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Jordan Goodwin Senior Centreville, Ill. Sociology major BILLIKEN GAMEDAY Saint Louis vs. Richmond Friday, Feb. 26, 2021 Chaifetz Arena | 6 p.m. SAINT LOUIS BILLIKENS 2020-21 Saint Louis Billikens Roster NO. NAME POS. HT. WT. YR. HOMETOWN 0 Jordan Goodwin G 6-3 200 Sr. Centreville, Ill. 1 Yuri Collins G 6-0 185 Soph. St. Louis, Mo. 2 Markhi Strickland G/F 6-5 200 Fr. Miami, Fla. 3 Javonte Perkins G/F 6-6 210 Sr. St. Louis, Mo. 4 Phillip Russell G 5-10 165 Fr. St. Louis, Mo. 5 Francis Okoro F 6-9 235 Jr. Imo, Nigeria 10 Joshua Hightower G 6-3 175 Sr. Cooksville, Md. 11 Hasahn French F 6-7 240 Sr. Middletown, N.Y. 12 Marten Linssen F 6-8 255 Jr. Dusseldorf, Germany 13 Andre Lorentsson F 6-8 205 Fr. Gothenburg, Sweden 15 Demarius Jacobs G 6-2 185 Jr. Chicago, Ill. 20 Fred Thatch Jr. G 6-3 215 RSo. Sikeston, Mo. 22 Terrence Hargrove Jr. F 6-4 215 Soph. East St. Louis, Ill. 24 Gibson Jimerson G 6-5 200 RFr. Richmond, Va. 30 Brandon Courtney G 6-3 180 Jr. Trenton, Ill. 32 Jimmy Bell Jr. F 6-10 270 Soph. Saginaw, Mich. Head Coach: Travis Ford Corey Tate Saint Louis Quick Facts Associate Head Coach: Location .....................St. Louis, Mo. Assistant Coaches: Ray Giacoletti, Ford Stuen Founded .................................... 1818 ........................... 12,546 Director of Basketball Operations: Michael Wilson Enrollment Christian Nunez Nickname...........................Billikens Director of Player Development: .....................Atlantic 10 Eddie Maruggi Conference Graduate Student Manager: President ..............Dr. Fred Pestello Athletics Director .........Chris May uThe Saint Louis Billikens (11- rebounds – his 12th double-double .................. Travis Ford of the season and 35th of his career – Head Coach 5, 4-4 Atlantic 10) play two more Alma Mater ............Kentucky, 1994 games, both at home, before and Javonte Perkins had 16 points SLU Record ..............86-63 (5th yr.) beginning A-10 Championship and a season-high-tying seven Career Record ...422-329 (24th yr.) play. The Bills face Richmond boards. 2019-20 Overall Record ..........23-8 Friday, Feb. 26, at 6 p.m. in a game uGoodwin’s 12 rebounds at VCU 2019-20 A-10 Record ....... 12-6 (4th) that will air on ESPN2. SLU takes pushed his career total to 954 and 2019-20 A-10 Tournament ........NA on Massachusetts in the regular- Starters R/L ................................5/0 gave him sole possession of fourth .....................................5 season finale Monday, March 1, at place on the Billikens’ all-time list. Newcomers 5 p.m., with coverage provided by He has 1,391 points, placing him rpg) and offensive rebounding (12.6 CBS Sports Network. Both games 13th on the SLU career chart and can be heard on KMOX 1120 AM. orpg). SLU has out-rebounded 13 just 12 points from passing 12th- of 16 opponents; in the other three uThrough games of Feb. 23, the place Ed Macauley (1,402). games, the opponent’s margins have Billikens are No. 53 in the NCAA’s uFrench’s 21-point outing at VCU been just one, two and five. NET rankings, trailing VCU (No. allowed him to move up two spots uThe A-10 Championship begins 35) and St. Bonaventure (No. 39) on Saint Louis’ career points list. among A-10 teams. March 3 with two first-round games. Now with 1,122 points, French is Four second-round games follow u Hasahn French poured in a 26th in Billiken history and needs on Thursday; the quarterfinals are game- and season-high 21 points just seven points to pass 25th-place set for Friday; and the semifinals and grabbed eight rebounds in Bob Ferry. He is sixth in SLU are slated for Saturday. All games SLU’s 67-65 loss at VCU Feb. 23, a annals with 941 rebounds, only two through the semifinals will be game that featured 18 lead changes from passing No. 5 Dwayne Evans. played in Richmond, Virginia. The and 14 ties. Jordan Goodwin uThe Billikens continue to lead the tournament final will take