Men’s Hoops Gets Trapped in Richmond’s Spider Web

RICHMOND – Coppin State's men's basketball team trailed from start to finish as it dropped its tenth-straight game to open the season at Richmond, 82-47, on Wednesday night at the Robins Center.

The Basics

• Final Score: Coppin State 47, Richmond 82
• Records: Coppin State 0-10 / Richmond 4-5
• Location: Richmond, Va. (Robins Center)
• Series History: Richmond Leads, 3-0

How It Happened:
First Half

• Richmond's Grant Golden scored the first five points but Coppin closed the gap with buckets by Chad Andrews-Fulton and Nigel Marshall making it an 8-4 game with 15:44 remaining.
• It was all Spiders from there as they went on an 11-0 run over the next 2:34 to increase their lead to 19-4 with 13:10 to play.
• Following another layup by Marshall, Richmond scored another ten-straight and CSU was never able to string more than five-straight points together.
• The Spiders went into the half with a 43-16 lead, shooting 54.8% compared to just 23.3% for CSU.

Second Half

• Coppin started the second half strong, going on an 11-6 run with all of the Eagles' points coming from the freshman trio of Marshall, Ibn Williams and Justin Steers.
• After a pair of pretty layups by Steers at the 17:02 and 16:40 marks, Richmond extended its lead by going on a 12-2 run, increasing the advantage to 61-29 with 14:11 left.
• CSU got no closer than 28 points the remainder of the game.

Inside the Numbers

• Nigel Marshall led Coppin State with ten points on 5-of-13 shooting along with six rebounds, two assists, two steals and a block.
• Ibn Williams was next with seven points, followed by Taqwain Drummond and Justin Steers with six points each.  Chad Andrews-Fulton and Cedric Council added five points apiece.
• Kent Auslander chipped in with four points with Brendan Medley-Bacon going for two points.
• Lucian Brownlee played in his 100^th career game for the Eagles who were outs hot, 50.0% to 34.0%.
• Four Spiders finished in double figures, led by Jacob Gilyard with 14 points and five assists.  Grant Golden notched a double-double with 13 points and 11 rebounds.

Up Next

• The Eagles return home to entertain Tennessee State on Sunday, December 9.  Tipoff from the PEC Arena is set for 3 pm and fans can listen to the action live on WNST and Fox Sports Williamsport.  Live video streaming can be viewed by logging onto www.CoppinStateSports.com