Richmond did its part on Thursday afternoon to keep Virginia colleges advancing to the second round of the NCAA Men’s Basketball Tournament.
The 12-seed Spiders defeated the 5-seed Iowa Hawkeyes, 67-63.
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The Spiders were led by senior guard Jacob Gilyard who scored 24 points along with 6 rebounds and 6 assists.
They’ll now play 4-seed Providence, who beat 13-seed South Dakota State 66-57 earlier on Thursday.
Prior to Richmond’s win, Virginia teams were 0-2 on Thursday, with 1-seed Baylor beating 16-seed Norfolk State, 85-49 and 3-seed Tennessee beating 14-seed Longwood, 88-56.
11-seed Virginia Tech takes on 6-seed Texas on Friday at 4:30 p.m. on TBS.