2020-21 Men's Basketball Roster
Nathan Cayo
- Position:
- Forward
- Height:
- 6-7
- Weight:
- 225
- Class:
- Senior
- Hometown:
- Montreal, Quebec
- High School:
- College Jean De Brebeuf
CAREER ACCOMPLISHMENTS
• Finished career 25th on Richmond's career scoring list with 1,385 points
• Finished career with fourth-highest FG pct in Richmond history (55.2)
• Left Richmond 19th on Richmond's career scoring list with 613 rebounds
GRADUATE STUDENT (2021-22)
• Ranked fourth on team with 9.1 points per game and third on team with 4.4 rebounds per game
• Led team, ranked seventh in A-10 with 55.7 FG pct
• 1 of four Spiders to start all 37 games
• Registered a career-high 67 assists, third most on the team
• Scored 13 points in second half of Richmond's NCAA Tournament win vs Iowa, including And-1s with 1:24 and 0:34 remaining
GAME-BY-GAME
3/17 vs Iowa - And-1s with 1:24 and 0:34 remaining led to Spiders win ... Scored 13 of 15 points in 2nd half ... 2/22 at GW - Led UR with a season-high 19 points and eight rebounds ... Shot 9-11 from the field ... 1/22 at La Salle - 18 points were tied for most on team ... Shot 9-11 from the field ...1/14 vs Davidson - Tied game on offensive tip-in with 11 seconds remaining ... 12/19 vs ODU - Only 2 FGs of game came on And-1’s in final three minutes ... First gave UR a 2-point lead and second gave UR a 3-point lead with 94 seconds remaining ... 12/17 vs NC State - Scored all 14 of his points in the 1st half ... Also collected his 500th career rebound in the 1st half ... 12/11/21 vs Toledo - Tied the game at 52 with a layup at the 10:20 mark of the second half bringing the spiders all the way back from a 19 point deficit en route to a 72-69 win ... 11/22/21 vs Hofstra - Scored 18 points, exceeding his total from the first four games of the season combined ... Shot 9-11 from the field ... 11/16/21 vs Georgia St - Recorded a career-high 6 Ast in 19 minutes ... 6 assists tied for most on Spiders, as did 8 rebounds
SENIOR (2020-21) HIGHLIGHTS
• Averaged 12.2 points (fourth on team) and 4.4 rebounds (third on team) per game
• Field goal percentage of 51.2 ranked second on team and 11th in Atlantic 10, among qualifiers
• One of three Spiders to start all 23 games
• Became the 50th member of Richmond's 1,000-point club against Saint Joseph's on March 1
• Named MVP of Bluegrass Showcase and Atlantic 10 Co-Player of the Week for his performances vs Morehead State and Kentucky
• Finished the season with a career FG percentage of 54.9, fourth highest in school history (minimum 400 attempts)
• Announced he would return for a fifth season on April 2, taking advantage of the NCAA's decision to grant winter sports student-athletes an additional year of eligibility due to COVID-19
GAME-BY-GAME
3/1 vs Saint Joseph’s - Scored a career-high 25 points, leading all players ... Scored 1,000th point of his career on a post move with 10:20 remaining in the first half ... 2/23 vs UMass - Scored 14 of his 18 points after halftime ... Converted ‘And-1s’ on consecutive possessions during crucial 10-2 run in 2nd half ... 2/17 at VCU - Led Richmond with 18 points and 7 rebounds ... 1/2 vs St. Bonaventure - Recorded 12 points and a team-high 10 rebounds for his third career double-double ... 12/22 vs Hofstra - Limited to season-low 17 minutes by foul trouble ... 12/16 at Vanderbilt - Scored 13 points on 6-6 shooting from the field, his third career game going 5-5 or better on FG attempts ... 11/30 - Named A-10 Co-Play- er of the Week along with Saint Louis’s Javonte Perkins ... First weekly A-10 honor of his career ... 11/29 at Kentucky - 18 points were tied for most among Spiders ... Sealed game with dunk over two Wildcats with 1:24 remaining ... Named Bluegrass Showcase MVP after game after totaling 41 points on 78 per- cent shooting ... 11/27 vs Morehead St - Led all scorers with 23 points, matching a career high ... Made all 10 of his shots from the field, becoming the 7th player in A-10 history to go 10-10 or better from the field in a game
