Men's Basketball Postgame Notes - University of Richmond Athletics

Nov. 22, 2005

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This was just the fourth visit to the Robins Center to play Richmond for the Cavaliers. Virginia holds a 3-1 advantage in the 34-year-old arena, but the Spiders still hold a 20-14 advantage as the home team.

The game marked the 87th meeting between the two schools and Virginia now holds a 51-36 lead in the all-time series.

Richmond senior Jermaine Bucknor hit three 3-pointers Tuesday night, giving him 14 treys in his last four games dating back to last season. Bucknor hit 5 three-balls in the Atlantic 10 Tournament against Rhode Island and three in the quarterfinal loss to Saint Joseph's. He connected on 3-of-5 from behind the arc in the season opener against Hampton and made 3-of-8 Tuesday. He has hit multiple 3-pointers in six-straight games.

Jermaine Bucknor passed the 500-point plateau for his career and now has 512 career points and 311 career rebounds.

Richmond turned the ball over 12 times, down from 15 in the season opener.

The Spiders dished out nine first-half assists, but did not have an assist in the second half.

Richmond hit seven 3-pointers in the first half, but did not connect on a trey in the final 20 minutes.

The Spiders hit 6-of-9 free throws for 66-percent, improving upon an 11-of-21 (52-percent) performance in the season opener. Virginia got to the line more than twice as many times as Richmond, hitting 18-of-23 foul shots.

Freshman walk-on Duncan McLean made his collegiate debut in the second half, entering the game with 7:35 remaining and Richmond trailing by 10.

The Spiders play their third of four-straight home games to start the season on Saturday at 1 p.m. against McNeese State. That game was switched due to Richmond's NCAA Division I-AA football playoff game at Hampton on Saturday at 8 p.m. The Spider football team was honored on the court at a timeout in the first half.

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