Spiders Roll Past Saint Louis Sunday Afternoon

Sunday, January 28

Saint Louis, Mo.

3 p.m. ET

University of Richmond

18-4,8-1Atlantic 10

Saint Louis

8-13,3-5Atlantic 10

Richmond

Saint Louis

Katie Hill dribbling past a SLU defender

01/28/2024 | Women's Basketball

Box Score

SAINT LOUIS, Mo. – Behind Addie Budnik's 16^th career game with 20 or more points, the University of Richmond Women's Basketball team got back to winning fashion and defeated defending A-10 Champion Saint Louis on the road 72-61 Sunday afternoon. With the win, the Spiders improved to 18-4 overall and 8-1 in Atlantic 10 Conference play while the Billikens fell to 8-13 and 3-5 in conference play.

Richmond Starters
Budnik, Doogan, Ryan, Hill, Townsend

How it Happened
Addie Budnik came out of the gate on fire, netting the first seven points for the Spiders for a 7-4 UR lead. Saint Louis brought the game back within one, 7-6 off a layup, but a triple from Siobhan Ryan put the Spiders ahead by four, 10-6 with 4:35 left on the clock. After a pair of free throws from the opposition, Ryan posted a layup and Grace Townsend put up a free throw for a five-point Richmond lead, 13-8. After SLU tied the game at 13, Rachel Ullstrom netted a triple, but the Billikens responded with a trey on the other coast to end the first quarter deadlocked at 16.

Ullstrom opened the second 10 minutes with a triple, and Budnik followed the play with another trey for a 22-17 Richmond lead. Maggie Doogan then posted three points to push the Spider lead to eight, 25-17. The Billikens then got a quick layup off before Townsend netted back-to-back free throws to preserve the eight-point lead, 27-19 with 4:47 left in the half. After Doogan recorded a pair of free throws, SLU went on a 7-0 run to send Richmond into the locker room with a three-point advantage, 29-26.

The Billikens brought the game back within one, 29-28 off a second-chance layup, before Budnik completed a hoop-and-harm for a 32-28 Richmond lead. Townsend then pushed the lead to 35-30, but a second-chance free throw from SLU cut the UR lead to 35-31. A trey from Budnik sparked a 6-0 run for the Spiders to go ahead 41-31. Townsend then sparked another 7-0 spurt for UR for a 48-33 Spider lead, but SLU ended the scoring drought with a jumper. After the Billikens chipped away at the lead, 51-40, Doogan got one final free throw off to head into the final 10 minutes with Richmond ahead 52-40.

Budnik opened the fourth quarter with a layup, and Townsend followed the play with a layup for a 56-40 Spider lead. After exchanging points, Ullstrom netted a triple to push the Spider lead to 17, 61-44. The Billikens were able to get a layup off, but Ullstrom again responded on the other coast with a layup of her own to preserve the lead, 63-46. SLU was able to go on a 7-0 run to cut the Richmond lead to 63-53, before Budnik and Ullstrom combined for three points for a 66-53 lead. Richmond posted six free throws at the charity stripe to finish the game and take the win 72-61.

Inside the Box Score

The team was led by Budnik who posted 21 points in addition to three rebounds and six blocks.
Three other Spiders, Townsend (16 pts), Ullstrom (15 pts), and Ryan (11 pts) ended the game in double figures.
Katie Hill posted a season-high 10 rebounds.
As a team, the Spiders shot 22 of 41 (53.7%) from the field, 8 of 17 (47.1%) from deep and 20-28 (71.4%) from the charity stripe. In addition, the team posted 36 rebounds, 14 assists, nine blocks, six thefts and 12 points off 16 Billiken turnovers.
The Spider bench posted 15 points, led by Ullstrom.

From Head Coach Aaron Roussell

Up Next
The Spiders return to the Robins Center on Feb. 3 against Fordham at 6 p.m. for the annual Play4Kay game presented by Joyner Fine Properties.