University of Richmond Athletics
University of Richmond
Duquesne
Women's Basketball Takes Dukes 82-61
01/18/2004 | Women's Basketball
Jan. 18, 2004
UNIVERSITY OF RICHMOND, Va. - Junior Kate Flavin (Englewood, Colo.) recorded her ninth double-double of the season with 24 points and a season-high 18 rebounds to lead the University of Richmond women's basketball team to an 82-61 victory over Duquesne today at the Robins Center. The Spiders improve to 13-4, 5-1 in the Atlantic 10 while the Dukes fall to 8-8, 4-2 in the conference. With today's win, Richmond holds a perfect 7-0 home record.
In addition to Flavin, two other Richmond players reached double-figures in the scoring column as sophomores Saona Chapman (Voluntown, Conn.) and Araceli Gil (Santa Barbara, Calif.) scored 20 and 11, respectively. Freshman Christina Campion (Hamilton Square, N.J.) grabbed a career-high 11 rebounds.
Candace Futrell, the Atlantic 10's leading scorer, led the Dukes with 21 points.
After exchanging leads for the first ten minutes of play, the Spiders went on a 16-2 scoring run and took a ten-point lead at the 5:29 mark off a lay-up from Flavin. Two Duquesne players received technical fouls in a two minute span before Richmond took its largest lead of the half (19) with just over two minutes remaining in the period. After shooting 50.0% in the first half, Richmond held a 42-26 lead at the break.
The Dukes cut the lead to single digits in the opening minutes of the second half as they hit five of their first six shots. At the 14:45 mark, a lay-up from Futrell got the Dukes within eight but Richmond scored seven unanswered points and rebuilt the lead to double-figures.
Richmond took its largest lead of the game (31) with two and half minutes remaining off a pair of free throws from Campion.
Richmond dominated on the boards, grabbing 43 rebounds to the Dukes' 25.
The Spiders committed one extra turnover than Duquesne but scored 23 points off the Dukes' mistakes.
Richmond travels to Philadelphia next weekend for two Atlantic 10 contests. The Spiders face Temple on Friday, January 23 at 7:00 p.m. before taking on La Salle on Sunday, January 25 at noon. Both contests will be broadcast on WXGI-AM 950 and the La Salle contest will be televised on A-10 TV.
