Bandits stay hot; win at Richmond

Friday, Feb. 16, 2001 | 1:32 a.m.

The Las Vegas Bandits have won nine of their last 11 after a 97-88 IBL road victory over the Richmond Rhythm Thursday night. It was the fifth win out of six games for Las Vegas (17-9) against Richmond. The Rhythm (7-21) dropped its 11th consecutive game and is now 3-11 at home.

J.R. Henderson led the Bandits in points with 21 and rebounds with 10. Point guard Eddie Gill also turned in a a double-double performance with 15 points and 11 assists.

Isaac Burton returned to form following a poor performance on Sunday at New Mexico when he scored only one point in a Las Vegas loss. Burton scored 18 points and provided the crowd with some thrilling dunks. Damian Cantrell and Doug Swenson also scored in double figures with 17 and 10 points respectively. New schedule, 10D.

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