Holt’s Career High Not Enough In Loss Against Hampton

Saturday, December 21

Norfolk, VA

4:30PM

University of Richmond

6-7

Hampton

4-5

RICHMOND

HAMPTON

Holt’s Career High Not Enough In Loss Against Hampton

12/21/2019 | Women's Basketball

Box Score

NORFOLK, Va. – The University of Richmond women's basketball team battled to the very end but fell short against Hampton, 69-65, Saturday afternoon in the final game of the Anne Donovan Classic at Chartway Arena.

"We saw a lot of good things today but we just made some tough mistakes at a few inopportune times," head coach Aaron Roussell said. "I do believe we are a better team than we showed over these three days and I trust we will improve and make the necessary adjustments. Claire has consistently been working her tail off and I'm happy to see her commitment was rewarded with the All-Tournament nod."

The Spiders (6-7) have lost four-straight games after coming up short against the Pirates. Richmond shot 38.3 percent from the field (23-of-60) and 9-for-28 from the three-point line. The Spiders did outrebound Hampton 44-37 but 20 turnovers proved to be costly.

Sophomore Claire Holt (Hoover, Ala.) finished with a career-high 20 points with four assists and was a perfect 7-for-7 from the free throw line. Sophomore Kate Klimkiewicz (Oakton, Va.) had 12 points and senior Amy Duggan (Norwood, Mass.) added 10 points off the bench. Senior Jaide Hinds-Clarke (Westwood, N.J.) scored eight points and grabbed six rebounds.

Hampton's Charlisa Jenkins led the team with a double-double with 12 points and 13 rebounds. Big South reigning Player of the Year Ashley Bates scored 17 points with three assists.

In the fourth quarter, Richmond made a run to cut Hampton's lead to one point at 52-51 off a three-pointer from Aniyah Carpenter (Baltimore, Md.). Bates answered for Hampton with back-to-back layups to push the lead to 56-51 with 5:49 remaining. The Spiders got within three points at 68-65 after three free throws by Holt with 14 seconds left. Hampton closed out the win with a free throw to make the final 69-65.

Hampton held a 21-15 lead with 2:37 left in the second quarter before Richmond closed on a 9-2 run to pull ahead 24-23 at the half. Hinds-Clarke had six points and two blocks to lead the team. Klimkiewicz scored six points and Duggan added four points off the bench.

The Spiders trailed 10-6 after the first quarter only shooting 2-for-12 from the field. In the second quarter, shots started to fall scoring 18 points off 8-for-18 from the field. Hampton had their largest lead at 19-10 with 6:22 on the clock in the second quarter.

Richmond was outscored 25-18 in the third quarter and is now 1-6 on the season when trailing after three. The Spiders allowed Hampton to score 40 points in the paint and convert 19 points off Richmond turnovers.

Richmond will go on Holiday break until Monday, Dec. 30, when they host Norfolk State at 6:30 p.m. inside the Robins Center.

Anne Donovan Classic All-Tournament Team
Victoria Morris, Old Dominion - MVP
Aziah Hudson, Old Dominion
Jatarrikah Settle, Mount St. Mary's
Charlisa Jenkins, Hampton
Claire Holt, Richmond

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