Men's Basketball Postgame Notes

March 4, 2010

THE TEAM

The Spiders recognized Nathan Mwenda before the game. Nathan, a brain tumor survivor who the team adopted as a member of the team as part of the Friends of Jaclyn Foundation, stood with the team during the national anthem and for introductions and was presented and autographed basketball before tipoff. Nathan has been a part of the team for the entire 2009-10 season.

Richmond improved to 23-7 overall, giving the Spiders the most regular-season wins in school history, surpassing the 1985-86 team that had 22 wins entering the CAA Tournament. The Spiders improved to 12-3 in the Atlantic 10, giving them the highest win total in conference play since joining the conference in 2001-02. Richmond clinched at worst sole possession of third place, the best finish since joining the Atlantic 10. Richmond has finished in the top-5 in the Atlantic 10 in the last three seasons, joining Temple and Xavier as the only teams to finish top-5 in the league in the last three seasons.

The Spiders improved to 5-2 against the current RPI top-50 and are 6-2 against the top-52 in the RPI after defeating Dayton (41 in RPI).

Richmond finished the regular-season 14-1 at home, the best record when playing more than nine home games in school history. The only seasons that the Spiders won more home games were 1981-82 (15-3) and 1954-55 (15-5).

The Spiders had more steals (14) than turnovers (12) for the 12th time in 30 games this season, including the fourth time in the last five games.

THE PLAYERS

Junior Kevin Anderson scored 22 points for his 78th double-figure scoring game, including his 27th in 30 games this season and his 72nd in the last 77 games. He has 25 20-point games, including 11 this season. Anderson moved into 10th on Richmond's all-time scoring list with 1,458 points, 24 points behind Jarod Stevenson for ninth (1,482).

Senior Reggie Brown for second.

Junior Justin Harper scored 13 points for his 33rd-career double-figure scoring game, including his 18th this season. Harper has scored in double-figures in 13 of the last 17 games.

Senior Ryan Butler had a career-high six steals, giving him 166 for his career, which puts him in fourth on Richmond's all-time steals list, passing teammate David Gonzalvez (164).

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