Men's Basketball Postgame Notes - University of Richmond Athletics

Feb. 25, 2009

THE TEAM

Richmond has its first three-game winning streak of the season and the first time Richmond has won three-straight games since winning four-straight from Dec. 19 through Jan. 9.

The Spiders had nine steals against Fordham, a team which led the Atlantic 10 in fewest turnovers per game (12.3 tpg). Richmond has at least five steals in 59 of the last 62 games and have had at least nine steals in nine games this season.

The Spiders had 13 turnovers against Fordham. Richmond has had 15 turnovers or less in 24 of the 28 games this season.

Richmond scored 78 points against Fordham, giving the Spiders 17 70-point games this season. The last time a Richmond team scored 70 points in 17 games was the 1993-94 team, which scored 70 points 19 times.

The Spiders made eight three-pointers against Fordham, giving Richmond at least eight three-pointers in 12 games this season.

Richmond improved to 4-3 on the road in Atlantic 10 play this season. The Spiders have won four A-10 road games in each of the last two seasons.

THE PLAYERS

Sophomore Kevin Anderson scored 18 points for his 43rd-career double-figure scoring game, including his 36th in the last 38 games. Anderson, the reigning Atlantic 10 Player of the Week, has scored at least 18 points in his last four games. Anderson also had six rebounds, which is one short of his season high and two short of his career high. Anderson now has 769 career points, which is the fifth-highest career scoring total for a Spider sophomore. Dan Geriot finished his sophomore season with 798 points.

Junior David Gonzalvez scored 17 points for his 54th-career double-figure scoring game, including his 24th in 28 games this season. Gonzalvez has 1,090 career points, which puts him 28th on Richmond's all-time scoring list, having passed Picot Frazier (1967-70), who had 1,087 points. Gonzalvez needs seven points to tie Rodney Rice for 27th.

Sophomore Justin Harper scored 14 points for his 14th-career double-figure scoring game, including his 12th this season.

Junior Ryan Butler had a season-high four steals.

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