Game 16: GMU (10-5 / 1-1) vs Richmond (7-8 / 2-0) on Wednesday, January 8, at 7:00 PM.

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Richmond was picked to finish 7th in A10 Preseason Polls. No one on Richmond received any kind of preseason accolades.

The game is on ESPN+.

KenPom:
Gives us a 90% chance of winning.
GMU - 82
Richmond - 239
NET:
Mason - 83
Richmond - 273

We are 30-42 (.416) against Richmond all-time.

Richmond is currently 7-8 on the season and 2-0 in A10 play. They are 4-3 at home, 1-4 on the road, and 2-1 at neutral sites.

Schedule: https://richmondspiders.com/sports/mens-basketball/schedule

Wins: Mount Olive (101-68), Maine (70-66), Florida Tech (67-57), Ball St. (73-60), VMI (78-71), GW (66-61), UMass (72-64)
Losses: Marist (79-72), Charlotte (65-48), Bucknell (80-76 2 OT), Louisiana Tech (65-62), #2 Auburn (98-54), Belmont (93-86), William & Mary (93-87), Florida Gulf Coast (75-57)

Probable Starters: 8 different Spiders have started this season. Players below started against GW.
6’0” Delonnie Hunt - 17.6 ppg & 4.1 reb - Senior
6’8” Dusan Nescovic - 12.9 ppg - Grad Student
5’10” Mikkel Tyne - 9.2 ppg - Sophomore
6’5” Jason Roche - 6.0 ppg - Senior
6’11” Mike Walz - 4.8 ppg & 6.4 reb - Junior

Reserves averaging double figure minutes:
6’6” Collin Tanner - 2.8 ppg - Sophomore - has 4 starts
6’8” Apostolos Roumoglou - 5.7 ppg & 5.6 reb - Junior - has 6 starts
5’10” B. Artis White - 2.9 ppg - Grad Student
6’10” Jonathan Beagle - 9.3 ppg & 5.1 reb - Junior - has 8 starts

Roster:

Team Stats:

Richmond averages 71.2 points per game (14th in the A10) while giving up 73.6 12th in the A10).

The Spiders shoot 41.4% from the floor (Last in the A10) and 29.0% from 3 (10th in the A10).
Opponents are shooting 42.0% from the field and 34.2% from 3.

They shoot 76.9% from the free throw line (1st in the A10).

The Spiders have been out rebounded opponents by 2.1 boards per game and average 10.1 turnovers per contest.

Stats: https://richmondspiders.com/documents/2024/11/7/Combined_Stats.pdf

Thoughts: The Spiders are 0-1 against Quad 1 teams, 0-1 against Quad 2 teams, 1-4 against Quad 3 teams, and are 2-3 against Quad 4 teams. Given their shooting numbers, our defense, and the fact that the game is at EBA you have to go with us winning by 8 to 10 points. Oh, who really cares, we screwed the pooch against Rhode Island and just as easily could again.

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Delonnie Hunt is their top contributor. He is quick, good shot and drives the lanes. Its time for Billups to saddle up and clamp him down.
I trust that he will.
Tony just has to tell him to never shoot the ball again.
 

Jack Strop

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I trust that he will.
Tony just has to tell him to never shoot the ball again.

Billups didn't take a bad shot. It was generally on target. He simply missed it. But, then again, what shots has he made? Coach Skinn says that Jared's a good shooter [just not during games... ugh].

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Take care of home court. That is all.
 
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jruby

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Home game, defense and crowd wins it. Not worried about a bad Richmond team. Hit shots and make foul shots win by 20+ if not squeak out a close one.
 

Pablo

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Per Mooney, Roche will be out for this game - had a procedure this morning to re-align his nose after breaking it vs. GW. Should be able to return for Saturday’s game.
 
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