Men's Basketball Post-Game Notes

Dec. 20, 2005

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Richmond shot a season-high 53.5 percent from the field (23-of-43) and tied a season-high for 3-pointers with nine.

The Spiders are now 3-0 when they score 60 points or more, 2-0 in games decided by five points or less and 5-0 when they lead with five minutes left in regulation. Richmond is 4-1 when it leads at the half.

Richmond held Old Dominion scoreless over the first 8:32 of the game and gave up just two points over the opening 11 minutes.

Old Dominion had scored 58 points in the second half against DePaul on Saturday, but the Spiders held the Monarchs to just 58 points through 45 minutes of action Tuesday.

Even with the game going into overtime, Richmond still held its ninth-straight opponent to start the season to under 60 points. That's the longest such stretch since the 1946-47 Spiders held 14-straight opponents to under 60 points. Old Dominion, which entered the game averaging 71 points per contest, had just 46 points at then end of regulation.

By holding Old Dominion to 13 points under its season average, the Spiders have now held eight of their nine opponents to a double-digit drop-off from what they are averaging against everyone else. Richmond has held five of those teams (Louisville, McNeese State, Hampton, Prairie View and Arkansas State) to at least 20 points below their average against everybody else. Through regulation Tuesday night, the Spiders held Old Dominion to 25 points below their average.

The Spiders still lead the nation in fewest points allowed at just 51.5 per game.

Richmond senior Jermaine Bucknor made a career-high five 3-pointers in a game for the third time in his career. It was the 12th time in his last 14 games that Bucknor has hit multiple treys and his seventh game hitting more than one 3-pointer this season.

Bucknor tied a season-high with 19 points and scored in double figures for the seventh time in nine games this season.

Senior Kevin Steenberge score Richmond's first four points of the game, and then scored the Spiders' last eight of the night. He had four points by the 17:07 mark in the first half, but then scored just two points over the next 41:44, before scoring eight points in the final 1:23 of the game.

Steenberge had two blocks Tuesday night to give him 23 on the season (2.6 bpg) and 106 for his career. He ranks fourth on the Spiders' all-time list for blocks, 27 behind Johnathan Collins (1999-2003) for the third spot and 29 behind Jeff Pehl (1979-83) for the second spot.

Richmond is 4-1 at home this season and 297-143 (.675) in the 34-year history of the Robins Center. The Spiders are 55-24 (.696) in the Robins Center over the last six seasons.

Richmond won its fifth-straight game against Old Dominion in the first meeting between the two teams since the Spiders' last season in the Colonial Athletic Association in 2000-01.

This was Old Dominion's first trip to the Robins Center since Jan. 6, 2001 when Richmond was a member of the CAA.

While Old Dominion still holds a 26-20 advantage in the all-time series with Richmond, the Spiders have won five-straight and seven of the last nine.

This was the fourth overtime contest in the 46 meetings between Richmond and Old Dominion and the second-straight game between the two teams that went to overtime. The Spiders defeated the Monarchs 77-73 in overtime the last time the two school's met on Jan. 27, 2001. The two teams have split the four overtime games.

This was Richmond's first overtime game of the season, but the 94th game that the Spiders have played in OT all-time. Richmond now has a 57-32 (.640) record in overtimes. The Spiders previous overtime contest came on Feb. 4, 2004 in a 62-57 loss at Dayton.

The game marked the first overtime contest in the Robins Center since March 13, 2002 against Wagner in the NIT. Richmond won that game 74-67. The Spiders are 34-14 (.708) in 48 overtime contests at home.

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