University of Richmond Athletics
Spiders Host Dayton On ESPNU Saturday At 3 P.M.
01/16/2014 | Men's Basketball
The Spiders are 11-6 overall and 1-1 in the Atlantic 10 after an overtime win at Fordham last Saturday.
Dayton is 13-4 overall and 1-1 in the Atlantic 10 after a victory at Fordham on Wednesday. Jordan Sibert leads a balanced Flyers offense in scoring at 12.4 points per game. Devin Oliver is averaging 11.6 points per game and 7.4 rebounds and Dyshawn Pierre is averaging 11.4 points per game and 6.4 rebounds. The Flyers had a great run in the EA Sports Maui Invitational earlier this season, defeating Gonzaga 84-79, getting edged by Baylor 67-66 and then dominating California 82-64.
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• Richmond returns home after a four-game road trip to play its Atlantic 10 home opener against Dayton. The game will be the Grand Opening of the New Robins Center, which underwent a $17 million renovation in the offseason. The hospitality areas and terrace level of the arena open for the first time Saturday.
• Richmond is 10-2 in Atlantic 10 home openers, including 6-2 under Chris Mooney. The Spiders have won four-straight A-10 home openers and 5 of the last 6.
• Richmond is 47-27 vs. A-10 teams over the last 5 seasons and has played in 2 of the last 4 Atlantic 10 title games. The Spiders have won the most games in Atlantic 10 over the last 6 years (60).
• This is a rematch of the 2011 Atlantic 10 Championship game which the Spiders won 67-54. The Spiders had won four-straight over the Flyers before last season's 78-74 loss at UD Arena. Richmond has won 5 of the last 8 and 7 of the last 10 against Dayton. Richmond has won 5-straight in the Robins Center over Dayton. This is the first of 2 meetings between the teams. Richmond visits Dayton in the regular-season on March 8.
• Cedrick Lindsay returned from missing the Coppin State game with a knee sprain to average 20.8 points per game in the last 6 games. Lindsay is second in the Atlantic 10 in scoring at 19.2 ppg, second in the league in steals (2.0 spg) and fifth assists (4.3 apg).
• Richmond has held the opposition to 63 points or less in regulation in 8 of the last 11 games and 11 of the 17 games this season.
• Richmond's defense is allowing 65.5 points per game, which ranks third in the A-10. The Spiders are second in the A-10 and FG pct. defense (.399). Richmond is third in the A-10 and 20th in the nation in 3FG pct. defense (.287).
• Kendall Anthony has scored in double-figures in 9-straight games and is averaging 15.8 points in that stretch. He has made 27 three pointers in the last 9 games (3.0 pg). Anthony became the 43rd Spider to reach 1,000 career points and just the 13th Spider junior to reach the mileston.
• Sophomore Alonzo Nelson-Ododa has 101 career blocks, which ranks eighth on UR's career list. Ododa has played in just 51 games, while no other player on the top-10 list has played in fewer than 100.
