Men's Basketball Postgame Notes

March 7, 2009

THE TEAM

The Spiders defeated a ranked opponent in the Robins Center for the second-straight year, but just the seventh time in 37 seasons in the arena.

Richmond is one of four Atlantic 10 teams to finish in fifth-place or better in the past two seasons, joining Xavier, Temple and Saint Joseph's.

The Spiders have wins over the first and second-place teams in the Atlantic 10, Xavier and Rhode Island.

With the win over Xavier, fourth-year head coach Chris Mooney has defeated every Atlantic 10 opponent.

Richmond has won five of the last six games and six of the last eight. The Spiders have 17 wins, the most wins for a Spider teams since the 2003-04 NCAA Tournament team and the third-highest winning total since the Spiders joined the Atlantic 10.

The Spiders scored 80 points against Xavier, the 18th time this season that Richmond has scored 70 or more points. That is the most 70-point games for a Richmond team since the 1993-94 team had 19 70-point games. Richmond is averaging 70.0 points per game, looking to become the first Spider team to average over 70.0 points per game since the 1992-93 team.

Richmond shot 50.9 percent from the field, the ninth time this season that the Spiders have shot 50 percent or better from the field. The Spiders improved to 16-2 when they shoot a higher field goal percentage than their opponent.

The Spiders had eight turnovers, the second-straight game and fourth time this season Richmond has had single-digit turnovers. Richmond has had 11 turnovers or less in six of the last seven games and has had 13 or less turnovers in the last seven games. The Spiders have 15 turnovers or less in 27 of 31 games this season.

THE PLAYERS

Sophomore Kevin Anderson scored a career-high 29 points for his fourth time score 24 or more points in the last seven games. Anderson has 18 or more points in six of the last seven games. He has seven 20-point games this season and 10 in his career. Anderson has scored in double-figures 46 times in his career. And has the fourth-highest career scoring total for a Spider sophomore (833), behind Johnny Newman, Mike Perry and Ed Harrison.

Sophomore Justin Harper scored 20 points for his second double-figure scoring game in as many outings against Xavier. Harper had his second 20-point game of the season, his 13th double-figure scoring game of the year and the 15th of his career. Harper also grabbed eight rebounds, one short of his career high. Against the top-2 teams in the Atlantic 10 (Xavier and Rhode Island) this season, Harper averaged 24.0 points and 8.5 rebounds.

Senior Jarhon Giddings scored 12 points for his 17th-career double-figure scoring game, including his 12th this season.

Junior Greg Stevenson for 26th on the school's all-time scoring list with 1,125 career points. Gonzalvez needs two points to tie John Telepo for 25th on the all-time scoring list.

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