RICHMOND, Va. (Interstat) — The Richmond Spiders used a dominant second half to defeat the Old Dominion Monarchs 86-77 in a men’s NCAA Division I basketball game Saturday at Robins Center.

Old Dominion led 36-35 at halftime, but Richmond erupted for 51 points after intermission to pull away. The Spiders improved to 8-1 overall, while the Monarchs fell to 3-7. A crowd of 4,602 watched the contest. Richmond had been an 11-point pregame favorite, and the combined score of 163 surpassed the over/under line of 147.5.