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It’s a non-conference matchup on the hardwood when a member of the Atlantic 10 travels to face the ACC on a neutral floor down in the Palmetto State. The Richmond Spiders are on the road as they travel to face the Clemson Tigers in Greenville, South Carolina Saturday night. Richmond crushed Fairleigh Dickinson 77-48 at home in their previous contest Tuesday night. Clemson was knocked off 76-58 by Loyola Chicago Saturday in the Holiday Hoopsgiving at the State Farm Arena in Atlanta Saturday in their previous game. In the all-time series between the teams, each team has won once though they haven’t met in seven decades: the Spiders earned a 74-60 road win in the most recent matchup on December 13, 1952.
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Richmond won their second straight game in blowout fashion as they clobbered Fairleigh Dickinson in their last outing. The Spiders ran their record to 5-5 on the season and try to get past the break even point with a victory here. Against Fairleigh Dickinson, the game was over early as Richmond ran away with things early. After owning a 2-1 lead early, the Spiders reeled off 22 straight points to go up 24-1 with 9:17 left in the half and you could turn the lights out at that point. Richmond was up 42-9 at the half and led by as many as 36 en route to the easy win. The Spiders shot 52.7% from the floor, including 13 of 31 from beyond the arc, and limited the Knights to 31.1% from the field. Isaiah Bigelow led Richmond with 17 points and six boards off the bench in the win.
The Spiders are putting up an average of 69.5 points per contest this season, which puts them 248th in the nation in s coring offense. Richmond grabs 36.3 rebounds per game and dishes out 13.3 assists a night. The Spiders are 41st in the nation in scoring defense as they allow 62.2 points a night. Tyler Burton leads the team with 17.7 points plus 8.3 rebounds per game this season. Jason Nelson (11.4 points, 3.2 assists) and Isaiah Bigelow (10.3 points, 5.7 rebounds) are also scoring in double figures. Neal Quinn, Jason Roche, Matt Grace, Andre Gustavson, Dji Bailey and Marcus Randolph are solid role players for coach Chris Mooney’s team. Richmond is shooting 44% from the field as a team this season. The Spiders average 9.2 three-pointers a night while shooting 35.4% from beyond the arc. Richmond is mediocre at the free throw line as they cash in 71.6% of their attempts this season.