Men's Basketball Postgame Notes

Feb. 13, 2010

THE TEAM

The 2009-10 Spiders matched the 1985-86 team as the fastest teams to reach 20 wins by calendar date. Both teams won their 20th games on Feb. 13th. This is Richmond's 17th 20-win season and the 2nd-straight. The Spiders are one of 23 teams in the nation with 20 wins as of today.

Richmond have won 6-straight games for the first time since November and December of the 2000-01 season.

The Spiders have already matched their Atlantic 10 win total from the past 2 seasons (9), when Richmond finished 4th (2007-08) and 5th (2008-09). Richmond is the only Atlantic 10 team to have 9 conference wins in each of the last 3 seasons.

Richmond improved to 5-1 on the road in conference play, the best road record in the Atlantic 10. The Spiders, who tied for the best A-10 road record last year at 5-3, are an Atlantic 10 best 10-4 on the road in conference play the past 2 seasons and an A-10 best 14-8 away from home in league play in the last 3 seasons.

The Spiders had more steals (9) than turnovers (8) for the 9th time this season.

Richmond held St. Bonaventure to 49 points, the 2nd time in Atlantic 10 play that the Spiders have held the opposition to under 50 points and the 3rd time this season. Richmond has held 5 of its last 6 opponents under 60 points and has held 13 teams to 60 points or less. The Spiders have held 20 of 26 opponents to 65 points or less.

THE PLAYERS

Senior Mike Skrocki for 3rd. With 5 steals Gonzalvez moved into a tie for 4th on Richmond's all-time steals list with teammate Ryan Butler at 157.

Junior Justin Harper scored 14 points for his 29th double-figure scoring game, including his 14th this season, including 9 of the last 13 games. Harper just missed a double-double with 9 rebounds.

Junior Dan Geriot scored 8 points to give him 986 career points, just 14 shy of 1,000 for his career.

Junior Kevin Anderson moved into 15th on Richmond's all-time scoring list with 1,376 points, needing 14 points to tie Kelvin Johnson for 14th. Anderson had 1 steal which gives him 152 on his career, which is 6th all-time at Richmond.

Sophomore Darrius Garrett blocked 3 shots to give him 56 on the season, tied for Jeff Pehl for 5th on Richmond's all-time career list.

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