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

Jan. 3, 2008

THE TEAM

The Spiders picked up their first win over an ACC team since an 83-79 double-overtime victory over Virginia on Nov. 16, 1997.

This was Virginia Tech's sixth-straight loss to the Spiders in the Robins Center, but the first visit since 1991.

Richmond has won three-straight games for the first time since opening the 2006-07 season 3-0.

The Spiders have led by at least seven points in 11 of 13 games this season and have led by at least four points in every game.

The Spiders held Virginia Tech to 49 points, marking the second time in three games that Richmond has held the opposition under 50 and the third time this season. It marked the 15th time in 73 games under head coach Chris Mooney that the Spiders have held the opposition under 50. It was the second time a Mooney-coached Richmond team has held an ACC team under 50 points. The Spiders held No. 22 ranked Wake Forest to 47 points in a 47-40 loss on Dec. 22, 2005. Richmond has held 24 teams under 60 points under Mooney, including three ACC teams (Wake Forest, Virginia, Virginia Tech).

This was the fifth time the Spiders have held the opposition under 60 this season and the seventh time in 13 games that a Richmond opponent has scored 65 points or less. Richmond is allowing just 58.0 points per game in the last four contests.

Ten of Richmond's 13 games have been decided by six points or less with eight of the 13 decided by three or less, including the 52-49 victory Thursday night. Richmond is 7-3 in games decided by six points or less.

The Spiders led by four at the half against Virginia Tech. Richmond has either led or trailed by one point at the half in 11 of 13 games and has been no worse than down four at the half in any games this season.

Richmond forced 24 turnovers, marking the fourth time this season the Spiders have forced the opposition into over 20 turnovers. Richmond has forced at least 17 turnovers in the last four games.

The Spiders tied a season-high with 13 steals. It was the third time this season that Richmond had 13 steals. The Spiders entered the game second in the Atlantic 10 in steals at 9.0 per game and are now up to 9.3 per game.

The Spiders shot just 39.6 percent, just the fourth time this season Richmond has shot under 40 percent.

The Spiders made all seven free throws.

Richmond made seven 3-pointers Thursday. After shooting 20 or more three-pointers in eight of the first 10 games, the Spiders have not shot 20 treys in the last four games.

The Spiders had a season-high 26 bench points.

Richmond had 16 assists on 19 buckets, tied for the third-highest assist total of the season.

THE PLAYERS

Sophomore David Gonzalvez scored 17 points for his sixth game in double-figures this season and the 18th time he has scored in double-figures for his career. He made three 3-pointers, marking the fifth time in 13 games this season he has made at least three treys. Gonzalvez also had four assists in 37 minutes.

Freshman Kevin Smith scored a career-high 13 points on perfect 6-of-6 shooting from the floor and 1-of-1 from behind the arc. He grabbed five rebounds and had a career-high five assists and tied career highs with two steals and one block.

Freshman Justin Harper scored eight points in 11 minutes. He has 15 points in 22 minutes over the last two games.

Freshman Kevin Anderson had a career-high six steals, which is two shy of the single-game school record. He also had four assists in 38 minutes.

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