University of Richmond Athletics
2002 NIT
10/21/2005 | Men's Basketball
Richmond 74, Wagner 67 (OT)
March 13, 2002
 Richmond vs. Wagner
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UNIVERSITY OF RICHMOND, Va. - It took 45 minutes, but the University of Richmond advanced to the first round of the NIT with a 74-67 overtime opening-round win against the pesky Wagner Seahawks in the Robins Center.
Junior John Collins recorded a double-double (13 points, 11 rebounds) and three other Richmond starters scored in double figures to lead the Spiders.
A Tony Dobbins high-flying tip-in with just 38 seconds remaining sent the game into overtime. Wagner regained the lead one final time at the 1:51 mark (67-66), but the Spiders answered with two Mike Skrocki free throws to take a lead they wouldn't relinquish.
Wagner
FG-A 3PT-A FT-A R TP
Wilkinson* 1-4 0-1 0-0 1 2
Hall* 7-12 0-0 5-9 11 19
Wyatte* 5-9 0-0 0-0 6 10
Pritchard* 1-3 0-1 2-2 7 4
Klauder* 1-3 1-3 0-0 0 3
Dye 0-1 0-1 0-0 1 0
Kabore 2-7 2-5 2-2 3 8
Jackson 5-12 0-0 4-4 3 14
Carroll 2-9 0-1 3-4 5 7
Team 0
Totals 24-60 3-12 16-21 39 67
Richmond
FG-A 3PT-A FT-A R TP
Skrocki* 4-11 2-4 7-8 6 17
Collins* 5-10 0-0 3-4 11 13
Ungerer* 1-5 0-3 0-0 4 2
Myers* 6-7 3-3 0-0 0 15
Brown* 7-18 0-4 5-7 4 19
Dobbins 3-6 0-0 2-2 7 8
Morton 0-0 0-0 0-0 1 0
O'Malley 0-3 0-2 0-0 0 0
Team 3
Totals 26-60 5-16 17-21 36 74
1st 2nd OT Tot.
Wagner 29 32 6 67
Richmond 30 31 13 74
Attendance: 3,526
2002 NIT First Round
Richmond 63, Montana State 48
March 16, 2002
UNIVERSITY OF RICHMOND, Va. Junior guard Reggie Brown scored 21 points to lead Richmond to a 63-49 victory over Montana State in the first round of the NIT at the Robins Center.
 Richmond vs. Montana State
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The Bobcats took their last lead at 19-17 on a lay-up by Damir Latovic with 9:42 remaining in the first half. The Spiders would score the next 12 points as a Jeff Myers three-pointer with 4:22 remaining, the second of two consecutive treys from the junior guard, gave Richmond a 29-19 lead.
The Spiders held their visitors without a basket for nearly six minutes in the first half. Richmond, who scored 22 points in the paint, got 10 points inside from junior center Johnathan Collins. Fellow classmate Myers finished with 12 points on 4-of-6 shooting from behind the arc.
The Spiders shot 53.7 percent in the contest.
Montana State
FG-A 3PT-A FT-A R TP
Latovic* 5-10 2-3 1-5 5 13
Rich* 3-7 1-3 2-2 6 9
Reynolds* 1-1 0-0 0-0 7 2
Erickson* 0-7 0-4 0-0 0 0
Clark* 3-10 1-6 2-2 1 9
Conway 3-7 3-4 0-0 0 9
Plummer 3-3 0-0 0-0 6 6
Faaborg 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0
Team 5
Totals 18-45 7-20 5-9 27 48
Richmond
FG-A 3PT-A FT-A R TP
Skrocki* 3-8 1-5 0-0 2 7
Collins* 5-6 0-0 0-0 5 10
Ungerer* 1-4 0-2 2-2 7 4
Myers* 4-7 4-6 0-0 2 12
Brown* 5-10 2-4 9-10 1 21
Dobbins 3-4 0-1 0-0 4 6
Faulconer 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0
O'Malley 1-2 0-0 1-2 1 3
Team 1
Totals 22-41 7-18 12-14 23 63
1st 2nd Tot.
