For at least the first ten minutes of the game, whenever the Spiders took a shot, they made no attempt for an offensive rebound. They headed directly down court forcing Iowa to play a half-court game. The coach knew Iowa built-up large scores in their transition game, and he stopped it. Iowa took too many wild shots and looked like they had very few set plays. Richmond, on the hand, exposed Iowa's weak D by using cutters for many easy lay-ups. Iowa had the better players while Richmond had the better game plan.