Spiders Down Maine in First Game of Vibrant Thanksgiving Classic

Friday, November 24

Des Moines, Iowa

5:30 p.m. ET

University of Richmond

4-1,0-0Atlantic 10

Maine

3-2,0-0America East

Richmond

Maine

Faye Parker Ally Sweeney and Addie Budnik celebrating on the sideline during a game

Spiders Down Maine in First Game of Vibrant Thanksgiving Classic

11/24/2023 | Women's Basketball

Box Score

DES MOINES, Iowa – Behind Maggie Doogan's fourth-straight game in double figures, the University of Richmond Women's Basketball team shot lights-out in the final two quarters to pick up a dominating 77-43 win over Maine Friday afternoon on day one of the Vibrant Thanksgiving Classic in Des Moines. With the win, the Spiders improved to 4-1 on the young season and posted their fourth-straight game with a 20+ point win margin while the Black Bears fell to 3-2.

Richmond Starters
Budnik, Doogan, Ryan, Hill, Townsend

How it Happened
The Black Bears got a quick layup off before five points from Addie Budnik and Maggie Doogan put the Spiders back into the lead. Four more points from Budnik with 3:06 left in the first quarter would push the Spider advantage to 15-7. Maine chipped away at the lead with an 9-0 run before Budnik recorded a layup to end the first quarter with a narrow Spider lead, 17-16.

In the second quarter, Maine tied the game at 23 as both teams exchanged points in the first four minutes. Doogan would then go on to spark a 6-0 run to give Richmond a 29-23 advantage. After the Black Bears cut the deficit to four, 29-25, a 7-0 run would give the Spiders another 11-point advantage, 36-25 with 2:08 left in the half. After Doogan scored her 19^th point of the half off a free throw, Maine would get one more shot off as time expired to send Richmond into the locker room up 38-30.

Out of the break, the Spiders went on a dominating 11-0 run sparked by Doogan to give the Spiders a 49-30 advantage. Maine would get a couple of shots off to cut the Spider lead to 50-36, but final free throws from Doogan and Grace Townsend would have Richmond ahead 53-36 heading into the final 10 minutes.

Richmond continued to be a threat offensively in the fourth quarter as Townsend gave the Spiders five points over two minutes to bring the score to 58-36. Following another 8-0 run with efforts from Laren VanArsdale, Melissa Mwanza and Rachel Ullstrom, Kylee Lewandowski and Ullstrom would combine for seven points to hand the Spiders the 77-43-point win.

Inside the Box Score

Maggie Doogan paced the team shooting 9 of 13 from the field, 2 of 4 from deep and 7 of 10 from the free throw line for 27 points, her 18^th career game in double figures. The sophomore also posted seven rebounds and two blocks.
Two other Spiders, Addie Budnik and Grace Townsend also finished in double figures with 13 and 12 points, respectively.
Grace Townsend, Katie Hill and Siobhan Ryan all recorded eight rebounds.
Laren VanArsdale led the team with four thefts.
As a team, the Spiders shot 27 of 56 (48.2%) from the field, 30% from deep and 20 of 29 (69%) from the free throw line. In addition, the team recorded 42 rebounds, 14 assists, 10 steals, 48 points in the paint and 20 points off 13 Maine turnovers.
The all-time record with Maine moved to 2-0 in favor of UR.

From Head Coach Aaron Roussell

Up Next
The Spiders look ahead to day two of the Vibrant Thanksgiving Classic tomorrow as the team takes on Drake at 3 p.m. ET and will finish their time in Iowa against Louisiana Tech on Sunday at 12:30 p.m. ET.