University of Richmond Athletics
Women's Basketball Competes in Holiday Tournament
12/28/2004 | Women's Basketball
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Dec. 28, 2004
UNIVERSITY OF RICHMOND, Va. - The University of Richmond women's basketball team puts its eight game winning streak to the test this week, competing in the Dartmouth Blue Sky Classic. The Spiders play the host Big Green on Wednesday at 7:00 p.m. in the opening round and will then face either #19 DePaul or Valparaiso on Thursday evening.
Richmond (8-0) is coming off last Tuesday's 79-77 double overtime win at Florida. In the most recent AP poll (12/27), the Spiders earned 49 votes, putting them at #27. Senior Kate Flavin is currently ranked eighth in the nation in field goal percentage and junior Saona Chapman is seventh in assists.
Dartmouth (3-4) last suffered its fourth loss of the season on December 18 when it fell 84-51 to Kansas. Sophomore Elise Morrison leads the Big Green in both scoring and rebounding, averaging 15.2 points and 9.0 rebounds per contest.
GAME NOTES
THE MATCH-UP
Richmond looks to extend its eight game winning streak in the first round of the Dartmouth Blue Sky Classic, facing the host Big Green on Wednesday night. The following evening, depending on the outcome of the first game, the Spiders will play either #18/19 DePaul or Valparaiso.
THE SERIES
Tonight marks the first meeting between the two schools.
THE COACHES
Richmond head coach Joanne Boyle is in her third year with the Spiders and has posted a 52-21 mark during that time. She has never faced Dartmouth. Dartmouth head coach Chris Wielgus is in her 20th year with the Big Green and has compiled a 275-201 mark during that time. She owns a career record of 312-222 with an additional two year stint at Fordham. While at Dartmouth, she has led the Big Green to four NCAA Tournaments and eight Ivy League Championships.
LAST TIME OUT
In their final game before the holiday break, the Spiders defeated Florida 79-77 in double overtime. Kate Flavin scored a career-high 36 points, including the game-winning basket with 2.2 seconds left, and sophomore Christina Campion added her first double-double of the season with 13 points and 11 rebounds.
RICHMOND AGAINST THE IVY LEAGUE
The Spiders have an all-time record of 7-1 against members of the Ivy League. In the past, they have played Cornell (1-0), Pennsylvania (6-0) and Princeton (0-1).
PERFECT RECORD
Richmond is currently the only Atlantic 10 conference school to still remain undefeated and one of just six of 324 Division I schools with a unblemished record (as of 12/26). With their win over Florida (12/21), the Spiders improved to 8-0 for the best opener since the 1970-71 season. In 1970-71, Richmond won 13 straight games and ended the season without a loss.
SHARING THE WEALTH
Saona Chapman is leading the Spiders, and the conference, in assists and ranks seventh in the country. She is averaging over two assists more than the player that ranks second in the league. Chapman recorded a double-double with a 19-point, ten-assist performance against Georgetown (12/1) and was just two rebounds shy of a triple-double. She finished 47th in the country last year in assists per game (5.2) while recording 5+ assists in 22 games.
STANDOUT SOPHOMORE
Christina Campion is averaging 32.0 mpg and ranks third on the team in scoring and second in rebounding. She has currently recorded double-digit points in five games this year and recorded her first double-double of the season against Florida (12/21) with a 13-point, 11-rebound performance. In the Spiders' last ten games of the 2003-04 season, she averaged a double-double with 10.7 ppg and 10.7 rpg. During that span, she recorded five double-doubles and was one rebound short in an additional three games.
