Richmond 77 LaSalle 63 - Spiders Balanced Scoring Delivers Win

Richmond (17-9, 8-5 A-10) got back on the winning track tonight with a win over the outmanned, but pesky Explorers. Five Spiders were in double figures led by Tyler Burton and Grant Golden with 15 points each. Nick Sherod and Nathan Cayo delivered 12 points. Jacob Gilyard finished off the double digit scorers with 11 points. Gilyard also dished 5 assists, snared 6 rebounds and had 4 steals. Burton had 10 rebounds and Golden 8 as UR dominated the boards 37-28. The Spiders led by 36-33 at the half. They gradually built their lead to double digits at 61-51 with 7:44 remaining and were never threatened down the stretch.