
Richmond Area Honda Dealers taking over as title sponsor of Capital City Classic
Richmond Area Honda Dealers will be the new title sponsor of the Capital City Classic, Richmond Athletics and VCU Athletics announced jointly Tuesday.

Richmond Area Honda Dealers will be the new title sponsor of the Capital City Classic, Richmond Athletics and VCU Athletics announced jointly Tuesday.

VCU Men’s Basketball has moved up its road contest against St. Bonaventure to Wednesday, Jan. 20 in Olean, N.Y. at 6 p.m. on CBS Sports Network. That game was originally scheduled for Feb. 17.

The local health districts of the Richmond area (Chesterfield, Chickahominy, Henrico, and Richmond) are expanding their COVID-19 vaccination campaigns to include some Phase 1b frontline essential workers.

The VCU-Richmond game, scheduled for Saturday, at the Robins Center, has been postponed, due to recent COVID-19 testing results and contact tracing within the Spiders’ program.

Richmond forced 19 George Mason turnovers and used an 11-2 second half run to create separation on its way to a 77-57 win in Fairfax on Saturday.

Richmond coach Chris Mooney tallied his 300th victory Wednesday night as the Spiders defeated Rhode Island 80-73 at the Robins Center.

Kyle Lofton hit a step-back three-pointer from the top of the key with two seconds left to secure a 69-66 win for St. Bonaventure over Richmond Saturday night at the Robins Center.

Richmond scored 11 straight points to put the game away and secure its fourth win in its last five trips to Belk Arena, an 80-74 triumph over Davidson on Wednesday.

Richmond was unable to overcome a barrage of big shots by Hofstra late in the second half, falling to the Pride 76-71 on Tuesday at the Robins Center.

Blake Francis scored 27 points and made four of his five shots from three-point range to push the Richmond Spiders past a feisty Loyola Chicago team, 75-73, Friday night in Indianapolis.
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