Spiders make history with first regular season A-10 title
March 8, 2024
UNIVERSITY NEWS
For the first time, the Richmond Spiders are regular season championship of the Atlantic 10. Richmond secured the No. 1 seed in next week's Atlantic 10 Tournament as well as least a share of the league's regular season title for the first time since joining the conference in 2001 with a 73-66 win over Saint Joseph's last week.
"It's a tremendous accomplishment," said Spiders coach Chris Mooney. "I'm so proud of the guys. You saw tonight everybody helping in different ways."
The Spiders were led by center Neal Quinn, who scored 21 points with four rebounds and a team-high four assists as the Spiders finished their home schedule with a 15-1 record at the Robins Center, the best mark in 52 seasons of Spider basketball in the arena.
DeLonnie Hunt added a season-high 18 points with three steals while shooting 6-9 from the floor. Isaiah Bigelow was the third and final Spider in double figures, finishing with 10 points and a team-high seven rebounds.
This is the seventh regular season title in program history and the first since UR won the regular season championship in its final season in the CAA in 2000-01. Richmond is 15-2 in A-10 games this year, a program record for conference wins in a season.
"We just put our name in history," said Jordan King. "I'm proud of my guys and all the coaches — they put us in the right spot. Everyone came to work hard."
The Hawks cut Richmond's lead to five with 7:50 and 6:27 to play and again in the final 30 seconds. But the Spiders answered every Saint Joseph's bucket to secure their sixth straight win and a place in program history.
"It's a tremendous accomplishment," said Spiders coach Chris Mooney. "I'm so proud of the guys. You saw tonight everybody helping in different ways."
The Spiders were led by center Neal Quinn, who scored 21 points with four rebounds and a team-high four assists as the Spiders finished their home schedule with a 15-1 record at the Robins Center, the best mark in 52 seasons of Spider basketball in the arena.
DeLonnie Hunt added a season-high 18 points with three steals while shooting 6-9 from the floor. Isaiah Bigelow was the third and final Spider in double figures, finishing with 10 points and a team-high seven rebounds.
This is the seventh regular season title in program history and the first since UR won the regular season championship in its final season in the CAA in 2000-01. Richmond is 15-2 in A-10 games this year, a program record for conference wins in a season.
"We just put our name in history," said Jordan King. "I'm proud of my guys and all the coaches — they put us in the right spot. Everyone came to work hard."
The Hawks cut Richmond's lead to five with 7:50 and 6:27 to play and again in the final 30 seconds. But the Spiders answered every Saint Joseph's bucket to secure their sixth straight win and a place in program history.