Richmond 71 St Bonaventure 61 - Burton and Spiders Solve Bonnies

Richmond (15-8, 6-4 A-10) wore down St. Bonaventure last night to successfully open the 2nd half of their A-10 conference schedule. Tyler Burton's monster game of 36 points and 7 rebounds led the way for the Spiders. He put 21 up in the first half when the Spiders built a 38-31 half time lead. However, the Bonnies continued to scrap, taking their final lead at 46-45 with 10:46 remaining. From this point UR, led by Burton put them away. The Spiders held St. Bonaventure to a single FG for five minutes down the stretch. Richmond broke a five game losing streak to the Bonnies. UR dominated the boards, out rebounding Bona 35-24. Burton was ably assisted by Grant Golden's 12 points and 10 rebounds, Andre Gustavson's 9 points and 4 steals, and Jacob Gilyard's 8 assists. The Spiders sealed the win by making 13-15 from the FT line.