Spiders Ground Hawks, Post First win in Philadelphia Since 2007

Saturday, January 6

Philadelphia, Pa.

2 p.m.

University of Richmond

13-3,3-0Atlantic 10

Saint Joseph's

13-2,2-1Atlantic 10

Richmond

Saint Joseph's

Maggie Doogan walking during a basketball game

Spiders Ground Hawks, Post First win in Philadelphia Since 2007

01/06/2024 | Women's Basketball

Box Score

PHILADELPHIA, Pa. – Behind 16 points from Addie Budnik and Maggie Doogan, the University of Richmond Women's Basketball team picked up a 64-59 Atlantic 10 Conference victory over Saint Joseph's Saturday afternoon on the road. With the win, the Spiders improved to 13-3 overall and a perfect 3-0 in A-10 play while the Hawks fell to 13-2 on the year and 2-1 in conference action. In addition, the Spiders picked up their first win over the Hawks in Philadelphia since 1/14/07 (W, 64-57) and snapped a five-game win streak for SJU.

Richmond Starters
Budnik, Doogan, Ryan, Hill, Townsend

How it Happened
Saint Joseph's posted a quick layup before Grace Townsend responded on the other coast to tie the game at one. Maggie Doogan then posted her first trey of the game to give Richmond a 5-2 lead. SJU completed the hoop-and-harm to tie the game at five before Addie Budnik posted an easy layup to put Richmond back ahead, 7-5. After the game was tied at 10, the Hawks went on a 7-0 run to build a 17-10 lead with 1:48 in the quarter. Rachel Ullstrom ended the scoring drought for Richmond with a triple, and Siobhan Ryan followed the play with a trey of her own to end the first quarter with the Spiders down 17-16.

Saint Joseph's extended its lead to 21-16 with back-to-back buckets to open the second quarter before Ullstrom posted another trey to get Richmond within two, 21-19. Budnik and Katie Hill combined for six points to give UR the lead, 25-23 with 6:02 left in the half, but a floating jump shot from the opposition would tie the game at 25. After exchanging points, Hill was able to post a layup for a 33-29 Spider lead, but SJU would get one final trey off to send Richmond into the locker room up by one, 33-32.

Out of the break, Budnik recorded a turnaround jumper before Ryan followed the play with a layup of her own for a 37-32 Richmond lead. Doogan sparked a 4-0 run with 8:02 left in the quarter for a 41-34 Spider lead. Another 4-0 spurt sparked from Doogan would have UR up 45-36, but the opposition wouldn't be silenced as the Hawks rallied and cut the deficit to 50-49. Townsend would stop the offensive-minded Hawks and post a layup as time expired to send Richmond into the final 10 minutes ahead 52-49.

The Hawks opened the final frame with a layup to come within striking distance, 52-51, before Budnik recorded a triple for a 55-51 Spider lead. After back-and-forth action, and Richmond staying ahead by one point, 58-57, Doogan recorded a trey to build a four-point lead, 61-57, with 42 seconds left in the game. SJU would begin to foul the Spiders, which led Richmond to go 3-4 at the charity stripe and take the win, 64-59.

Inside the Box Score

The Spiders were led by Budnik and Doogan, who each posted 16 points. The duo each had a theft while Budnik recorded a team-high three blocks.
Townsend led the team with six assists, and finished the game with eight points, pushing her career total to 967.
Hill and Ryan led the team with seven rebounds each.
As a team, the Spiders shot 23 of 51 (45.1%) from the field, 9 of 22 (40.9%) from deep and 9 of 12 (75%) from the free throw line. In addition, the Spiders posted 11 assists, 35 rebounds and five blocks. The Spider bench also posted 14 points, led by Ullstrom with nine.
The Spiders remain undefeated in A-10 play at 3-0, the best start to conference play since 2010-11 (4-0 start).

From Head Coach Aaron Roussell

Up Next
Richmond looks to keep its momentum going on Wednesday, as the team plays host to Massachusetts at 11 a.m. for Education Day inside the Robins Center and then welcomes Rhode Island on Jan. 14 at noon. The game against URI will be broadcast on CBS Sports Network.