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

Dec. 30, 2007

THE TEAM

Richmond scored a season-high 71 points and shot a season-high 56 percent. It was the second-straight game the Spiders have shot over 50 percent.

The Spiders out-rebounded VMI 34-23. It was the second-straight game Richmond out-rebounded its opponent, but just the third time this season.

The 14-point first-half deficit was the largest deficit overcome to win by the Spiders this season.

All 10 players that saw action scored and eight of them had at least six points.

Richmond had six steals, marking the first time this season the Spiders had less than seven steals in a game. Richmond entered the game second in the Atlantic 10 in steals and are now averaging 9.0 per game.

The Spiders have been no worse than down by four points at the half in any of their 12 games this season. Richmond trailed by three at the half against VMI.

The Spiders scored a season-high 41 points in the second half. Richmond had been averaging 27.1 points in the second half coming in. In the past two games Richmond has averaged 36 points in the second half.

THE PLAYERS

Freshman Kevin Anderson led the Spiders in scoring for the third time this season and reached double-figures for the third-straight game. He has now scored in double-figures five times this season. Anderson had three assists and two turnovers in a team-high 33 minutes.

Sophomore David Gonzalvez scored 11 points for his fifth game in double-figures this season and his 17th double-figure scoring game of his career. Gonzalvez was 3-of-4 from three-point land and 4-of-5 from the field. He leads the team with 22 three-pointers.

Sophomore Dan Geriot scored 10 points for his eighth time in double-figures this season and the 27th time in 42 collegiate games that he has scored in double-digits. Geriot tied a career high with five assists and grabbed six rebounds.

Senior Gaston Moliva scored seven points, grabbed seven rebounds had two blocks and one steal in a season-high 22 minutes. This was his fifth game back after suffering a broken foot.

Senior Oumar Sylla grabbed a season-high nine rebounds, the second-highest rebounding total of his career.

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