place posted 16 points and a game-high 12 A-10 in rebounding margin (+8.8 Sunday, March 14, in Dayton, Ohio. RICHMOND SPIDERS 2020-21 Richmond Spiders Roster NO. NAME POS. HT. WT. YR. HOMETOWN 0 Jacob Gilyard G 5-9 160 Sr. Kansas City, Mo. 1 Blake Francis G 6-0 175 Gr. Herndon, Va. 2 Souleymane Koureissi F 6-9 215 Jr. Harlem, N.Y. 3 Tyler Burton F 6-7 195 Soph. Uxbridge, Mass. 4 Nathan Cayo F 6-7 225 Sr. Montreal, Quebec 10 Sullivan Kulju F 6-6 220 Sr. New Berlin, Wis. 11 Andre Weir F 6-10 265 Fr. Hollywood, Fla. 12 Gabe Arizin G 6-4 190 Soph. West Chester, Pa. 13 Connor Crabtree G 6-6 190 RSoph. Hillsborough, N.C. 15 Matt Grace F 6-9 230 Jr. Hamilton, Ontario 21 Isaiah Wilson G 6-0 160 Fr. Pittsburgh, Pa. 22 Andre Gustavson G 6-4 195 Jr. Helsinki, Finland 24 Dji Bailey G 6-5 175 Fr. Wilson, N.C. 25 Quentin Southall G 6-3 180 Fr. Alexandria, Va. 31 Jordan Gaitley G 6-4 190 Gr. Haverford, Pa. 33 Grant Golden F 6-10 255 Gr. Winchester, Va. Head Coach: Chris Mooney Associate Head Coaches: Rob Jones, Marcus Jenkins Assistant Coach: Steve Thomas Richmond Quick Facts Location ...................Richmond, Va. Founded .................................... 1830 uThe University of Richmond, in the A-10. One of the Spiders’ Enrollment ............................. 4,002 located in Richmond, Virginia, has starters – sharpshooter Nickname.............................Spiders Nick .....................Atlantic 10 been an Atlantic 10 Conference Sherod, who tied for 10th in the Conference member since 2001. nation in 3-point accuracy (.438) a President .. Dr. Ronald A. Crutcher Athletics Director ........John Hardt uRichmond brings a 13-5 overall year ago – suffered a season-ending ..............Chris Mooney record and a 6-3 A-10 mark into knee injury in October. However, Head Coach Richmond also welcomed back first- Alma Mater ............Princeton, 1994 Friday’s game. The Spiders are ..........287-227 (16th yr.) coming off Tuesday’s 79-65 victory team All-Conference performer and UR Record Career Record ...329-266 (19th yr.) over Massachusetts that vaulted A-10 Defensive Player of the Year as well as second- 2019-20 Overall Record ..........24-7 them into third place in the A-10. Jacob Gilyard .......14-4 (2nd) Among Richmond’s wins are team choices Blake Francis and 2019-20 A-10 Record . 2019-20 A-10 Tournament ........NA double-digit road triumphs over Grant Golden ................................5/0 u Starters R/L SEC teams Kentucky (ranked 10th Francis (16.6 ppg, eighth in the Newcomers .....................................4 at the time) and Vanderbilt. Three A-10) leads five Spiders who own of the Spiders’ five losses have been double-digit scoring averages, a uRichmond leads the A-10 in by six or fewer points. group that also includes Golden field goal percentage (.482), fewest uSLU and Richmond are meeting (13.4 ppg), Tyler Burton (12.3 turnovers (10.3 tpg) and turnover for a 20th time in men’s basketball. ppg), Nathan Cayo (12.2 ppg) and margin (+5.3 tpg). The Spiders are The Billikens lead the series 11-8 Gilyard (11.4 ppg). second to SLU in assist-turnover and have won four of the last five uGilyard tops the nation in steals ratio (1.45:1) and also are second in against the Spiders, including a 74- (3.6 spg) and the A-10 in assist- scoring (76.2 ppg) and steals (8.7 spg). 58 victory last season at Richmond’s turnover ratio (3.52:1); he is fourth u Chris Mooney has spent more Robins Center. in the league in assists (5.3 apg). years in the A-10 than any other uRichmond returned all five Burton’s 7.5 rebounding mark is current head coach in the league seventh in the A-10. Cayo and starters and seven additional players (Bob McKillop is in his 32nd from its 2019-20 team that went Golden are tied for second in field season at Davidson, but the school is 24-7 overall and 14-4 (second place) goal percentage (.571). in just its seventh A-10 campaign). 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