Richmond Suffers Overtime Loss At Rhode Island

Tuesday, January 7

Kingston, RI

7PM

University of Richmond

7-9,0-2Atlantic 10

Rhode Island

8-6,1-1Atlantic 10

OT 1

Richmond

Rhode Island

01/07/2020 | Women's Basketball

Box Score

KINGSTON, RI. – The University of Richmond women's basketball team sent the game at Rhode Island into overtime after sophomore Claire Holt (Hoover, Alabama) drained a three-pointer at the buzzer but the Rams scored 18 points in OT to hold off the Spiders, 76-70, Tuesday night at the Ryan Center.

"I was really impressed with how we battled tonight," head coach Aaron Roussell said. "We got off to a great start and I thought we did a really good job defending them. Unfortunately for us, we were in foul trouble and they attacked us inside at the end. We showed some growth today to battle back in the last minute. I think this is a good sign and a good process for our team."

Holt, led the team with a career-high 23 points off three three-pointers, including the buzzer beater to send the game into overtime. Sophomore Kate Klimkiewicz (Oakton, Va.) finished with 16 points off four three-pointers and grabbed seven rebounds.

The Spiders (7-9, 0-2 A-10) lost their first game in Kingston, RI since 2003, snapping an eight-game winning streak. Richmond shot 36.8 percent from the field (25-for-68) and hit 10 three-pointers in the loss. As a team, Richmond had 13 steals, including four apiece from senior Jaide Hinds-Clarke (Westwood, N.J.) and junior Alex Parson (North Chesterfield, Va.).

Rhode Island was led by Davida Dale, who led all scorers with 29 points and grabbed 11 rebounds. Dale was 15-for-16 from the free throw line. Nicole Jorgensen finished with 23 points and seven rebounds. The Rams shot 92 percent (23-for-25) from the free throw line.

In the fourth quarter, Rhode Island battled back to take a one-point lead with 12 seconds left after freshman Brazil Harvey-Carr banked in a three-pointer to make the score 56-55. Richmond turned it over and Dale hit two free throws to make it 58-55 with five seconds left. The Spiders inbounded to Holt who was able to get off a three-pointer at the buzzer to tie the game at 58-58.

Rhode Island just couldn't miss in overtime outscoring Richmond 18-12. The Rams built their largest lead of the game at nine points after a three-pointer by Erin Jones with 44 seconds left. The Spiders wouldn't quit and went on a 7-2 run to get within four points at 74-70 after a three-pointer by Parson. Dale hit two more free throws and Richmond's last three-point attempt missed

Richmond took a 26-22 lead into halftime after a strong first quarter. Klimkiewicz lead all scorers with 11 points off three three-pointers. Holt added five points and Aniyah Carpenter (Baltimore, Md.) scored four points.

In the first quarter, the Spiders opened the game with a 10-2 run capped by a layup from Klimkiewicz. Richmond kept pushing building a 17-4 advantage off a layup from senior Amy Duggan (Norwood, Mass.) with 2:21 left in the quarter. Klimkiewicz ended the quarter with a long buzzer-beating three-pointer to give Richmond a 20-8 lead.

Rhode Island made a run in the second quarter going on an 8-0 run to cut the lead to 20-16. Freshman Elaina Chapman (Richmond, Va.) made a layup to end the run and stop an eight-minute scoreless streak by the Spiders. Richmond was held to just six points in the second quarter and a couple of late three-pointers got Rhode Island within four points at 26-22 at halftime.

The Spiders finished with 19 points off turnovers and played an excellent third quarter outscoring Rhode Island 22-16 to take a 10-point lead into the final quarter. Richmond shot 53.3 percent in the third quarter and was 4-for-5 from the three-point line.

Richmond will return home for its A-10 home opener against Dayton on Sunday, Jan. 12, at 2 p.m. at the Robins Center.

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