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[spider23]

Looking for Spiders to keep rolling. Burton is finding his groove.

Duquesne coming in off two straight victories over the Rams (Rhody and VCU). Hopefully the players and crowd are up for a Saturday evening game.

Richmond 73 Duq 65

 

[kneepadmckinney]

It's a home game, so I'm optimistic.

 

[72Spider]

Looks like close to a sell out

 

[Eight Legger]

Duquesne has 12 guys who average at least 12 minutes a game... Not sure I remember seeing something like that very often. We should have a height advantage on them, as we do with most tesms.

Their two starting guards are 6'2" and 6'3" and are their two leading scorers, similar to GW. Grant (#3) is a really good three-point shooter who we need to contain. He's had some ridiculous shooting games but some bad ones, too. Seems like the defensive gameplan should be pretty similar to the GW game. I'll be curious if Goose starts on Grant or Clark (a VCU transfer).

 

[VT4700]

A win puts us no worse than a tie for 4th after tonight. Let's go!!

 

[plydogg]

23 is back on game thread duty, let’s hope it works.

Duquesne - 62
Spiders - 74

 

[urmite]

23 is back on game thread duty, let’s hope it works.

Duquesne - 62
Spiders - 74

I’m sorry we aren’t 11-4.

I have not seen us lose in person this season.
My car died as I left for Wichita St, so saw it on TV.

If only I had attended that one, plus Williamsburg & Fairfax. 11-4! 🤣

 

[Ferrum Spider]

Duquense, like the state of Iowa and Fordham have been good to the Spiders over the years. Probably close to 50 of Mooneys wins are against those programs.

If we get VCU Tre Clark I feel good about our chances. If we get the Tre Clark that played against VCU the other night we will have our hands full, hopefully the crowd can help out in a close game like that.

No slow start.

 

[Section9.RowD]

I’m sorry we aren’t 11-4.

I have not seen us lose in person this season.
My car died as I left for Wichita St, so saw it on TV.

If only I had attended that one, plus Williamsburg & Fairfax. 11-4! 🤣

I am still underwater in person .. 6-7 - my streak of seeing all of our captivating road games ends will likely end on Wednesday unless I feel so inspired to make the drive to Davidson.

 

[SpiderTrap]

Don't like this game. Burton scores 28, but the rest of the team lays an egg.

Duquesne - 77
UR - 62

 

[gcarter52]

I disagree Trap, we win by 10+! History is on our side.

 

[gospidersgo]

Duquesne is improved this year and we are down.

But beating Duquesne is just something that we do, you can almost set your watch by it. And especially with this being a home game not away, I say Spiders win this one by 8-10.

 

[flyder19]

Where Duquesne is Strong:

• Offensive Rating: 110.1 (59th in the Country) --> They throw up a lot of shots, and it's worked for them so far this season. Look to see them shoot pretty early in the shot clock.
• 3 Point Percentage: 37.1% (59th in the Country) --> Watch out for their top scorer Dae Dae Grant and R.J. Gunn who take a lot of 3's (12 attempts combined per game) and they make 43% of them.
• Offensive Rebounds: 13.8 per game (8th in the country) --> Duquesne is a beast on the boards on the offensive end, due to their large number of attempts. They are not as strong rebounding on the Defensive end, however.

Where Duquesne is Weak:

• 2 Point Percentage: 48.4% (276th in the Country --> For all the shots they put up, they're not very convincing from inside the arc. Look for the Spiders to try to shut down the perimeter early.
• Free Throw Percentage: 68.3% (268th in the Country) --> They don't get to the line that often, and when they do they're not very efficient. Combined with the 2 Point Percentage, keeping them inside the arc is critical, even if we commit more fouls.
• Turnovers per Game: 11.7 (292nd in the Country) --> Duquesne are a bit careless with the basketball, they're a wild offense, that's both exciting, but error prone. Let's hope we see 12+ turnovers at the RC tonight.
• Defensive Rating: 102.6 (265th in the Country) --> Like GW, exciting offense, not so great defense.

I think we're playing a similar team to GW tonight, albeit without a true star. Their talent is a bit more spread out, which can be problematic. Hopefully Goose can shut down Grant and we control the pace of the game from the outset. Duquesne will try their best to not let that happen.

 

[RichmondNative]

Thanks for the overview flyder. So much better than the on-site program.

 

[SpiderK]

Clark is a dirty trash player. Like a VCU player.

 

[Spider2020]

Classic Mooney timeout there after Duquesne drains 4 threes. Taken about 2 minutes too late

 

[Spider2020]

Nelson turns it over far too much for a starting PG

 

[Dr. Spidey]

Games is already over. 8 mins to go in first half. Loser Mooney calling a timeout way to late again. *uck!!!

 

[whampas]

This team isn't your daddy's Dukes.

 

[Dr. Spidey]

All shots are going in for these frauds. Mooney makes no adjustment either way.

 

[Spider2020]

Maybe we should stop pressing considering it’s giving them an open look every possession

 

[wr70beh]

I am out and didn’t go to the game. What the hell is goi g on?

 

[SpiderK]

Every time we get a good crowd we take a dump on the court.

 

[Section9.RowD]

Get Roche in … our defensive emphasis is not working

 

[SpiderK]

I am out and didn’t go to the game. What the hell is goi g on?

100% from 3

 

[whampas]

Don't like this game. Burton scores 28, but the rest of the team lays an egg.

Duquesne - 77
UR - 62

So far looking insightful. But the score might be closer to 107 to 62 however it's early and we haven't made our fall short comeback yet.

 

[spider23]

Yep, so far Trap is looking like he nailed this one.

 

[SpiderTrap]

So far looking insightful. But the score might be closer to 107 to 62 however it's early and we haven't made our fall short comeback yet.

Agree. Duquesne has just not missed. Some of that is them being hot handed, and some of it is just poor defense on our part. O/U Duquesne for the game. 92.5?

 

[SpiderK]

We just can’t compete in a thug fest even after the last 20 years of VCU games.

 

[8legs1dream]

I’m giving it 10 minutes and if we don’t wake the hell up I’m leaving

 

[SpiderK]

Not to mention the effing scoreboard is broke again. WTF?????

 

[SpiderK]

I’m giving it 10 minutes and if we don’t wake the hell up I’m leaving

Right behind you

 

[gospidersgo]

Duquesne is cooling off, game will tighten up but will somebody other than Burton contribute on offense to help us get back into it?

 

[72Spider]

We're just too slow footed on the defensive end and don't play good help defense in the post.

 

[Section9.RowD]

Duquesne is cooling off, game will tighten up but will somebody other than Burton contribute on offense to help us get back into it?

Might help if we play Big and Roche who have a better chance of scoring than a few others

 

[whampas]

Not to mention the effing scoreboard is broke again. WTF?????

You'd think Mooney could chip in and get that sucker fixed.

 

[SpiderK]

Nelson turns it over far too much for a starting PG

Nelson has terrible hands for a point guard. He must have very small hands.

 

[spider23]

Geez Goose, pass up an open 3, driv and pass up an open lay up for a kick out. Shoot the ball!

 

[SpiderK]

Mooney adjustment is to not play Roche.

 

[Section9.RowD]

Did anyone get a good look on how Tyler got hurt - did he slam into the video cameras