Schedule/Results Atlantic 10 Tournament 16-13 (.552), 9-7 (.563) A-10 March 12-15, 2008 X Boardwalk Hall (10,000) X Atlantic City, N.J. Date Opponent Time LIVE COVERAGE: 11/5 vs. Maine & W, 44-42 X RADIO: ESPN Radio 950 AM, 93.1 WOLF FM and RichmondSpiders.com with Bob Black and Greg Beckwith. X WEB VIDEO & GAMETRACKER: RichmondSpiders.com. 11/6 vs. # 3 Memphis & L, 63-80 11/10 NORFOLK ST. L, 69-72 The Latest 11/13 at East Carolina W, 67-65 (OT) 11/17 UMBC L, 68-70 X The youthful Spiders, who were picked 12th in the Atlantic 10 11/20 at Rice W, 61-55 Preseason Poll, finished fourth and earned a bye in the conference Inside 11/24 at Marist L, 62-64 tournament for the second time in seven years in the league. Bracket ..................... 2 Richmond’s fourth-place finish equals the best regular-season finish Notes .................... 3-6 11/28 WILLIAM & MARY W, 58-55 for the Spiders since joining the A-10. 12/5 SOUTH FLORIDA L, 65-79 X Richmond freshman Kevin Anderson was named the Atlantic Highs and Lows ...... 3 12/8 at VCU # L, 45-65 10 Rookie of the Year and sophomore Dan Geriot earned third- Record When ........... 3 12/19 OLD DOMINION W, 55-49 team All-Atlantic 10 honors. Anderson, who is third on the team Chris Mooney .......... 4 12/30 VMI W, 71-69 in scoring (10.2 ppg) and fifth in the A-10 in minutes (34.8 mpg), Lead/Deficit ........... 5 has won six of the last eight A-10 Rookie of the Week awards. 1/3 VIRGINIA TECH W, 51-49 Double-Figures........ 5 Geriot is the only sophomore on the all-conference teams. He is Crunch Time FTs .... 5 1/9 at La Salle W, 75-74 (3OT) leading the Spiders in scoring at 14.2 points per game, which is Superlatives ............. 6 1/12 at Saint Joseph’s L, 63-81 15th in the conference. 1/16 ST. BONAVENTURE W, 75-64 X Richmond is coming off a loss to No. 8 ranked Xavier in the Individual Highs ..... 6 1/19 LA SALLE L, 67-76 regular-season finale, but the Spiders have not lost back-to-back Misc. Stats ............... 7 Spiders In OT .......... 7 1/26 # 16 DAYTON W, 80-63 games in over three months, dating back to Dec. 5 and 8. The Spiders are 10-2 after losses this season, losing back-to-back games The Last Time ......... 8 1/30 at Rhode Island L, 64-78 just twice all season. Robins Center .......... 8 2/2 at Charlotte W, 64-58 X The Spiders have won six games over RPI Top-100 teams since Pts.-Reb.-Ast. .......... 8 2/6 TEMPLE W, 64-58 Jan. 3 (although Duquesne has since dropped from the Top-100). Roster ....................... 9 2/10 SAINT LOUIS L, 55-64 X The Spiders have just three scholarship players in their junior Player Bios ....... 10-24 2/16 at Duquesne W, 69-66 and senior years and receive 80.3 percent of their scoring from Box Scores........ 25-32 2/20 CHARLOTTE W, 79-76 (OT) freshmen and sophomores. The Spiders’ top four scorers and five of the top six are underclassmen. Statistics .......... 33-40 2/23 at George Washington L, 53-59 X The Spiders are second in the Atlantic 10 and 41st in the nation A-10 Tourney History 2/27 at St. Bonaventure W, 82-71 in steals, averaging 8.5 per game. Richmond has at least seven .......................... 41-47 3/1 MASSACHUSETTS L, 74-78 steals in 25 of 29 games and six steals in all but one game. Series vs. A-10. 48-50 X Richmond is averaging just 10.6 turnovers per game in the last 3/5 FORDHAM W, 58-53 Clippings ........ 51-88 3/8 at Xavier L, 61-86 nine contests with less than 10 turnovers in four of the nine games. 3/13 vs. St. Joe’s/Fordham 2:30 p.m. A-10 Tourney (Atlantic City, N.J.) The Spiders & - 2k Sports Classic at Memphis, Tenn. PROBABLE STARTERS # - Farm Bureau Insur. Black & Blue Classic P Name PPG RPG MPG Notes G 14-Kevin Anderson (5-11, 165, Fr.) 10.5 2.6 34.8 A-10 Rookie of Year G 5-David Gonzalvez (6-4, 200, So.) 12.0 3.0 33.4 5th in A-10 in 3FG% (.432) Media Contacts F 12-Kevin Smith (6-5, 180, Fr.) 4.4 3.6 21.0 Tied career-high 5 assts. vs XU F 15-Gaston Moliva (6-7, 230, Sr.) 4.3 3.6 17.9 4th at UR in career blocks RICHMOND C 41-Dan Geriot (6-9, 235, So.) 14.2 5.6 28.9 All-Atlantic 10 Third-Team Mark Kwolek OFF THE BENCH Cell: 804-349-3353 F 44-Ryan Butler (6-6, 200, So.) 5.6 3.0 25.1 10th in A-10 in steals (1.45) Office: 804-289-8320 F 11-Oumar Sylla (6-7, 225, Sr.) 5.3 3.0 19.8 12 pts., 4-6 FG vs. UMass (3/1) Email: [email protected] F 4-Jarhon Giddings (6-9, 235, Jr.) 4.1 1.8 11.2 4 points in 8 min. vs. FOR (3/5) F 32-Justin Harper (6-9, 210, Fr.) 3.5 1.4 8.6 11 pts., 4-of-5 FG vs. XU (3/8) Web: RichmondSpiders.com F 21-Kevin Hovde (6-5, 200, So.) 2.0 1.6 10.2 Former walk-on on scholarship ATLANTIC 10 G 10-Duncan McLean (6-1, 185, Jr.) 0.0 0.2 1.2 Walk-on has played in 53 games Steve Haug - [email protected] F 13-Chris McClain (6-4, 175, Fr.) 0.0 0.0 1.0 First collegiate game vs. Dayton Cell: 267-970-8629 F 31-Conor Smith (6-8, 200, Fr.) 0.0 0.0 0.0 Father played for Wisconsin INJURED RESERVE Office: 215-545-6678 G 2-Chris Richard (6-3, 175, Fr.) 0.0 0.0 0.0 Injured knee, out indefinitely Web: Atlantic10.org G 3-Mark McGonigal (6-0 190, Jr.) 0.0 0.0 0.0 Out for year due to knee injury 2008 Atlantic 10 Tournament Bracket 2008 ATLANTIC 10 MEN’S BASKETBALL CHAMPIONSHIP BOARDWALK HALL – ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. MARCH 12-15 Mar. 12 Mar. 13 Mar. 14 Mar. 15 #1 Xavier #8 Dayton Game 5 – 12:00pm Game 1 – 12:00pm #9 Saint Louis Game 9 – 6:30pm #5 Saint Joseph’s Game 2 – 2:30pm* #12 Fordham Game 6 – 2:30pm* #4 Richmond Game 11 – 6:00pm #2 Temple Champion #7 La Salle Game 7 – 6:30pm Game 3 – 6:30pm #10 Duquesne Game 10 – 9:00pm* #6 Charlotte Game 4 – 9:00pm* #11 Rhode Island Game 8 – 9:00pm* #3 Massachusetts *Game times approximate, game will start 23 minutes after conclusion of first game of that session 2 Richmond High/Low Analysis Notes HIGHS LOWS Quick Hitters X Points Scored......................... 82 (vs. SBU 2/27) ...............44 (vs. Maine 11/5) ......... Richmond is 12-2 this season when it shoots less than Points In 1st Half ................. 46 (vs. #16 Dayton 1/26) .21 (2x last vs. FORD 3/5) 20 three-pointers...Richmond’s 78-74 loss to Massa- Points In 2nd Half ............... 50 (2x, last vs. SBU 2/27) 15 (vs. VCU 12/8) ............ chusetts on March 1 was the first time since joining Points Allowed ...................... 81 (vs. SJU 1/12) ................42 (vs. Maine 11/5) ......... the Atlantic 10 in the 2001-02 season that Richmond Pts. Allowed In 1st Half .... 40 (vs. Memphis 11/6) .....19 (vs. ODU 12/19) .......... had scored 70 or more points against a conference Pts. Allowed In 2nd Half .. 50 (vs. USF 12/5) ................19 (vs. Maine 11/5) ......... team and lost. That stretch spanned 120 games against Points In The Paint ............. 42 (vs. LAS 1/19) ...............18 (2x, last vs. VT 1/3) ... A-10 teams, including conference tournament Field Goals ............................. 28 (3x, last vs. SBU 2/27) 15 (vs. VCU 12/8) ............ games...the Spiders have tied for their second-most Field Goal Attempts ........... 63 (vs. Memphis 11/6) .....40 (vs. ODU 12/19) wins (16) since the 2001-02 season. The 2003-04 Field Goal Percentage ........ .560 (vs. VMI 12/30) ..........294 (vs. VCU 12/8) ......... NCAA Tournament team won 20 games...Dan Geriot Opponent FG Pct. ................ .587 (vs. LAS 1/19) .............340 (vs. ODU 12/19) 3-Point Field Goals ............. 14 (vs. W&M 11/28) ..........2 (vs. SBU 1/16) ................ became just the third Spider sophomore to reach 750 3-Point Attempts ................. 29 (vs, W&M 11/28) ..........13 (vs. VCU 12/8) ............ career points, he now has 767...David Gonzalvez has Opponent 3FGs ..................... 12 (vs. VMI 12/30) .............0 (vs. GW 2/23) ................. made six or more field goals in seven of his last 13 3-point FG Percentage ....... .524 (vs. #16 UD 1/26).......105 (vs. SBU 1/16) .......... games after doing so just twice in the first 16 games Opponent 3FG Pct. .............. .727 (vs. LAS 1/19) .............000 (vs. GW 2/23) ........... ...only twice in the last 19 games has the opposition Free Throws Made ............... 22 (vs. CHA 2/20) .............. 2 (vs. W&M 11/28) ..... ..... made more field goals than the Spiders...Richmond’s Free Throws Attempts ........ 29 (vs. CHA 2/20) .............. 2 (vs. W&M 11/28)........... top two scorers, Dan Geriot and David Gonzalvez, Free Throw Pct.