Buckingham Scores 21 In Loss At George Washington

Wednesday, February 21

Washington, D.C

7:00 PM

University of Richmond

9-18, 7-8 A-10

103

George Washington

13-15, 6-9 A-10

RICHMOND

George Washington

103

02/21/2018 | Men's Basketball

Box Score

WASHINGTON, D.C. - De'Monte Buckingham scored 21 points, his most since December, and added a team-high five assists but it wasn't nearly enough for the Spiders as Richmond fell to George Washington 103-77 at the Smith Center Wednesday evening.

Wednesday's game marked the 100^th meeting between the Spiders and Colonials, the fourth-most frequent Spiders opponent in program history. The loss snapped Richmond's streak of four straight wins vs George Washington, tied for its longest ever against the Colonials.

The teams were tied at eight at the first media timeout and the Spiders trailed by just six with 9:39 remaining in the first half after Buckingham's three-pointer made the score 25-19.

But George Washington outscored Richmond 29-6 over the remainder of the period to take a 54-25 lead at halftime. The Colonials shot 73 percent from the field and 86 percent in the first half and outrebounded the Spiders 21-5.

Buckingham tried to get the Spiders back into the game in the second half – 15 of his 21 points came after intermission – but Richmond could never get the George Washington lead under 18 as the Colonials ran away with the win.

In addition to registering his first 20-point game since December 22 vs Bucknell, Buckingham led Richmond with five assists.

Grant Golden pulled down a team-high six rebounds to go along with his 11 points and is now one point shy of tying Kendall Anthony (416 in 2011-12) for the third-most points by a freshman in Spiders history.

Jacob Gilyard also scored 11 points and added three steals. He increased his season total to 75 steals and now needs just 10 more to match the single-season program record set by Tony Dobbins during the 2003-04 season.

Julius Johnson finished with 11 points for Richmond and made all six of his free-throw attempts. As a team, Richmond shot 19-20 from the free-throw line, the Spiders highest free-throw percentage in a game with at least 20 attempts since March 6, 2012 vs La Salle (also 19-20).

Richmond returns to action Saturday at the Robins Center against Saint Joseph's. As part of Senior Night, the Spiders seniors will be honored before the game, which will tip at 6 PM and can be seen on NBC Sports Washington Plus and NBC Sports Philadelphia.