Holt Scores Season-High, Hill Career-High in Loss to Davidson

Wednesday, February 9

Richmond, Va.

6 p.m.

University of Richmond

13-11,4-7Atlantic 10

Davidson

13-10,4-7Atlantic 10

Davidson

Richmond

Holt Scores Season-High, Hill Career-High in Loss to Davidson

02/09/2022 | Women's Basketball

Box Score

RICHMOND, Va. – Four Spiders scored in double-figures Wednesday night, led by senior Claire Holt with a season-high 18 points, as Richmond fell 77-71 to Davidson at home. Richmond (13-11, 4-7 A-10) led by as much as 10 points in the second quarter, but Davidson (13-10, 4-7 A-10) exploded for 27 points in the third quarter en route to the win.

The Spiders hit a pair of early treys before Holt swiped a pass that led to a layup for Addie Budnik to put Richmond up 10-4 and force a Davidson timeout at 6:31 in the first. Emma Squires hit her second triple of the period at the buzzer to give Richmond a 20-15 lead heading into the second.

Squired knocked down her third 3-pointer of the night to push Richmond's lead to double-figures at 8:10 in the second, but Davidson answered with a 7-0 run to cut its deficit down to three points at 27-24 with 5:45 to go before taking a 31-30 lead at 2:02. Richmond drilled three triples in the last 1:37 of the frame to go into halftime with a 39-37 lead.

Davidson used an early 9-0 run in the third to jump out to a 49-41 lead before extending that lead to 59-44 with 3:31 left in the quarter, and the Wildcats entered the final frame ahead 64-53.

Holt opened up the fourth with a 3-pointer to cut Richmond's deficit back down to single-digits, and it sparked a run that saw Katie Hill shave the deficit to two points on two occasions, first with back-to-back layups at 7:05 and then again with a triple at 5:38. Townsend's layup at 3:34 to make it 71-69 would be as close as the Spiders would come to recovering for the win.

Notables

Claire Holt made her fourth straight start and led the Spiders with a season-high 18 points with a season-high four triples.
Katie Hill posted a career-high 13 points on 6-of-8 shooting, including 1-of-1 beyond the arc.
Kate Klimkiewicz tied a career-high five assists and season-high five steals alongside 12 points and a team-high seven boards.

The Spiders are home again Sunday, Feb. 13 to host La Salle at 2 p.m. for the Annual Play4Kay game.

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