JUNIOR (2019-20) HIGHLIGHTS
• Averaged 8.9 points (fifth on team) and 5.3 rebounds per game (third on team)
• Shot team-high 55.6 percent from the field, eighth best in the A-10
• Made 79.8 percent of free-throw attempts, ninth best in the A-10
• Only player in A-10 to rank in top 10 in conference in FG percentage and FT percentage
• Increased FT percentage by 22.1 percent from 2018-19 (57.7 to 79.8), tied for the sixth-biggest increase in D-I among those with at least 50 free throw attempts in each of the last two seasons
• Finished the season with a career FG percentage of 56.4, second highest in school history (minimum 400 attempts)
GAME-BY-GAME
3/6 at Duquesne - Registered his second career double-double with 11 points and a career-high-tying 11 rebounds ... 3/3 vs Davidson - Recorded a game-high 8 rebounds to go with 11 points ... 2/29 vs UMass - Scored 14 points with 8 rebounds ... Back-to-back dunks in 1st half forced UMass out of its zone ... 2/27 at George Washington - Recorded a game-high 9 rebounds ... 2/12 at La Salle - Scored 12 points on 6-7 shooting from field ... Scored Richmond’s
first points on vicious dunk in traffic ... 1/28 at VCU - Tallied 13 points and 7 rebounds, both second most on the team ... 1/5 at Rhode Island - Led all players with a season-high 19 points and added a career-high 11 rebounds for his first career double-double ... Joined T.J. Cline as the only Spiders with 19 points and 11 rebounds in a true road game in the last 10 years ... Scored 11 points in game’s final 13 minutes as Richmond fought off repeated Rhode Island comeback attempts ... Held RI’s Cyril Langevine to 7 points on 3-8 shooting ...12/3 at Hampton - Did not play due to a sprained right ankle ... First missed game of Spiders career, snapping streaks of 72 straight games and 40 straight starts ... 11/30 vs Boston College - Scored game-high 9 points in 1st half ... Rolled right ankle with 1:04 remaining in 1st half ... Returned to game in 2nd half but did not score another point or attempt another shot ... 11/14 vs Vanderbilt - Scored 20 points and added a team-high 8 rebounds ... Recorded a game-high 6 offensive rebounds, 1 shy of his career high ... 11/8 vs Saint Francis - Scored Richmond’s first points of the season on a two-handed dunk after a pass from Grant Golden on UR’s first possession ... Made game-winning FG with 55 seconds left in OT, scoring on a layup after a pass from Blake Francis
SOPHOMORE (2018-19) HIGHLIGHTS
• Averaged 12.9 points and 4.2 rebounds per game, finishing third on the team in both scoring and rebounding
• Led team with 59.9 field goal percentage, the third-highest in the A-10, 23rd highest in Division I and fourth-highest in a season in school history
• Started all 33 games, one of three Spiders to start every game
• Registered greatest increase in scoring average of any player in A-10 (2.3 in 2017-18 to 12.9 in 2018-19)
• Increased scoring average by 10.6 points per game from his freshman year, the biggest increase by a Spiders sophomore since 1975 (Kevin Eastman)
GAME-BY-GAME
3/13 vs Fordham - Scored the game-winning layup with 0.2 seconds remaining off a feed from Jacob Gilyard ... Finished with a team-high 15 points ... 2/23 at La Salle - Scored 15 points on perfect 7-7 shooting from the field ... First Spider to go 7-7 or better from the field since De'Monte Buckingham on Jan. 8, 2017 at GW ... Punctuated win with a monster breakaway dunk in final seconds ... Had a career-high five assists ... 2/13 at VCU - Scored a team-high 18 points on 10-19 shooting from the free-throw line, the second most free-throw attempts by a Spider in the last 20 seasons (Terry Allen - 21 vs California on Nov. 27, 2015) and the most by an A-10 player since the 2016-17 season ... 