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Knee issues end Richmond guard Cedrick Lindsay’s season

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Through 21 games Richmond senior guard Cedrick Lindsay was one of the best guards in the Atlantic 10, posting averages of 18.3 points and 4.0 assists per game for a team that is currently 14-8 overall and 4-3 in conference play. With those numbers, it’s clear that Lindsay’s production has a significant impact on the Spiders’ success.

On Wednesday the school confirmed reports from the Richmond Collegian and Richmond Times-Dispatch that Lindsay will miss the remainder of the season due to knee problems, with the senior guard tearing the meniscus in both knees. And with Lindsay having played more than 30% of the Spiders’ games this season (that would be the case at the end of the year) there’s no possibility of receiving a medical redshirt, meaning that his collegiate career has come to a premature end.

“I would like to thank Cedrick for his outstanding contributions to Richmond Basketball,” Richmond head coach Chris Mooney said in a statement. “He has been an excellent player and teammate for us for the last four years. He has executed his role as team captain flawlessly. Ced is everything that Richmond Basketball strives to be: driven, competitive, smart, tough and selfless. I am forever grateful to be his coach.”

Lindsay’s status is the second personnel hit Richmond’s taken in the last two days, with senior forward Derrick Williams leaving the team for family reasons. Yet while Williams was a starter, his playing time dropped some six minutes per game due to the production of Terry Allen, Trey Davis and Alonzo Nelson-Ododa.

Lindsay was the unquestioned leader for this group, making this loss a tough one for the Spiders to absorb. With Wednesday’s news junior guard Kendall Anthony, who scored a career-high 31 points in Richmond’s loss at VCU on Saturday, becomes even more important for Richmond. Other options on the perimeter include freshman ShawnDre Jones and junior Wayne Sparrow.

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