Montana State 25 23 48
Minnesota 32 31 63
Attendance: 4,384
2002 NIT Second Round
Richmond 67, Minnesota 66
March 18, 2002
MINNEAPOLIS, Minn. - Led by sophomore Mike Skrocki career-high 28 points, Richmond advanced to the NIT's Third Round with a 67-66 win against Minnesota in Williams Arena.
 Richmond vs. Minnesota
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Skrocki hit 9-of-15 shots, including 5-of-8 from three-point range, to account for his career high. Junior Tony Dobbins also scored in double figures, both pouring in 10 points.
The Golden Gophers closed within three (60-57) with 1:24 to play in the contest. The hero of the night for the Spiders, Skrocki, would hit three of four free throws in the final 52 seconds and Jeff Myers converted both of his free throws as Richmond weathered a furious Minnesota comeback in the last minute to win 67-66.
Richmond
FG-A 3PT-A FT-A R TP
Ungerer* 1-4 0-3 0-0 6 2
Skrocki* 9-15 5-8 5-6 3 28
Collins* 1-6 0-0 1-2 5 3
Myers* 2-7 1-4 2-2 1 7
Brown* 4-12 0-4 2-3 2 10
Dobbins 3-4 0-0 4-6 5 10
Faulconer 2-2 1-1 2-2 4 7
O'Malley 0-1 0-1 0-2 0 0
Team 5
Totals 22-51 7-21 16-23 31 67
Minnesota
FG-A 3PT-A FT-A R TP
Bennett* 7-12 4-8 2-3 8 20
Rychart* 7-10 1-1 0-1 7 15
Rickert* 3-13 1-4 5-8 9 12
Burleson* 2-5 0-3 2-2 1 6
Fleming* 1-6 1-4 4-4 1 7
Robinson 0-0 0-0 0-0 1 0
Hargrow 0-3 0-1 0-0 2 0
Esselink 0-3 0-2 0-0 1 0
Holman 2-7 0-0 0-0 8 4
Bauer 1-3 0-2 0-0 1 2
Team 5
Totals 23-62 7-25 13-18 44 66
1st 2nd Tot.
Richmond 29 38 67
Minnesota 29 37 66
Attendance: 4,955
2002 NIT Quarterfinals
Syracuse 62, Richmond 46
March 20, 2002
UNIVERSITY OF RICHMOND, Va. - Playing its seventh game in 14 days, the Spiders came up short against nemesis Syracuse in the NIT quarterfinals, 62-42 in front of a sold-out Robins Center crowd.
Richmond struggled from behind the three-point arc, shooting 6-of-30. Trailing by 10 at the half, the Spiders opened the second half on an 11-4 run, getting 3-pointers from Mike Skrocki to pull within three (36-33), but Syracuse, which would win the national title the following year, went inside to stretch the lead and put the game away.
Brown led Richmond with 14 points while Skrocki added 12. It was the third meeting between the two teams. In the team's first meeting in 1991, Richmond became the first No. 15 seed to beat a No. 2 seed in the NCAA Tournament.
Syracuse
FG-A 3PT-A FT-A R TP
Shumbert* 5-14 1-3 2-3 11 13
Duany* 4-10 0-3 0-0 5 8
Forth* 1-3 0-0 0-2 3 2
Thues* 3-6 0-1 4-4 3 10
Williams* 2-9 0-3 0-1 4 4
Warrick 7-9 0-0 1-1 14 15
Pace 4-6 0-0 2-3 5 10
Celuck 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0
Team 3
Totals 26-57 1-10 9-14 48 62
Richmond
FG-A 3PT-A FT-A R TP
Ungerer* 1-10 0-6 0-0 9 2
Skrocki* 5-18 2-8 0-0 5 12
Collins* 2-5 0-0 1-2 5 5
Myers* 2-9 1-6 0-0 3 5
Brown* 4-15 3-9 3-4 2 14
Dobbins 0-3 0-1 4-6 6 4
Lay 0-1 0-0 0-0 0 0
Faulconer 0-1 0-0 0-0 1 0
O'Malley 2-2 0-0 0-0 1 4
Team 2
Totals 16-64 6-30 8-12 34 46
1st 2nd Tot.
Syracuse 32 30 62
Richmond 22 24 46
Attendance: 9,171
 Richmond vs. Syarcuse
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