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

March 7, 2007

THE TEAM

Richmond out-rebounded Fordham 27-23, marking just the fourth time in 30 games this season that the Spiders have won the battle of the boards and two of those came against Fordham.

Fordham won both meetings this year by three points, each on last-minute shots by Marcus Stout. The Rams won 58-55 on Jan. 6 in the Robins Center.

The Spiders shot 51 percent from the field (24-of-47), the fourth-straight game that Richmond shot over 50 percent from the floor. Fordham had a slight edge on field goal percentage, making 24-of-26 (52 percent).

Richmond made six 3-pointers, the 20th time in 30 games that the Spiders have made at least six treys.

THE PLAYERS

Freshman Dan Geriot had career highs in points (27), field goals (12) and 3-pointers (3). He also had five rebounds and shot 12-of-15 from the field, scoring 22 of his points (two shy of his career high) in the second half. His 12 field goals were the most by a Spiders in an Atlantic 10 Tournament game. Geriot had 16 second-half points in the opening 9:30 of the period. It was the 19th time in 30 games that Geriot reached double-figures in his freshman year. He scored 16 or more points 10 times this season and scored in double-figures in five-straight games to close the season and six of the last seven.

Freshman David Gonzalvez scored 19 points for his 12th time in double-figures including the third time in his last four games. Gonzalvez tied a career high with eight rebounds and dished out four assists, giving him a total of 12 assists in the last two games. He played 39 minutes for the second time this season, one minute shy of his career high of a full 40 minutes.

Senior Peter Thomas, a former walk-on who earned a scholarship the past two seasons, finished his career with 60-straight starts and 106 games played. Thomas finished his career with a 47.9 percent field goal percentage (152-of-317). He shot 53 percent from the field this season (70-of-132).

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