1/30 at Saint Louis - Scored 21 points, his fifth career 20-point game ... Led Richmond with 14 points in the second half while making six of his seven FG attempts ... 1/16 vs Duquesne - Scored a game-high 23 points, matching his career high ... Led all players on both teams in scoring for second straight game ... 1/12 at GW - Scored a game-high 18 points ... Recorded career highs in free throws (eight) and FT attempts (10) ... Dominated head-to-head matchup with Illinois transfer D.J. Williams ... 12/22 vs High Point - Led Spiders with 20 points, his second career 20-point game and the third time in his career he's led UR in scoring ... Scored 17 points in first half and made all six of his shots from the field ... 12/15 vs Oral Roberts - Led the Spiders with 17 points, the second time in his career he's lead UR in scoring ... Also tied for the team high with a career-best eight rebounds ... 12/1 vs Wake Forest - Scored 17 points on 6-7 shooting, his third straight game with more than 15 points ... Second game of season with at least 15 points and only one missed FG attempt ... 11/25 vs Hampton - Scored a career-high 23 points on 9-12 shooting ... Led Spiders in scoring for first time in his career ... Totaled five offensive rebounds, most by a Spider since De'Monte Buckingham vs Fordham on Jan. 3, 2018 ... Monster baseline dunk in traffic brought crowd to its feet in second half ... 11/16 vs IUPUI - Recorded a career-high four blocks, including blocks on back-to-back dunk attempts on a second-half possession that keyed a Spiders run ... Most blocks by a Spider in a game Jan. 2, 2016 (Deion Taylor, 4) ... 11/14 vs St. Francis - Scored career-high 15 points while shooting 6-7 from the field ... Made several driving layups, with the Richmond Times-Dispatch writing after the game that he "drives like a guard and finishes like a power forward"
FRESHMAN (2017-18)
• Averaged 2.3 points and 1.7 rebounds while playing 12.7 minutes per game, seventh most on the team
• Appeared in all 32 games with two starts
• Became third Spider freshman to start when he made his first career start vs George Mason on February 3, making 2017-18 the first season since 2006-07 that three different freshmen started for Richmond
GAME-BY-GAME
3/8 vs Duquense - Sealed Spiders win with his first career dunk in game's final minute ... 2/10 at St. Bonaventure - Made his second career start and finished with five points and a career-high seven rebounds ... 2/7 vs VCU - Played final 6:50 of regulation and guarded VCU's Justin Tillman, holding him to zero points after he scored 21 in game's first 33 minutes ... 2/3 at George Mason - Made his first career start, totaling eight points and five rebounds in 21 minutes ... 1/3 at Fordham - Scored career-high 10 points, tied for second-most of any Spiders ... Shattered career high with 32 minutes including all five in overtime ... Matched career-high with five rebounds ... 12/23 at Boston College - Scored four points and grabbed career-high five rebounds ... first Spiders with at least five rebounds in 15 or fewer minutes since Khwan Fore on 12/12/15 vs Longwood ... 11/21 vs Cincinnati - Scored six points, tied for third most on the team ... 11/13 vs Jacksonville St - Played 22 minutes, fifth most of any Spider ... Scored first career points on an above-the-rim putback in 2nd half
• 1st-team all-league selection as a senior ... led team to 3rd-place finish in provincial championship
• Averaged 19.6 points and 9.3 rebounds per game as a junior
• Performed over 200 hours of community service
PERSONAL
• Son of Wilner Cayo and Beraca Loyer
• Has an older brother Ben and a younger brother Samuel
• Born on Oct. 27, 1997
• Last name is pronounced KAY-oh
