Spiders Ground Flyers Saturday Night, Push Hot Streak to Eight Straight

Saturday, January 20

Richmond, Va.

6 p.m.

University of Richmond

17-3,7-0Atlantic 10

Dayton

8-10,2-5Atlantic 10

Dayton

Richmond

Spiders Ground Flyers Saturday Night, Push Hot Streak to Eight Straight

01/20/2024 | Women's Basketball

Box Score

RICHMOND, Va. – Behind 21 points from Maggie Doogan, the University of Richmond Women's Basketball team posted a dominating 72-39 win over visiting Dayton Saturday night inside the Robins Center. With the win, the Spiders pushed their winning streak to eight-straight games, remain undefeated both inside the Robins Center (9-0) and Atlantic 10 Conference play at a 7-0 mark. Richmond brought its overall record to 17-3 while the Flyers fell to 8-10 overall and 2-5 in conference play.

Richmond Starters
Budnik, Doogan, Hill, Ryan, Townsend

How it Happened
Addie Budnik opened the game with a triple, and Grace Townsend followed the play with a layup to give UR an early 5-0 lead. Doogan then netted a turnaround jumper following a hoop-and-harm from the opposition, which sparked a 10-0 run for UR, ending the first quarter with a 15-3 Richmond lead.

Budnik continued her offensive presence in the second quarter, netting a jumper and a trey within the first two minutes for a 20-3 Spider lead. The Flyers then posted a short 4-0 spurt, but the offensive traction was cut by none other than Budnik, who posted two free throws for a 22-7 Spider lead. After exchanging a few buckets, Doogan and Townsend combined for four points to send Richmond into the locker room with a 15-point lead, 30-15.

Out of the break, Doogan sparked a 5-0 run for a 35-15 Spider lead before UD posted back-to-back layups to cut the deficit to 35-19. Rachel Ullstrom then sparked a 7-0 run with efforts from Laren VanArsdale to lift Richmond to 42-19 with 2:11 left in the quarter. Following a jumper from VanArsdale, Dayton got one final layup off to end the quarter with Richmond ahead, 44-24.

Doogan posted a trey to open the final 10 minutes and followed with a layup to spark a dominating 12-0 run for a 59-26 Spider lead with 5:44 left on the clock. After UD ended the scoring drought with a jumper, Dayton was able to scratch back to a 28 point deficit, 61-33, but a layup from Ullstrom saw a 6-0 run for the Spiders to push the lead back up to 67-33. Kylee Lewandowski would post five points over two minutes to put Richmond into the win column, 72-39.

Inside the Box Score

Richmond held the Flyers to only three points in the first quarter, lowest number of points allowed in a quarter this season.
The Spiders posted a season-low for points allowed in a game.
The team was led by Doogan who posted 21 points for her sixth game with 20+ points this season. Doogan also posted a team-high five assists.
Three other Spiders, Budnik (16), Ullstrom (11) and Townsend (10) also finished the game in double figures.
Ullstrom was just shy of a double-double with a team-high nine boards.
Budnik posted four blocks on the night, while Townsend recorded a team-high two steals.
As a team, the Spiders shot 29 of 63 (46%) from the field, 9 of 28 (32.1%) from deep and a perfect 5 of 5 from the charity stripe. In addition, the team posted 35 rebounds 12 assists, eight blocks three steals and 23 points off 23 Flyer turnovers. The Spider bench posted 22 points, led by Ullstrom.
Richmond posted its 16^th straight win at the Robins Center dating back to 2022-23. The Spiders last lost at home on Jan. 11, 2023, to VCU.

From Head Coach Aaron Roussell and Maggie Doogan

Up Next
Richmond continues conference play on Wednesday, as the team travels to Duquesne for a midweek matchup against the Dukes at 6 p.m., and will travel to defending A-10 Champion Saint Louis on Jan. 28 at 3 p.m. ET. The Spiders will return to the Robins Center on Feb. 3 for the Play4Kay game against Fordham at 6 p.m.