RICHMOND, Va. (AP) - Darien Brothers scored 39 points to lead Richmond to an 81-61 victory over Charlotte, handing the 49ers their first Atlantic 10 Conference loss of the season on Saturday.
Deion Taylor had 13 points and Kendall Anthony 12 for the Spiders (21-7, 2-2). Brothers shot 10 of 14 from the field, 8 of 11 on 3-pointers, and 11 of 12 from the line.
Pierria Henry led the 49ers (15-3, 3-1) with 18 points and seven rebounds, and DeMario Mayfield had 11 points.
Richmond scored the first nine points of the game and finished the first half with a 39-28 advantage. The closest the 49ers got was 44-39 on Pierria Henry's layup 4:24 into the second half. The Spiders scored the next 11 points and cruised to the victory, halting Richmond's four-game winning streak.
Richmond made 12 of 27 from beyond the arc to Charlotte's 3 of 15.
| Scoreboard | |||
| Final | 1 | 2 | T |
| Charlotte (15-3) | 28 | 33 | 61 |
| Richmond (12-7) « | 38 | 43 | 81 |
Louisville Cardinals 2013 NCAA Men's Basketball National Champs Locker Room Gear
Ge your now Shop Now
| Charlotte 49ers | |||||||
| STARTERS | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| C. Braswell, F | 28 | 5-8 | 0-0 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 10 |
| W. Clayton, F | 17 | 1-4 | 0-0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 2 |
| P. Henry, G | 34 | 7-12 | 0-0 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 16 |
| T. Williams, G | 25 | 0-3 | 2-2 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 2 |
| D. Ingram, G | 17 | 2-5 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 5 |
| BENCH | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| D. Mayfield | 29 | 2-9 | 7-10 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 11 |
| E. Nickerson | 23 | 2-5 | 2-2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 |
| J. Thompson | 17 | 3-4 | 2-3 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 8 |
| D. Clark | 10 | 0-0 | 1-2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| I. Benkovic | 0 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 22-51 | 14-19 | 35 | 9 | 22 | 61 | |
| 43.1% | 73.7% | ||||||
| Richmond Spiders | |||||||
| STARTERS | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| G. Robbins, F | 33 | 3-5 | 0-0 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 7 |
| D. Taylor, F | 32 | 5-9 | 1-2 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 13 |
| A. Nelson-Ododa, F | 20 | 1-5 | 2-2 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 4 |
| D. Brothers, G | 33 | 10-14 | 11-12 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 39 |
| C. Lindsay, G | 28 | 1-5 | 2-3 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 4 |
| BENCH | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| K. Anthony | 22 | 4-9 | 3-4 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 12 |
| T. Allen | 11 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| T. Davis | 11 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| W. Sparrow | 10 | 0-2 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Totals | 25-51 | 19-23 | 26 | 14 | 15 | 81 | |
| 49% | 82.6% | ||||||
|
|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Other games | |||||||||||||||||
|
|
| |||||||||||||||
|
|
| |||||||||||||||
|
|
| |||||||||||||||
|
|
| |||||||||||||||
| |||||||||||||||||
