University of Richmond Athletics
Spiders Play Mason At Richmond Coliseum Saturday
12/20/2012 | Men's Basketball
RICHMOND, Va. - Richmond plays George Mason in the first game of the inaugural Governor's Classic on Saturday at 3 p.m. at the Richmond Coliseum in a game televised nationally on the NBC Sports Network.
Richmond enters the game with a 9-3 record and George Mason is 6-4. The Spiders hold a 34-16 advantage in the all-time series.
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- Richmond plays in the inaugural Governor's Classic against George Mason on Saturday, downtown at the Richmond Coliseum. The Spiders play their first game in the Richmond Coliseum since March 6, 2000 and play former CAA rival George Mason for the first time since a 77-57 victory over the Patriots on Feb. 24, 2001 in the Robins Center. The Spiders are 5-0 vs. George Mason at the Coliseum.
- The Spiders have played 67 games in the Coliseum, including their entire home schedule during the 1971-72 season while the Robins Center was being built. Richmond is 32-35 all-time in the Coliseum, including winning CAA Championships in 1990, 1991 and 1998.
- Richmond is looking to match its 5th-best 13-game start in school history and a victory Saturday would be just the 15th time in 100 seasons that the Spiders have started 10-3 or better.
- Richmond is 5-0 against teams from Virginia and 4-0 against teams from the CAA this season. This will be the Spiders' last non-conference meeting against a CAA team.
- Senior Darien Brothers has connected on 50.8 percent of his three-point attempts this season, which ranks 2nd in the Atlantic 10. The Richmond native has made 31 three-pointers this season to give him 152 for his career, which ranks 9th on Richmond's all-time career list, one ahead of Jermaine Bucknor. Brothers is 6th in the A-10 in three-pointers made per game (2.6) and 13th in scoring (14.5). Brothers is just 32 points from reaching 1,000 for his career.
- Junior Derrick Williams is 10th in the Atlantic 10 in scoring averaging 14.8 points per game and 8th in rebounding (7.0). He ranks 7th in the league in field goal percentage (.567).
- The Spiders have shot over 50 pct. from the field in 4 of the last 6 games. The Spiders rank 1st in the A-10 in three-pointers made per game (8.3) and rank 2nd in the A-10 in three-point field goal pct at .375.
- This is the 1st of 4 straight games in the city of Richmond for the Spiders. Richmond has a three-game homestand after Christmas starting with Davidson on Jan. 29.
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