Men's Basketball Post-Game Notes - University of Richmond Athletics

Dec. 22, 2005

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Richmond has held all 10 of its opponents to under 60 points, the longest such streak since the 1946-47 team held 14-straight teams to under 60 points.

No. 22 Wake Forest was the second ranked opponent that the Spiders had held under 60 points, along with then No. 5 ranked Louisville in a 53-45 loss on Dec. 5.

No. 22 Wake Forest is the fourth team in 10 games that Richmond has held under 50 points.

Richmond continues to lead the nation in fewest points allowed per game, allowing just 50.9 per contest.

The Demon Deacons' 47 points was the lowest point-total in a win for Wake Forest in the modern era. The previous low was in a 48-42 victory over Maryland in 1982.

The Spiders held Wake Forest to its lowest point total since scoring 40 against North Carolina in 1999.

Richmond held Wake Forest to a Robins Center low for field goals as the Demon Deacons made just 12 for the game.

The Spiders continued their trend of holding opponents well below their scoring average. Richmond held No. 22 Wake Forest 32.2 points below their season average. The Spiders have held nine of their 10 opponents to a double-digit drop-off from what the opponent averages against everyone else they have played.

Wake Forest's scored 21 points int he first half, the lowest first-half point-total for the Demon Deacons this season.

Richmond pulled down a season-high 36 rebounds, and for just the fourth time this season were not our-rebounded by its opponent. Both teams finished with 36 rebounds.

The Spiders trailed by just three with under a minute to play and lost by just seven to the No. 22 team in the country despite getting only one field goal combined from its two leading scorers. Jermaine Bucknor made just 1-of-13 shots and Kevin Steenberge was 0-for-2. The two players teamed up for 33 points in the win over Old Dominion on Tuesday, but combined for just eight against Wake Forest.

Sophomore Oumar Sylla, who had not made a 3-pointer entering the night, missed his first attempt, but then made his next three. He finished with nine points, connecting finishing 3-of-5 from 3-point land. He also had a career-high seven rebounds.

Junior Gaston Moliva blocked one shot, pulling into a tie for seventh on the all-time list for career blocks with 83, tying John Newman (1982-86).

Moliva led Richmond with a season-high eight rebounds in a season-high 29 minutes.

Richmond had eight of the nine players to see action score, all eight tallying at least three points.

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