-4 1-2 2 1 Woolfolk, Peter* 6-12 4-5 5 16 Kratzer, Steve* 6-12 0-1 12 12 Atkinson, Ken* 5-6 4-6 4 14 Rice, Rodney* 9-17 0-0 1 21 Winiecki, Mike 2-2 0-0 1 4 English, Eric 1-2 2-2 1 4 Taylor, Benjy 0-0 0-0 0 0 Dudek, Hank 0-0 0-0 0 0 Team TOTALS 29-55 11-16 36 72
Indiana FG-FA FT-FA R TP Edwards, Jay* 6-10 0-0 0 16 Eyl, Steve* 1-1 0-0 0 2 Garrett, Dean* 4-16 1-3 10 9 Jones, Lyndon* 3-7 2-2 2 8 Smart, Keith* 10-18 3-3 4 23 Jadlow, Todd 4-5 3-4 2 11 Hillman, Joe 0-4 0-0 2 0 Team 6 TOTALS 28-61 9-12 28 69
1st 2nd Tot. Richmond 44 28 72 Indiana 38 31 69 Attendance: 15,608
1988 NCAA Second Round
Richmond 59, Georgia Tech 55
March 20, 1988
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| Richmond vs. Georgia Tech |
But on this occasion, Richmond was rewarded with its first-ever berth in the Sweet 16. Led by Peter Woolfolk's 27 points and nine rebounds, the Spiders knocked off the Yellow Jackets 59-55. Woolfolk, in perhaps his best game ever, went 11 of 21 from the floor. Scott Stapleton was Richmond's next-leading scorer with eight points.
Dennis Scott and Brian Oliver - both future NBA players - led Tech with 15 points apiece. As a team, though, the Jackets couldn't solve the Spiders' pressure defense, as their 5-of-22 performance from behind the three-point arc would attest.
Richmond
FG-FA FT-FA R TP Stapleton, Scott* 3-6 2-2 6 8 Woolfolk, Peter* 11-21 5-12 9 27 Kratzer, Steve* 1-4 2-5 12 4 Atkinson, Ken* 1-6 4-5 0 6 Rice, Rodney* 2-7 0-0 4 5 Winiecki, Mike 3-4 1-2 4 7 English, Eric 0-1 0-0 2 0 Taylor, Benjy 0-0 2-3 1 2 Team TOTALS 21-49 16-29 44 59
Georgia Tech
FG-FA FT-FA R TP Scott, Dennis* 6-19 0-2 8 15 Ferrell, Duane* 2-10 5-7 8 9 Hammonds, Tom* 4-8 0-0 5 8 Neal, Craig* 1-4 1-4 2 4 Oliver, Brian 5-13 4-4 5 15 Munlyn, James 0-0 0-0 1 0 Sherrod, Anthony 1-3 2-2 3 4 Team TOTALS 19-57 12-19 37 55
1st 2nd Tot. Richmond 29 30 59 Georgia Tech 18 37 55 Attendance: 15,608
1988 NCAA Sweet Sixteen
Temple 69, Richmond 47
March 24, 1988
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| Richmond vs. Temple |
Despite the loss, the Spiders ended the season with a school-record 26 victories, against only seven defeats. Freshman phenom Mark Macon led the way for the Owls with a game-high 24 points. Mike Vreeswyck added 19 and Tim Perry hauled in 13 rebounds for Temple. Ken Atkinson led Richmond with 15 points, all of which came on three-point shots. Atkinson was 5 of 7 from behind the arc.
Peter Woolfolk notched his second double-double in three NCAA Tournament games with 12 points and 10 rebounds. Rodney Rice also reached double figures in scoring with 11 points.
Temple
FG-FA FT-FA R TP Vreeswyk, Mike* 6-13 2-2 4 19 Perry, Tim* 5-7 1-3 13 11 Rivas, Ramon* 1-1 0-0 1 2 Macon, Mark* 11-23 2-4 2 24 Evans, Howard* 4-6 0-0 1 11 Brantley, Derrick 1-3 0-0 4 4 Causwell, Duane 0-1 0-0 2 0 Johnson, Shawn 0-0 0-0 0 0 Team TOTALS 28-54 5-9 30 69
Richmond
FG-FA FT-FA R TP Stapleton, Scott* 1-4 0-0 5 2 Woolfolk, Peter* 6-13 0-1 10 12 Kratzer, Steve* 1-3 2-6 4 4 Atkinson, Ken* 5-9 0-1 3 15 Rice, Rodney* 4-14 0-0 4 11 Winiecki, Mike 1-1 1-2 1 3 English, Eric 0-0 0-0 0 0 Taylor, Benjy 0-3 0-0 0 0 Floyd, Steve 0-1 0-0 0 0 Team TOTALS 18-48 3-10 33 47
1st 2nd Tot. Richmond 26 21 47 Temple 32 37 69 Attendance: 19,591
