Men's Basketball Postgame Notes
11/28/2010 | Men's Basketball
Nov. 27, 2010
THE TEAM
• Richmond defeated No. 8 Purdue 65-54 for the Spiders 5th victory over a ranked team in the last 6 chances and Richmond's 6th win over a ranked team in the last 9 games vs. ranked opponents. Three of those wins over ranked teams, including tonight's, were by double figures.
• Richmond has won 5 of the last 7 games against BCS Conference teams and head coach Chris Mooney has eight victories over teams from BCS Conferences in six seasons at Richmond.
• Richmond snapped Purdue's 23-game non-conference regular-season winning streak.
• The Spiders improved to 8-0 in regular-season tournaments over the past two seasons, having won the South Padre Island Invitational last November and the Chicago Invitational Challenge Saturday. Richmond improved to 7-2 on neutral courts over the past two seasons, including 5-0 in regular-season neutral court games. Richmond also defeated No. 13 ranked Florida in the Orange Bowl Classic last December.
• This was the highest ranked opponent the Spiders defeated since taking down No. 7 Syracuse in the 1991 NCAA Tournament. It is the third highest ranked opponent Richmond has defeated in school history. The Spiders defeated No. 6 Georgia Tech in 1986 and No. 6 George Washington in 1955.
• Richmond is off to a 6-1 start for the second-straight season. Richmond was receiving votes in both the Associated Press and ESPN/USA Today Top 25 Polls since the preseason poll and finished last season ranked No. 24 in the Associated Press Poll.
• Richmond held Purdue to 14 first-half points, the second time the Spiders have held a team under 15 points in the first half this season. The Spiders held Purdue without a field goal for over 14 minutes, from the 12:11 mark in the first half until the 17:35 mark in the second half.
THE PLAYERS
• Senior Kevin Anderson scored a season-high 28 points, his 90th double-figure scoring game of his career, including his 83rd in the last 89 games. Anderson has 1,665 career points, which ranks sixth on Richmond's all-time career list. He had one steal that pulled him within two steals of Ryan Butler for fifth on Richmond's all-time career list. Anderson was named MVP of the Chicago Invitational Challenge.
• Senior Justin Harper scored 14 points for his 40th-career double-figure scoring game, including his 13th in the last 17 games. Harper has 882 career points. He also grabbed eight rebounds.
• Sophomore Darien Brothers scored 11 points for his third double-figure scoring game in the last four contests. Brothers made 4-of-7 field goals, including 3-of-5 three-pointers. Brothers has made 17-of-23 field goals, including 10-of-13 three-pointers in the last 4 games.
