University of Richmond Athletics

2001 NIT
10/21/2005 | Men's Basketball
Richmond 79, West Virginia 56
March 16, 2001
UNIVERSITY OF RICHMOND, Va. - After a 17-day layoff without playing a game, the Spiders showed no signs of weariness in their 72-56 win over West Virginia in the first round of the NIT.
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Senior Kinte Smith led the charge, scoring a season-high 24 points, pulling down eight rebounds and dishing out five assists. He scored 16 of his 24 points in the first half, including nailing 3-of-3 from behind the arc.
Greg Stevenson added 18 points and eight rebounds in the 23-point victory, Richmond's 11th win in its past 12 outings.
Richmond center Eric Zwayer scored 12 points while guard Scott Ungerer added 11 points.
West Virginia
FG-A 3PT-A FT-A R TP
Yeager* 2-5 0-2 0-0 5 4
Bowman* 7-13 0-1 3-5 5 17
Moss* 6-9 0-0 2-2 6 14
Lyles* 0-8 0-3 2-2 2 2
Armstead* 3-7 0-2 0-0 2 6
Seldon 0-1 0-0 0-0 0 0
Ayodele 0-0 0-0 0-0 1 0
Berry 1-2 0-1 0-0 0 2
Hewitt 5-8 1-3 0-2 1 11
Oliver 0-0 0-0 0-0 3 0
Team 2
Totals 24-53 1-12 7-11 27 56
Richmond
FG-A 3PT-A FT-A R TP
Smith* 9-14 3-5 3-4 8 24
Stevenson* 8-14 2-4 0-0 8 18
Zwayer* 4-9 0-0 4-4 7 12
Ungerer* 4-9 3-8 0-0 2 11
Myers* 1-4 1-3 0-0 1 3
Brown 1-4 0-1 0-0 1 2
Lay 2-4 0-2 0-0 0 0
Faulconer 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0
Phillips 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0
Kauffman 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0
Skrocki 2-3 0-1 0-0 0 4
Collins 0-0 0-0 0-0 2 0
Houston 1-3 1-3 2-2 4 5
Team 3
Totals 30-61 10-26 9-10 36 79
1st 2nd Tot.
West Virginia 33 23 56
Richmond 47 32 79
2001 NIT Second Round
Dayton 71, Richmond 56
March 19, 2001
DAYTON, Ohio - The Spiders were outscored 41-29 in the second half, as they fell in the second round of the NIT to future Atlantic 10 foe Dayton 71-56.
Flyers' guard Tony Stanley broke the game open with 14 second-half points, including a steal and breakaway dunk with 6:05 left in the contest.
Dayton tore away from a 50-50 tie with just over seven minutes remaining, outscoring Richmond 21-6 the rest of the way.
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The Spiders were led by Greg Stevenson with a game-high 21 points. Eric Zwayer added 12 points and grabbed seven rebounds for Richmond. Stanley led four Flyers in double figures with 17 points.
Dayton
FG-A 3PT-A FT-A R TP
Green* 3-6 0-0 0-1 6 6
Hall* 5-7 0-2 4-7 1 14
Waleskowski* 1-6 0-0 6-6 11 8
Stanley* 6-13 3-6 2-2 6 17
Morris* 2-7 1-2 5-6 2 10
Marshall 4-7 2-4 2-2 3 12
Kohls 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0
Gilchrist 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0
Holland 2-7 0-0 0-2 7 4
Team 0
Totals 23-53 6-14 19-26 36 71
Richmond
FG-A 3PT-A FT-A R TP
Smith* 2-9 0-3 1-2 4 5
Stevenson* 9-16 0-3 3-4 6 21
Zwayer* 4-4 0-0 4-4 7 12
Ungerer* 3-7 3-5 0-0 6 9
Myers 0-2 0-1 0-0 1 0
Brown 0-4 0-3 0-0 2 0
Lay 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0
Faulconer 0-0 0-0 0-0 1 0
Phillips 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0
Kauffman 0-1 0-0 0-0 0 0
Skrocki 0-1 0-1 0-0 0 0
Collins 1-1 0-0 0-0 0 2
Houston 2-6 2-4 1-2 1 7
Team 1
Totals 21-51 5-20 9-12 29 56
1st 2nd Tot.
Richmond 27 29 56
Dayton 30 41 71






