Dec. 1, 2005
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Richmond improved to 5-9 all-time against Big East opponents, including a 3-3 mark in the Robins Center. The Spiders are a perfect 2-0 against Seton Hall all-time.
This is the sixth-straight season that Richmond has started the season 3-1.
The Spiders have held all four of their opponents to under 60 points, including allowing 50 points or less in their three wins. Richmond is allowing just 49.5 points per game through four contests.
Richmond held Seton Hall to just one point and no field goals over the first 10:53 of the second half.
The Spiders had their largest lead of the season, holding a 23-point advantage (48-25) with 7:43 remaining in the game.
Senior Jermaine Bucknor scored in double figures for the seventh-straight game and led the team in scoring for the fourth-consecutive game.
Bucknor went 4-for-4 from the foul line Thursday and has now made 20-straight free throws and 21 of his 22 attempts from the charity stripe this season.
Senior Kevin Steenberge shared the team lead in scoring with Bucknor, scoring a season-high 16 points and grabbing a season-high eight rebounds.
Steenberge's career-high for points came last season against Seton Hall when he dropped 30 on the Pirates, connecting on 11-of-14 field goals. In two games against Seton Hall, Steenberge made 18-of-25 field goals (.720) and scored 46 points (23.0 ppg).
Bucknor hit four 3-pointers Thursday and has now hit 11 treys in four games. He has hit at least three 3-pointers in five of his last six games and has multiple treys in seven of his last eight games.
The Spiders have hit 27 trifectas in four games, averaging 6.75 per game.
Richmond had scored just 34 points in the paint through its first three games, but scored 28 points in the paint Thursday night.
The Spiders had a season-low nine turnovers and dished out a season-high 14 assists.
For the second-straight game the Spiders got good production off the bench, getting 22 points out of its reserves. Richmond had just 11 bench points in the first two games combined, but has 43 points off the bench in the last two games.
Thursday's game started the most rigorous stretch of games for the Spiders since 1920 as Richmond is playing four games in five days. The Spiders will travel to Louisville on Friday, where they will play three games in three days starting with a game against Arkansas State on Saturday at 3:30 p.m.
