University of Richmond Athletics
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Men's Basketball Edged By VCU, 77-76
12/13/2008 | Men's Basketball
Dec. 13, 2008
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UNIVERSITY OF RICHMOND, Va. - The Richmond men's basketball team led by as many as 10 in the second half, but VCU came back to pull out a 77-76 victory in the Farm Bureau Insurance Black & Blue Classic at the Robins Center.
Richmond led by 10 with 12:16 to play, but the Rams quickly cut that gap to one with 9:47 left. Richmond would lead by four with 4:20 to play, but Eric Maynor scored six-straight points to put VCU up 73-71 with 1:56 to play.
After Larry Sanders made 1-of-2 free throws, Richmond's Ryan Butler drilled a three-pointer to tie the game at 74-74 with 1:06 to play. VCU's Bradford Burgess answered with a three-pointer that put the Rams up for good.
Richmond's David Gonzalvez had a half-court heave at the buzzer that would have given the Spiders the win, but it was just off the mark.
Gonzalvez led four Spiders in double-figures with 19 points, making 7-of-11 field goals and grabbing seven rebounds.
Spider sophomore Kevin Anderson had 16 points and three assists, while senior Jarhon Giddings and sophomore Justin Harper each had 12 points. Sophomore Kevin Smith had eight points and Butler had seven points and four assists.
Maynor led VCU with 23 points, seven assists and four steals. Burgess had 12 points, Ed Nixon had 11 and Joey Rodriguez had nine points, six assists and four steals.
The Spiders dropped to 5-4, with three of the four losses coming by five points or less. Richmond hosts nationally ranked Wake Forest on Friday at 7 p.m.
