Game 25: GMU (21-3 / 9-2) at Richmond (13-11 / 3-8) on Tuesday, February 10, at 7:00 PM.

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Preseason predictions:
Richmond was picked to finish 10th in A10 Preseason Polls.
Mike Walz - 3rd Team All-Conference

The game is on ESPN+.

KenPom:
Gives us a 58% chance of winning.
GMU - 80
Richmond - 142
NET:
Mason - 74
Richmond - 147

History:
We are 32-42 against Richmond all-time.
Tony Skinn is 3-1 against the Spiders.

Richmond is currently 13-11 on the season and 3-8 in A10 play. They are 9-5 at home, 3-5 on the road, and 1-1 at neutral sites.

The Spiders are 1-2 against Quad 1 teams, 0-1 vs Quad 2, 5-6 vs Quad 3, and 6-1 against Quad 4 teams.

Schedule: https://richmondspiders.com/sports/mens-basketball/schedule

Wins: Southern Virginia (84-56), East Carolina (87-72), William & Mary (90-86), VMI (87-54), Gardner-Webb (102-67), Charlotte (71-66), Belmont (84-76), ODU (86-77), Southern Illinois (93-84 OT), The Citadel (80-56), Fordham (83-75), St. Bonaventure (89-80), La Salle (74-53),
Losses: Furman (73-72), Elon (73-70), Charleston Southern (77-72), GW (99-85), St. Joe’s (67-65), St. Louis (88-63), Rhode Island (69-68), GW (85-69), vcu (77-69), Davidson (79-54), Rhode Island (82-77)

Probable Starters: 8 Spiders have started games this season.
6’5” AJ Lopez - 12.7 ppg - Grad Student
5’11” Aiden Argabright - 10.5 ppg - Freshman
6’3” Will Johnston - 9.7 ppg - Grad Student
6’6” Collin Tanner - 5.6 ppg - Junior
6’7” Jaden Daughtry - 9.5 ppg - Junior

Reserves averaging double figure minutes:
6’10” Johnathan Beagle - 6.5 ppg & 4.9 reb - Senior
5’10” Mikkel Tyne - 5.3 ppg - Junior - has 19 starts
6’2” David Thomas - 4.7 ppg - Junior
6’8” Apostolos Roumoglou - 3.0 ppg - Senior

Roster: https://richmondspiders.com/sports/mens-basketball/roster

Team Stats:
Richmond averages 78.1 points per game (5th in the A10) while giving up 73.4 (11th in the A10).

The Spiders shoot 45.2% from the floor (8th in the A10) and 36.9% from 3 (2nd in the A10).
Opponents are shooting 43.6% from the field and 32.3% from 3.

They shoot 75.1% from the free throw line (4th in the A10).

The Spiders have been out rebounded opponents by 0.7 boards per game and average 10.3 turnovers per contest.

Stats: https://richmondspiders.com/documents/2025/11/6/Combined_Stats.pdf

Thoughts: The Spiders owned us during the CAA days when Dick Tarrant was the coach but those days are long gone. We’ve won 7 out of the last 8 against Richmond and hold a 16-8 advantage since the 2012-13 season. We are 5-5 at Richmond during that time.

They are 2nd in the league in 3 point percentage and have 215 makes on the year in comparison to our 118. Advantage Spiders. Mike Walz seems like he has been there forever, one of a long string of guys that seemed to have had 20 year college careers. Do they have anyone that can really hurt us? Not on paper.

Go Mason!

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