University of Richmond Athletics
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UNC-GREENSBORO
Garrett Sets School Blocks Record As Spiders Roll
12/31/2011 | Men's Basketball
UNIVERSITY OF RICHMOND, Va. - On a night when Kevin Anderson had a banner raised to the rafters, his former teammate Darrius Garrett set the school's career record for blocks as Richmond finished non-conference play 9-6 with a 78-58 win over UNC-Greensboro on Friday in the Robins Center.
Garrett blocked six shots Friday, giving him 184 for his career and passing Tim Faulconer for the Richmond record.
Garrett already has 60 blocked shots this season, equaling his total as a sophomore and one block ahead of his 59 blocks last season. He is averaging 4.0 blocks per game this season, which ranks fifth in the nation. He finished with nine points, 12 rebounds and the six blocks.Anderson, the second-leading scorer in school history, became just the third Spider men's player to have a banner raised to the Robins Center rafters. He was back in the States for Christmas after beginning his career in Strasburg, France.
The Spiders reached nine wins in the non-conference portion of their schedule for the third-straight season. Prior to this three-year stretch, Richmond had not had nine wins in the non-conference schedule since the 1989-90 season.
Junior Darien Brothers continued his torrid shooting, making 6-off11 field goals and 4-of-11 three-pointers to finish with 20 points. It was his third time with 20 points or more in the last four games.
Freshman Kendall Anthony scored 17 points on 5-of-9 shooting, including 3-of-6 from behind the arc.
Sophomore Cedrick Lindsay scored nine points and junior Greg Robbins had eight. Senior Josh Duinker and sophomore Derrick Williams has six apience.
The defending Atlantic 10 Champion Spiders open conference play with two road games, heading to Charlotte for a game Wednesday and playing at Rhode Island on Saturday.
