Men's Basketball Postgame Notes

Nov. 26, 2005

The Spiders have held two of its three opponents (Hampton and McNeese State) to 50 points or less. All three of Richmond's opponents have been held to under 60 points by the Spiders.

Richmond's nine 3-pointers were the most by the Spiders since hitting 10 against Temple on Feb. 19, 2005.

Richmond made 19-of-24 free throws Saturday after making 17-of-30 in the first two games combined.

The Spiders had a season-high seven blocks, the most swats in a game since blocking seven at Pittsburgh on Dec. 23, 2004.

Senior Jermaine Bucknor scored in double figures for the sixth-straight game dating back to the regular-season finale against St. Bonaventure last season.

Junior guard Peter Thomas, who walked on with the Spiders his freshman year, started his third-straight game, pouring in a career-high 13 points as he connected on a career-high three 3-pointers.

Sophomore 6-foot-11 center Drew Crank hit the first 3-pointer of his career and then sank another one, finishing the day 2-for-2 from behind the arc and 3-for-3 from the field. He scored a career-high 10 points and grabbed six rebounds in a career-high 21 minutes.

Bucknor has led the Spiders in scoring in all three games this season and is averaging 15.3 points per game through the first three games.

Bucknor has led the Spiders in rebounding in two of the first three games and leads the team with 7.3 boards per game.

Bucknor's four-game streak of hitting at least 3-pointers was snapped and his six-game stretch of hitting multiple treys also came to an end, but with one 3-pointer Saturday he has still hit a trifecta in his last nine games.

Senior 6-foot-11 center Kevin Steenberge, who entered the season having missed his only two career 3-point attempts, connected on his first career 3-pointer Saturday. The third-team All-Atlantic 10 selection last season, who led the Spiders in scoring (12.6 ppg) and rebounding (6.0 rpg) went 1-for-3 from the field with all of his shots coming from behind the 3-point arc.

Saturday's game was the first time this season the Spiders had more than one player score in double-figures. Two of the players who reached double-figures Saturday, Drew Crank (10), did so for the first time in their careers.

This was the third of four-straight home games for the Spiders, who host Seton Hall on Thursday at 7:30 p.m.

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