Spiders Close 2021 with Fifth Straight Win

Wednesday, December 29

Robins Center

6 p.m.

University of Richmond

9-4,0-0Atlantic 10

Coppin State

6-7,0-0MEAC

Coppin St.

Richmond

12/29/2021 | Women's Basketball

Box Score Post Game Press Conference

RICHMOND, Va. – The University of Richmond women's basketball squad closed out its nonconference slate Wednesday night with its fifth consecutive win, dominating Coppin State 90-50 at the Robins Center. Wednesday was the second time this season Richmond has won by 40 or more points, and the Spiders currently sit at 9-4 overall this season ahead of the start of conference play. Coppin State falls to 6-7 overall this season.

"I'm really proud of our kids and our effort today. I think we came into it maybe expecting a few different things from [Coppin State]. Having [Jaia] Alexander come back for them is a huge thing for their offense, and our kids adjusted really well. I also thought that was a really good defensive effort. We mixed up our defense a fair amount tonight, and I was really proud of the effort on the boards. I thought we limited them on their second chance points today. We really locked down the boards and all in all it was a really good effort," said head coach Aaron Roussell.

After being tied up at 7-7 at the 5:51 mark in the first, Emma squires drained a triple followed by an and-one from Addie Budnik to give Richmond a 13-7 lead, and the Spiders would never trail again in the contest. A triple from Claire Holt pushed the lead to double-digits at 21-11 with 1:30 to go in the opening frame, and Richmond led 25-14 at the end of the first.

The Spiders opened the second quarter up with a layup from Sydney Boone and a triple from Budnik, and a triple for Boone later pushed the lead to 33-16 at 8:20. Budnik drilled another one from deep to hit double figures and give the Spiders a 48-28 lead with 2:08 to go in the second, and Richmond led 52-30 at the half.

Kate Klimkiewicz snuck a quick layup off a feed from Budnik in the opening seconds of the third, and Klimkiewicz then put the Spiders up by 30 with a triple to force a CSU timeout at 1:56. Kylee Lewandowski hit a last-second layup to send the Spiders into the final frame with a 73-42 lead.

Back-to-back threes for Richmond in a span of 30 seconds made it 81-46 at 6:22 in the fourth, and the Spiders held the Eagles cold from the field the entire period while Molly Mraz closed the game out with a trey in the final minute.

Notables

Tonight was the first time the Spiders have won five straight since a five-game span in 2015 from Nov. 13 to Nov. 27.
Coppin State's last field goal in the game came with 1:38 to go in the third quarter, and the Spiders held them to 0-of-15 from the field in the fourth and 5-of-30 in the entire second half.
Richmond dominated the boards with a season-high 58 rebounds compared to Coppin State's 30.
Thirteen different Spiders found the scoresheet in the game, led by Kate Klimkliewicz who posted 10 points in the third quarter on 4-of-4 shooting from the field. She finished the day with a game-high 15 points, six rebounds, and two steals.
Addie Budnik returned to double-digit scoring with 12 points alongside a tied team-high seven points, three assists, and three blocks.
Emma Squires posted 11 points, six rebounds, two assists, a block, and two steals.
Katie Hill posted her first-career double-digit scoring game with 10 points in a season-high 16 minutes of playing time. She was 6-of-8 from the charity stripe and pulled down five rebounds.
Siobhan Ryan also pulled down a tied team-high seven boards in addition to nine points.