Richmond 62 George Mason 59 - Gilyard Beats the Buzzer and Patriots

Richmond (16-8, 7-4 A-10) defeated a game George Mason tonight on a Jacob Gilyard three with :00.9 remaining. Gilyard made three critical three pointers in the final five minutes to lead an 11-2 closing Spiders run which took UR from down 57-51 with 5:25 remaining to the important win. Gilyard finished with 23 points on 7-12 from three point range. The underdog Patriots bottled up the Spiders inside game in the first half, but Tyler Burton and Grant Golden came on for 11 points each in the 2nd half to pull UR to a ten point lead at 41-31 after a 12-0 run to open the 2nd half. But the Spiders could not hold it as the Patriots rallied until Gilyard took over and delivered the win.