Dukes Rally Falls Short in 69-66 Loss to Richmond
Feb. 16, 2008
PITTSBURGH -- Duquesne rallied from a 13-point second-half deficit only to see Aaron Jackson's 3-point attempt glance off the front rim at the buzzer as Richmond continued its mastery of the Dukes with a 69-66 win at the Palumbo Center. David Gonzalvez scored a game-high 17 points - including five 3-pointers - to lead the Spiders (13-10, 6-4) who are now 11-0 against Duquesne (16-8, 6-5) since joining the Atlantic 10 prior to the 2001-02 season. Bill Clark scored all of his Duquesne-high 15 points in the second half to key the comeback. Reggie Jackson was the only other DU player in double figures with 12. Duquesne, down 59-46 with 6:33 to go, pulled to within one on Clark's 3-pointer with eight seconds left. Richmond's Kevin Anderson, who finished with a game high eight assists, was fouled and made a pair of free throws to put the Spiders up 69-66 with six seconds to go. Reggie Jackson found Aaron Jackson coming off a screen, but Aaron Jackson's shot from the top of the key was short as time expired. Richmond, which was a combined 11-of-39 from the 3-point arc in its two previous games, shot 51 percent for the game, including a scintillating 11-of-16 from 3-point. Duquesne hit just 5-of-21 3-point attempts in finishing at 38.3 percent overall. "Richmond came in here and defended us well," said Duquesne head coach Ron Everhart of the Spiders who had been idle since Feb. 10. "They came in here well prepared. When you make 11 threes on the road, you're going to win ... and they did." Richmond turned it over four times in the game's opening moments as the Dukes jumped out to a 7-0 lead. The Spiders settled down and knocked down 5-of-7 3-point attempts to take a 34-27 lead at the half. The Spiders went up 13 on a Dan Geriot (15 points) layup at the 6:33 mark before Reggie Jackson ignited Duquesne's late surge with a 3-pointer. Richmond was up four with the ball when Damian Saunders intercepted a deep inbounds pass to set up Clark's late 3-pointer. "We were fortunate to get back in this one," said Everhart. "I thought they controlled the game all the way until near the end. Our guys fought back and we had our chances at the end, we just couldn't do it. You have to take your hat off to Richmond. We were forcing them to speed it up and they made shots." Duquesne returns to action at No. 12 (AP) Xavier on Thursday at 7:00 p.m. NOTES
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