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

Jan. 14, 2006

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This was Richmond's 300th victory in the Robins Center. The Spiders are 300-145 (.674) in the arena's 34-year history, including 7-3 this season.

Richmond is off to its best three-game start in conference play since also starting 2-1 in 2002-03.

The Spiders lead the nation in scoring defense, holding opponents to 53.0 points per game. Richmond has now allowed 50 points or less in eight games this season and has yet to allow more than 67 points in a game.

Richmond scored 42 points in the second half, the most the Spiders have scored in a half this season.

With seven 3-pointers Saturday, Richmond has now hit at least six 3-pointers in the last eight games with 59 in that stretch (7.4 average).

Richmond shot 54.5 percent from the field, making 8-of-33 shots. It was the second highest shooting percentage of the season and the third time Richmond shot over 50 percent.

The Spiders are 9-0 when they lead with five minutes to play in the game.

This was the second time that Richmond won after trailing at the half.

The Spiders have now won two-straight against the Flyers and are 3-2 vs. Dayton in the Robins Center. The Flyers lead the all-time series 8-3 having won all six meetings in Dayton.

The Spiders have won two-straight games for the third time this season and will go for their first three-game winning streak on Wednesday against Saint Louis.

Senior Jermaine Bucknor scored a season-high 21 points, one short of his career high. He also tied a career-high with five 3-pointers, the second time he connected on five treys in a game this season and the third time he has done it in his career.

This was the fourth time in the last five games that Bucknor made at least three 3-pointers and the eighth time he has done so this year. Richmond is 7-1 when Bucknor makes at least 3-pointers.

With his five 3-pointers Saturday, Bucknor cracks the top-10 on Richmond's all-time list for career trifectas with 122, passing Scott Ungerer (1998-2002) by one 3-pointer. Bucknor needs four 3-pointers to tie Gerald Jarmon (1991-94) for ninth and five to tie Rodney Rice (1987-88) for eighth.

Senior Kevin Steenberge had three blocks Saturday to give him 34 on the season, which is tied for ninth on Richmond's single season list with David Hensel's 1996 performance. Steenberge needs two blocks to tie Jeff Pehl for eighth and five to tie himself for seventh. Steenberge blocked 39 shots last season.

Steenberge is fourth on Richmond's all-time career list for blocks with 117, needing 16 to tie Johnathan Collins (1999-2003) for third.

Junior Kevin Steenberge is fourth all-time with 117 blocks.

Junior Peter Thomas is shooting 75 percent from the field in the last four games (15-for-20).

Senior Kevin Steenberge tied a career high with four assist, all coming in the first half.

Sophomore Monty Sanders made all three of his field goal attempts, including a 3-pointer. Sanders has made 12-of-25 (.480) shots from the field in the last six games.

For the second-straight game, true freshman walk-on Duncan McLean made his only field goal attempt, which was a 3-pointer. McLean is 7-of-12 from 3-point land this season for a team-best 58.3 percent.

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