Spiders Move to 6-1 with win over Louisiana Tech on Sunday

Sunday, November 26

Des Moines, Iowa

12:30 p.m. ET

University of Richmond

6-1,0-0Atlantic 10

Louisiana Tech

2-4,0-0CUSA

Louisiana Tech

Richmond

Spiders Move to 6-1 with win over Louisiana Tech on Sunday

11/26/2023 | Women's Basketball

Box Score

DES MOINES, Iowa – Behind a 21-point game from Maggie Doogan, the University of Richmond Women's Basketball team completed a 3-0 sweep in the Vibrant Thanksgiving Classic with a dominating 83-56 win over Louisiana Tech on Sunday. With the win, the Spiders improved to 6-1 on the year while the Lady Techsters fell to 2-4.

Richmond Starters
Budnik, Doogan, Hill, Ryan, Townsend

How it Happened
Budnik got the ball rolling with a trey right out of the gate. After the Lady Techsters built a 6-4 lead off a pair of buckets, Siobhan Ryan and Doogan combined for six points on back-to-back treys to give Richmond the lead, 9-6. Later, the Spiders went on a 9-2 run from efforts by Laren VanArsdale, Rachel Ullstrom and Budnik to build a 10-point lead, 23-13 with 1:42 left in the quarter. Ryan would get one more layup off for the Spiders as Richmond ended the first 10 minutes up 25-17.

The Spiders held the Lady Techsters to only three points in the second quarter as the Spiders amassed a 20-3 run. Doogan posted 13 points in the quarter while VanArsdale chipped in five and Ryan had two. The Spiders went into the locker room at halftime up 45-20.

Townsend opened the third quarter with a driving layup, and Doogan followed the play with a layup of her own to bring the score to 49-23. Addie Budnik would hit a wide-open trey after a pair of free throws from the opposition and Ullstrom would push the Spider lead to 61-30 from back-to-back buckets with 4:10 left on the clock. The Spiders would end the quarter on a 7-0 run from buckets by Doogan, Kylee Lewandowski and Courtney Swider to head into the final 10 minutes up 70-38.

Richmond continued to be an offensive threat in the fourth quarter as Ryan put up two free throws to give UR a 72-39 lead. Melissa Mwanza showed out in the fourth, as she grabbed an offensive board and sank two free throws. After the Lady Techsters went on a 4-0 run, Ullstrom shot a wide-open trey for an 80-55 Spider lead.

Inside the Box Score

The Spiders went 3-0 in the Vibrant Thanksgiving Classic with wins over Maine (W, 77-43), Drake (74-66) and Louisiana Tech (W, 83-56).
The Spiders defeated the Lady Techsters for the first time in program history (1-0)
Doogan paced the team with 21 points, going 8 of 13 from the field, 4 of 6 from deep and a perfect 1 of 1 from the free throw line. Doogan recorded her sixth-straight game in double figures, as well as her 6^thcareer game scoring 20 or more points.
Two other Spiders, Rachel Ullstrom and Addie Budnik also finished the game in double figures, recording 15 and 12 points, respectively.
Doogan led the team in rebounds with six.
Budnik led the team in assists with six.
Faye Parker recorded a career-high four blocks.
As a team, the Spiders shot 29 of 56 (51.8%) from the field, 16 of 30 (53.3%) from deep and 9 of 11 (81.8%) from the charity stripe. In addition, the team posted 37 rebounds, 22 assists, six blocks, five thefts and nine points off 13 Tech turnovers.
The Spider bench posted 35 points.
Richmond pushed its win-streak to six-straight.

From Head Coach Aaron Roussell

Up Next
The Spiders continue their non-conference slate at Villanova on Nov. 30 at 7 p.m. and will return to the Robins Center on Dec. 3 to play host to Le Moyne at 2 p.m.