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Spiders Improve To 14-5, 9-0 In Robins Center With Win Over La Salle
01/16/2010 | Men's Basketball
Jan. 16, 2010
UNIVERSITY OF RICHMOND, Va. - Richmond improved to 9-0 at home and 14-5 overall with a 67-64 win over La Salle on Saturday in the Robins Center.
Richmond's 9-0 home start matches the best in school history, joining the 1921-22 and 1937-38 teams. No Richmond team has started 10-0 at home in 98 seasons.
The Spiders are off to the seventh-best start in school history and are 3-1 in the Atlantic 10, having won two-straight four of the last five and seven of the last nine.
Richmond Junior Kevin Anderson, made 8-of-18 field goals for a game-high 21 points to move into a tie for 18th on Richmond's all-time career scoring list with Kenny Foster at 1,279 points. Senior David Gonzalvez scored 12 points, making 4-of-7 three-pointers to go with five rebounds and three assists. Justin Harper had 11 points on 5-of-9 shooting.
Junior Dan Geriot made 4-of-5 shots for nine points, while Spider freshman Darien Brothers, a Richmond native, made 3-of-4 field goals for six points in the first half.
For the sixth time this season, the Spiders had more steals (11) than turnovers (9). Anderson led the way with four steals, while Gonzalvez and senior Ryan Butler had 2 steals apiece.
The Spiders, who set the school record for steals last year, boast three players in the top-5 in career steals at Richmond. Butler is fifth with 146 steals, while Anderson and Gonzalvez are tied for sixth with Johnny Newman at 145 steals.
In a game that featured three of the Atlantic 10's top-4 active career scorers, it was Anderson who finished with the game-high 21. La Salle's Rodney Green, who is the A-10's active career leader in points, had 10 and Richmond junior David Gonzalvez, who is third on the A-10 active list, had 12 points.
La Salle, which has the second-most Atlantic 10 road wins over the last three seasons and had won three-straight in the Robins Center, jumped out to an early lead. Richmond came back to take a 38-29 lead at the half and then led by as many as 11 in the second half.
Both teams shot well from the field, with Richmond shooting 48.1 percent and La Salle making 45.6 percent. The Spiders made seven three-pointers, compared to just one for La Salle.
Richmond's Darrius Garrett, who had the second most blocks in NCAA Division I history on Wednesday with 14 against UMass, swatted three shots against La Salle. Garrett has three or more blocks in five of the last eight games.
The Spiders wrap-up a three-game homestand on Wednesday night hosting Charlotte at 7 p.m. as they look to go 10-0 in the Robins Center this season.
