VCU slips by Spiders 77-76 in final seconds at Robins Center
(12/13/08 10:07pm)
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The women's basketball team goes into Saturday's game against Towson University (6-1) at the Robins Center undefeated. Staying unbeaten, they will have to overcome the early sluggishness that defined the first half of last week's defeat of The College of William & Mary.
Men's basketball defeated Delaware State University 76-66 on Saturday night at the Robins Center, completing a winning day for University of Richmond sports.
Brittani Shells led the women's basketball team to defeat the College of William & Mary 63-47 at the Robins Center Saturday afternoon, bringing the team to 8-0 for the season.
Facing its toughest opponent to date, the University of Richmond women's basketball team prevailed in a hard-fought 56-48 contest versus cross-town rival Virginia Commonwealth University.
Scoring seems to come easy for the Spider men's basketball team this season, but junior guard David Gonzalvez knows the team can't win without defense.
There was no magical upset this time.
Sophomore Kevin Anderson scored 15 of his team-leading 17 points during the first half to propel the University of Richmond men's basketball team to a season-opening 81-57 victory over Randolph-Macon College.
By Andrew Prezioso
Next Saturday, the Spiders will kick off their season with a home opener against Randolph-Macon College at 8 p.m. - the first of 31 scheduled regular season games.
By Taylor Engelson
By Andrew Prezioso
Expectations are high for the young, but experienced men's and women's basketball teams through the first week of practice.
The men's basketball coaching staff has welcomed a former Spider back to the University of Richmond.
One of the assistant basketball coaches who resigned after revelations about NCAA recruiting violations is working as an assistant coach at a Division I basketball program in Georgia.
The University of Richmond and the NCAA have concluded separate investigations into hundreds of text messages that basketball coaches knowingly sent while recruiting prospective student-athletes, a violation of NCAA rules.
Sunday's basketball game figured to be a defensive battle, pitting two of the best defensive teams in the conference against each other.
During an Atlanta meet-and-greet for young alumni in October, former University of Richmond men's basketball team manager Daniel Woolley told new President Edward Ayers he was upset that Richmond had disbanded its sports management major.
Seldom has a proven system for success been ridiculed as much as the Princeton Offense was in and around the Robins Center last winter.
The Atlantic 10 preseason rankings might have predicted the women's basketball team to finish fifth in the conference, but they shouldn't have done that with any security.