2021-22 Men's Basketball Roster
Andre Gustavson
- Position:
- Guard
- Height:
- 6-5
- Weight:
- 205
- Class:
- Senior
- Hometown:
- Helsinki, Finland
- High School:
- Helsinki Basketball Academy
GRADUATE STUDENT (2022-23)
• 1 of 3 Spiders to start all 33 games, ranked second on the team with 29.4 minutes per game
• Averaged 4.9 points (career high), 3.1 rebounds (career high), 1.2 assists, and 1.0 steals per game
• 49.6 FG percentage was best among Richmond backcourt players
• Shot 37.3 percent from three-point range, second among Spiders with at least 50 three-point attempts
• Appeared in 141 career games, tied for fifth most in program history at conclusion of his career
GAME-BY-GAME
2/11 vs Loyola Chicago - Scored a career-high 15 points on 7-11 shooting from the field ... Second-highest scoring Spider ... 2/5 vs Fordham - Held Darius Quisenberry (17 PPG) to 5 points on 1-9 shooting ... 1/4 vs GW - Switched onto A-10 leading scorer James Bishop at halftime and held him to 9 points on 3-10 shooting in 2nd half ... 11/22 vs Temple - Scored 12 points, one off his career high, on 5-6 shooting ... His most points since Feb. 20, 2019 vs Fordham (13)
SENIOR (2021-22)
• Ranked sixth in scoring (4.5 PPG), fifth in rebounding (2.5 RPG), fourth in assists (1.1 APG), and second in steals (1.1 SPG) on Richmond
• Started final 20 games of season, averaging 5.4 points, 3.1 rebounds, and 1.4 assists over that span
• Missed first nine games of season after having groin surgery in offseason ... Made season debut vs Toledo on Dec. 11
• Announced he would return for a fifth season on March 31, taking advantage of the NCAA's decision to grant an additional year of eligibility to students who participated during the 2020-21 school year
GAME-BY-GAME
3/13 vs Davidson - Evaded screen & chased Davidson’s Michael Jones to corner to contest his potential game-winning, buzzer beater three-pointer face to face ... 2/22 vs Saint Louis - Held Gibson Jimerson to 8 points, less than half of his season average entering the game ... 2/12 vs La Salle - Recorded six assists, his most since Nov. 28, 2018 (10) ... 2/1 at Duquesne - Matched a career high with 3 three-pointers ... 1/29 vs VCU - Registered a career-high 9 rebounds ... 1/22 at La Salle - Matched a career high with five steals ... 1/18 at Fordham - Made first start of season ... Led UR and tied career high with 7 rebounds ...1/5 vs UMass - Scored a season-high 6 points on a pair of corner three-pointers in the 1st half ...12/11 vs Toledo - Saw his first game action of the season after missing the first 9 games due to recovery from surgery
JUNIOR (2020-21)
• Averaged 4.4 points, 2.2 rebounds, and 0.4 steals in 18 games
• Missed the season opener vs Morehead State due to illness and missed Richmond's first four conference games with a groin injury
• Ranked sixth on the team with 17.1 minutes per game
• Made one start, replacing Blake Francis in the starting lineup vs Duquesne in the Atlantic 10 Tournament
• Shot a career best 50.9 percent on field goal attempts, including 65.6 percent on two-point field goal attempts
GAME-BY-GAME
3/4 vs Duquesne - Made his first start of the season, replacing an injured Blake Francis ... 2/14 vs St. Mary’s (MD) - Scored a season-high 9 points in 17 minutes ... 1/23 at La Salle - Returned after missing 4 games with a groin injury ... Intercepted a pass near midcourt and scored on a layup in traffic for his only basket ... 12/30 at Davidson - Missed his first of 4 straight games with a groin injury ... 11/27 vs Morehead St - Did not play due to illness (non-COVID)
SOPHOMORE (2019-20)
• Averaged 4.4 points (seventh on team) and 2.7 rebounds (sixth on team) in 31 games
• Started six games during Blake Francis's recovery from a chest injury in January-February
• Averaged 19.4 minutes per game, sixth-most on the team
• 23 steals ranked fourth on team
GAME-BY-GAME
