University of Richmond Athletics
Men's Basketball Plays At Fordham Saturday
01/09/2014 | Men's Basketball
BRONX, N.Y. – Richmond plays its fourth-straight road game when it visits Fordham on Saturday at 7 p.m. in a game televised on SNY and Comcast SportsNet Mid-Atlantic Plus.
The Spiders are 10-6 on the season and 0-1 in the Atlantic 10 after a loss at St. Bonaventure Wednesday night.
Fordham enters the game 7-7 overall and 0-1 in the Atlantic 10 after losing at Duquesne Wednesday. Jon Severe leads the Atlantic 10 in scoring at 21.6 points per game, which is the most of any freshman in the nation. Severe has already made 50 three-pointers on the season and is shooting 40.3 percent. Branden Frazier is averaging 18.2 points per game and Mandell Thomas is at 14.3 points. The Rams are 5-2 at home this season
THE LATEST
• The Spiders head to New York City after playing at St. Bonaventure on Wednesday night. The Spiders took a bus to Binghampton, N.Y. after the game Wednesday and practiced at Davis College on Thursday afternoon, before driving down to the NYC.
• This is Richmond's fourth-straight road game. The Spiders are 3-3 on the road this season and 4-4 in games away from home.
• Richmond is 46-27 vs. A-10 teams over the last 5 seasons and has played in 2 of the last 4 Atlantic 10 title games, including winning the 2011 A-10 Championship.
• Cedrick Lindsay returned from missing the Coppin State game with a knee sprain to average 21.2 points per game in the last 5 games. Lindsay is second in the Atlantic 10 in scoring at 19.2 ppg, second in the league in steals (2.2 spg) and fourth assists (4.5 apg).
• Saturday's game matches the A-10's top-2 scorers in Fordham's Jon Severe (21.6 ppg) and Richmond's Cedrick Lindsay (19.2 ppg).
• This is the first of two meetings between the two teams. Fordham visits the Robins Center on Feb. 15. The Spiders have won 6-straight against Fordham, including the last three meetings at Rose Hill Gym.
• Richmond defeated the Rams at Rose Hill Gym last season 72-55. Deion Taylor led four Spiders in double-figures with 12 points. Kendall Anthony and Terry Allen each had 11 for the Spiders.
• Richmond has held the opposition to 61 points or less in regulation in 7 of the last 10 games and 10 of the 16 games this season. The Spiders gave up a season-high 84 points in the loss to St. Bonaventure u Richmond's defense is allowing just 64.9 points per game, which ranks second in the A-10.. The Spiders are second in the A-10 and FG pct. defense (.405). Richmond is third in the A-10 and 16th in the nation in 3FG pct. defense (.287).
• Kendall Anthony has scored in double-figures in 8-straight games and is averaging 15.8 points in that stretch. He has made 24 three pointers in the last 8 games. Anthony became the 43rd Spider to reach 1,000 career points last Saturday at Florida and currently has 1,017 points, which ranks 42nd on Richmond's career scoring list.
• Trey Davis had a career-high 14 rebounds at St. Bonaventure on Wednesday, the most for a Spiders since Kevin Smith had 14 against Temple in the Atlantic 10 Semifinals on March 12, 2011.
The Spiders are 10-6 on the season and 0-1 in the Atlantic 10 after a loss at St. Bonaventure Wednesday night.
Fordham enters the game 7-7 overall and 0-1 in the Atlantic 10 after losing at Duquesne Wednesday. Jon Severe leads the Atlantic 10 in scoring at 21.6 points per game, which is the most of any freshman in the nation. Severe has already made 50 three-pointers on the season and is shooting 40.3 percent. Branden Frazier is averaging 18.2 points per game and Mandell Thomas is at 14.3 points. The Rams are 5-2 at home this season
THE LATEST
• The Spiders head to New York City after playing at St. Bonaventure on Wednesday night. The Spiders took a bus to Binghampton, N.Y. after the game Wednesday and practiced at Davis College on Thursday afternoon, before driving down to the NYC.
• This is Richmond's fourth-straight road game. The Spiders are 3-3 on the road this season and 4-4 in games away from home.
• Richmond is 46-27 vs. A-10 teams over the last 5 seasons and has played in 2 of the last 4 Atlantic 10 title games, including winning the 2011 A-10 Championship.
• Cedrick Lindsay returned from missing the Coppin State game with a knee sprain to average 21.2 points per game in the last 5 games. Lindsay is second in the Atlantic 10 in scoring at 19.2 ppg, second in the league in steals (2.2 spg) and fourth assists (4.5 apg).
• Saturday's game matches the A-10's top-2 scorers in Fordham's Jon Severe (21.6 ppg) and Richmond's Cedrick Lindsay (19.2 ppg).
• This is the first of two meetings between the two teams. Fordham visits the Robins Center on Feb. 15. The Spiders have won 6-straight against Fordham, including the last three meetings at Rose Hill Gym.
• Richmond defeated the Rams at Rose Hill Gym last season 72-55. Deion Taylor led four Spiders in double-figures with 12 points. Kendall Anthony and Terry Allen each had 11 for the Spiders.
• Richmond has held the opposition to 61 points or less in regulation in 7 of the last 10 games and 10 of the 16 games this season. The Spiders gave up a season-high 84 points in the loss to St. Bonaventure u Richmond's defense is allowing just 64.9 points per game, which ranks second in the A-10.. The Spiders are second in the A-10 and FG pct. defense (.405). Richmond is third in the A-10 and 16th in the nation in 3FG pct. defense (.287).
• Kendall Anthony has scored in double-figures in 8-straight games and is averaging 15.8 points in that stretch. He has made 24 three pointers in the last 8 games. Anthony became the 43rd Spider to reach 1,000 career points last Saturday at Florida and currently has 1,017 points, which ranks 42nd on Richmond's career scoring list.
• Trey Davis had a career-high 14 rebounds at St. Bonaventure on Wednesday, the most for a Spiders since Kevin Smith had 14 against Temple in the Atlantic 10 Semifinals on March 12, 2011.
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