The Spiders advance to the quarterfinals of the A-10 tournament in T.J. Cline and ShawnDre' Jones' final home game, beating Oakland 87-83.
In a crucial game for conference tournament seeding, Richmond pulled out a strong 84–76 win over eighth-place Davidson Tuesday night.
As time wound down in the second battle for the City of Richmond Friday night, the Spiders’ fate grew similar to their first defeat to VCU earlier this season.
Hoping to rebound from their first conference loss to Dayton on Thursday, Richmond experienced an eerily familiar fate against George Mason in a loss on Sunday.
While most of University of Richmond's student body left campus for the holidays, both the men's and women's basketball teams stuck around and began conference play.