Spiders Outlast Mountaineers in Overtime Sunday Afternoon

Sunday, December 10

Richmond, Va.

2 p.m.

University of Richmond

8-2,0-0Atlantic 10

Appalachian State

5-3,0-0Sun Belt

OT 1

App State

Richmond

Spiders Outlast Mountaineers in Overtime Sunday Afternoon

12/10/2023 | Women's Basketball

Box Score

RICHMOND, Va. – Behind 28 points from Maggie Doogan and seven lead changes, the University of Richmond Women's Basketball team completed the comeback victory in overtime Sunday afternoon at home, 80-77, over Appalachian State. With the win, the Spiders pushed their home win streak to 11 (dating back to 2022-23), remain undefeated inside the Robins Center in 2023-24 (4-0) and improved to 8-2 overall while the Mountaineers fell to 5-3.

Richmond Starters
Budnik, Doogan, Hill, Ryan, Townsend

How it Happened
Both teams got off to a slow start as App State got on the board first two minutes in the game with a pair of free throws. After Siobhan Ryan brought the Spiders within one, 2-1 from a free throw of her own, the Spiders had a brief 4-0 run to go up 4-5, but the Mountaineers responded with a trey to regain the lead, 7-5 with 5:10 left in the quarter. After Grace Townsend posted a layup to bring the score to 13-11 in favor of the opposition, App State jumped to 16-11 off a layup before Addie Budnik sank a trey to bring Richmond within two, 16-14. App State would get one more shot off from deep to end the first quarter up 19-14.

In the second quarter, the Mountaineers again sank a trey to open the quarter before Katie Hill responded with a trey of her own for a 22-17 App State lead. Hill and Doogan combined for another four points to bring the Spiders within one, 22-21. After exchanging a few points, the Mountaineers went on a 5-0 run to jump to 30-23. Doogan recorded back-to-back points for a 35-28 Mountaineer lead and Townsend would get another layup off for a 35-30 score line. At the buzzer, App State would sink a deep trey to send the Spiders into the locker room trailing 38-30.

Out of the break, Doogan quickly posted a layup, but the opposition immediately responded on the other side of the court with one of their own. After App state pushed its lead to 10, 44-43, the Spiders were able to slowly chip away at the lead courtesy of efforts by Townsend, Katie Hill and Ullstrom. Doogan sparked an 8-0 run for the Spiders to cut the deficit to 52-49, but the Mountaineers would respond with a jumper to rebuild the lead, 54-49. Townsend got one final layup off as time expired to head into the fourth quarter down three, 54-51.

A hoop-and-harm from Doogan would tie the game at 54 for the Spiders to open the final 10 minutes. Ullstrom then posted four points to lift the Spiders to a 58-54 lead. Later, two buckets from Doogan would give the Spiders a 64-58 advantage with 4:35 left on the clock, but App State would tie the game again at 65 to force the game into overtime.

In overtime, Doogan netted another hoop-and-harm to give Richmond a 68-65 lead. After Ullstrom got a pair of free throws off, App State came back within one, 70-69, before Doogan pulled up beyond the arc to push the lead to 73-69 with 3:06 left in overtime. Richmond would go on to record seven free throws over two minutes to take the game 80-77.

Inside the Box Score

The game marked the first overtime game of the season for UR, and the first win in OT since 1/29/23 against Saint Joseph's (W, 94-90 OT).
Maggie Doogan matched a career-high 28 points to pace the team, recorded her 23^rd game in double figures, and pushed her double-digit scoring streak to a career-high nine games. The sophomore went 12 of 20 from the field, 2 of 5 from deep and 2 of 4 from the charity stripe. In addition, she posted four rebounds, three assists and a block.
Two other Spiders, Grace Townsend and Rachel Ullstrom also finished in double figures with 19 and 16 points, respectively.
Ullstrom posted a team-high eight rebounds while Addie Budnik led the team in blocks with four.
The all-time record against App State moved to 6-3 in favor of Richmond.
Head Coach Aaron Roussell is now tied for fifth in all-time wins at Richmond with 73 (T, Bill Hotchkiss, 73 wins)
As a team, the Spiders shot 29 of 60 (48.3%) from the field, 4 of 17 (23.5%) from deep and 18 of 23 (78.3%) from the free throw line. In addition, the team also posted 36 rebounds, 18 assists, seven blocks, six thefts and 18 points off 14 Mountaineer turnovers.
There were seven lead changes in the game with the scored tied three times.

From Head Coach Aaron Roussell and Maggie Doogan

Up Next
The Spiders look to play their final nonconference home game on Dec. 16 at 2 p.m. against Liberty before the Cherokee Invitational on Dec. 20-21 in Cherokee, N.C.