3/6 at Duquesne - Grabbed a career-high 7 rebounds to go with 7 points ... 2/19 vs George Mason - Third on Spiders with 9 points, all in the 2nd half ... 1/18 at George Mason - Scored 8 points for a third straight game ... Tied for the team lead with 3 steals ... 1/5 at Rhode Island - Helped (with Blake Francis) hold A-10 leading scorer Fatts Russell to 3 points on 1-12 shooting ... Added 3 steals ... 1/2 vs Saint Joseph’s - Helped (with Blake Francis) hold A-10 leading scorer Ryan Daly to 8 points and forced him into 6 turnovers ... 12/14 vs Charleston - One of four Spiders to score in double figures, notching 10 points ... Recorded consecutive games with 10+ points for the first time in his career ... Contributed a block and two steals on defense ... 12/8 at South Alabama - Scored a season-high 10 points, the third straight game he’s increased his season high ... Brought Robins Center crowd to its feet twice in second half on a two-handed dunk in traffic and an alley-oop from Jacob Gilyard ... 12/3 at Hampton - Led Richmond’s bench with a season-high 8 points ... 11/30 vs Boston College - Led Richmond’s bench with 7 points ... 11/22 vs McNeese - Tied a career high with 6 rebounds, matching the most of any Spider ... 11/14 vs Vanderbilt - Made game-winning free-throw with 0.6 seconds left after he was fouled on his attempt at a buzzer-beating dunk following a Vanderbilt turnover with 4 seconds left ... Scored all 3 of Richmond’s bench points
FRESHMAN (2018-19) HIGHLIGHTS
• Averaged 4.8 points, sixth on the team, and 2.3 rebounds in 31 games
• Started 19 games, including final 18 of season after being re-inserted into starting lineup at George Washington on January 12
• Ranked second on team with 1.9 steals per 40 minutes ... Emerged as team's top perimeter defender in second half of season, frequently guarding opponent's top offensive player
• Following the season, competed for Finland at 2019 World University Games, averaging 9.8 points per game
• Signed with the Spiders on April 26, 2018
GAME-BY-GAME
2/20 vs Fordham - Scored a career-high 13 points, second most for UR ... 2/6 at George Mason - Perhaps spurred by the debut of 'Gustavtown', a cheering section behind UR's basket that armed itself with a sign and miniature Finland flags, scored seven points on a trio of finishes at the rim ... 1/12 at GW - Made his first start since Nov. 28 and scored all eight of his points in game's first 3:10 ... 12/15 vs Oral Roberts - Did not play due to a foot injury ... 12/5 vs Coppin St - Played 26 minutes, the most of any Spider ... Scored 12 points, third on the team, and collected a team-high five steals, also a career best ... 11/28 at Georgetown - Made his first career start and recorded a team-high 10 assists, the most by any Spider in the last two seasons ... Became 12th different freshman in D-I with double-digit assists in a game in 2018-19
HIGH SCHOOL
• Graduated from the Helsinki Basketball Academy in Helsinki, Finland
• Scored 11.4 points per game and shot 54 percent from the field in his final season while leading HBA to the regular-season title in the Finnish 1st Division
• Competed for Finland in 2018 FIBA U20 European Championships, averaging 10.0 points, 3.6 rebounds, and 2.7 assists
• Competed for Finland in 2017 FIBA U18 European Championships, averaging 12.7 points over seven games
• Scored 27 points in group stage game vs Greece, tied for the fourth-most points in a game by any player at the tournament
• Attended same school as current Chicago Bulls star Lauri Markkanen
• One of his coaches at HBA was Finnish basketball legend Hanno Möttölä ... Möttölä, who starred at Utah, was the first Finnish player in NBA history, appearing in 155 games with the Atlanta Hawks from 2000-02
PERSONAL
• Son of Natali
• Mother Natali played basketball for the Azerbaijan national women's team
• Younger brother Nikolas is on the men's basketball team at North Alabama
• Last name is pronounced GOOS-tahv-son
• Born on May 7, 1999
