Klimkiewicz Records Double-Double as Spiders Fall to Bonnies

Saturday, February 5

Olean, NY

1 p.m.

University of Richmond

13-10,4-6Atlantic 10

St. Bonaventure

12-9,4-6Atlantic 10

Richmond

St. Bonaventure

Klimkiewicz Records Double-Double as Spiders Fall to Bonnies

02/05/2022 | Women's Basketball

Box Score

OLEAN, N.Y. – Kate Klimkiewicz recorded her first double-double of the season and Emma Squires posted 22 points Saturday afternoon, but the Richmond Spiders fell to St. Bonaventure, 74-66, on the road. Richmond (13-10, 4-6 A-10) led by 13 at the end of the first quarter, but the Bonnies (12-9, 4-6 A-10) went on to outscore the Spiders 65-34 the rest of the game.

Richmond went on a 15-0 run featuring three straight triples that spanned 4:36 in the first quarter while holding the Bonnies scoreless for nearly six minutes in the frame en route to a 22-9 lead after the first 10 minutes.

St. Bona's opened the second with a 7-0 run to force a Richmond timeout, and the Spiders came out of the timeout with a triple from Siobhan Ryan to push Richmond's lead to 25-16. The Bonnies later pulled within one with a pair of free throws to make it 27-26 at 1:42, but Klimkiewicz answered that with her third triple of the day, and the Spiders led 32-28 at the half.

The Bonnies continued to chip away at their deficit, tying things up early in a third quarter that saw four ties and four lead changes. The two teams were all even at 50-50 heading into the final frame.

Grace Townsend snagged the lead back with a layup in the opening seconds of the fourth, but the Bonnies then went on a 9-0 run to pull away. Squires pulled Richmond back within two at 1:48 after a 3-pointer and layup which made it 66-64, but that's as close as the Spiders would get to taking the lead back late in the game. Squires put up 10 of Richmond's 16 points in the fourth.

Notables

Richmond outrebounded St. Bonaventure 33-27 in the game, including 11 offensive boards to St. Bonaventure's five. Both teams pulled down 22 defensive rebounds each.
Kate Klimkiewicz secured the double-double on her 10^th rebound of the game in the third quarter. She finished her day with a tied season-high 12 rebounds and 15 points for her first double-double of the season, and Richmond's first since Dec. 4 at Ohio.
Emma Squires posted third 20+ point effort of the season, finishing with a team-high 22 points on 4-of-6 shooting beyond the arc.
Addie Budnik added seven rebounds, seven points, and two blocks.

The Spiders return home Wednesday, Feb. 9 to host Davidson at 6 p.m. This is a rescheduled matchup from Jan. 8, which was postponed due to COVID-19 protocols within the Davidson program.

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