Gilyard's late 3 leads No. 19 Richmond past Wofford, 77-72
Hank Kurz Jr. | Hagadone News Network | UPDATED 4 years, 1 month AGO
RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — Jacob Gilyard made a 3-pointer with 19.5 seconds left and No. 19 Richmond beat Wofford 77-72 on Monday in a game that was arranged only two days earlier.
Gilyard led the Spiders (3-0) with 18 points and Grant Golden had 15. Richmond scored the first 11 points of the game and led almost throughout, but the Terriers (2-1) shot 55% after halftime and took their first lead with 4:32 remaining.
Storm Murphy led the Terriers with 21 points and Messiah Jones had 20 points and 10 rebounds. Wofford missed its first 13 field-goal attempts but trailed just 37-30 at halftime.
Richmond hadn't played since it beat then-No. 10 Kentucky on Nov. 29. The Spiders had to cancel two games last week after a positive COVID-19 test within the program, and they announced the matchup with the Terriers on Saturday. Wofford also had two games canceled in the first week of December and was playing its first game since Nov. 28.
The Spiders appeared to take command with an 11-3 second-half run that gave them a 56-44 lead, but Wofford responded immediately with a 12-3 burst to get to within 59-56. The Terriers grabbed their first lead at 64-63 on Tray Hollowell's 3-pointer with 4:32 remaining.
The lead changed hands five times the rest of the way until Tyler Burton scored in the lane to put Richmond ahead 73-72 with 1:09 left. After Jones missed for the Terriers, Gilyard hit his fourth 3-pointer of the game to give Richmond more of a cushion.
BIG PICTURE
Wofford: The Terriers arrived averaging 99 points after beating Toccoa Falls 88-49 and Carver College 111-37, but they missed their first 13 shots against the Spiders. When Jones finally broke the drought with 12:54 left in the half, it sparked a 15-8 run.
Richmond: The Spiders' ranking marks their highest since Dec. 23, 1957, when they were 17th. The game was their first inside the top 20 since Dec. 28, 1957, when they lost 59-55 to La Salle.
UP NEXTThe Terriers play at South Carolina on Thursday.
The Spiders remain at home to face Northern Iowa on Wednesday night.
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