Spiders Roll Past William & Mary Inside Robins Center Thursday Night

Thursday, November 21

Richmond, Va.

6 p.m.

University of Richmond

5-0,0-0Atlantic 10

William & Mary

1-4,0-0CAA

William & Mary

Richmond

Spiders Roll Past William & Mary Inside Robins Center Thursday Night

11/21/2024 | Women's Basketball

Box Score

RICHMOND, Va. – Behind a combined 24 points from Anna Camden and Maggie Doogan, the University of Richmond women's basketball team posted an 82-47 win over visiting William & Mary Thursday night inside the Robins Center. With the win, the Spiders move to 5-0 on the season and secured their 24th-straight home win dating back to the 2022-23 season while the Tribe fell to 1-4.

Richmond Starters
Sweeney, Hill, Ullstrom, Budnik, Doogan

How it Happened
Rachel Ullstrom began the scoring for the Spiders, posting a triple 13 seconds into the contest. W&M responded on the other end with a triple before Ally Sweeney sparked a 9-0 run to put Richmond ahead 12-3. After exchanging points, the Tribe cut the lead to 17-16 before Doogan ended the first quarter with UR leading 18-16 after making a free throw.

Doogan opened the second 10 minutes with a triple and followed the play with a layup after two W&M free throws. Sam Dewey began a 12-0 run courtesy of efforts by Alicia Newell, Ullstrom and Camden to build a 15-point lead, 35-20. Ullstrom and Addie Budnik ended the half for the Spiders with three points as Richmond went into the locker room leading 38-24.

In the third, Katie Hill and Ullstrom combined for four points for a 42-26 advantage before the Tribe whittled away at the lead, going on a 6-0 run to come within ten, 42-32. Budnik got the Spiders back into an offensive rhythm with two back-to-back layups for a 46-32 UR lead. After the Tribe posted a lone free throw, Richmond went on a 11-0 run sparked by Camden to push the Spiders to 59-35. Steph Ouderkirk, Camden and Newell rounded out the quarter with a combined seven points to go into the final 10 minutes leading 66-37.

Ally Sweeney posted a triple for the Spiders to open the final 10 minutes. After exchanging a few points, Dewey recorded five points and Newell followed with a lone free throw for a 79-42 UR advantage. Courtney Swider netted the final points for Richmond in the game with a trey as the Spiders ran away with the 82-47 win.

Notes on the Game

Anna Camden and Maggie Doogan paced the team with 12 points each while Doogan posted a team-high seven rebounds and three blocks.
Camden finished the game with five boards and two assists.
Rachel Ullstrom (11 pts), Alicia Newell (11 pts) and Sam Dewey (10) also ended the game in double figures for the Spiders. Addie Budnik and Newell ended the game with four assists each to lead the team.
The Spiders shot 29 of 49 (59.2%) from the floor, 12 of 25 (48%) from deep and 12 of 17 (70.6%) from the free throw line. In addition, Richmond posted 42 rebounds, 10 blocks and five steals while the UR bench saw 38 points in the contest.
UR matches its best start to a season since 2015-16 (five straight).
Sam Dewey posted a career-high two blocks and matched a career-high two made three pointers.
Jada Green collected her first collegiate assist and block.
Alicia Newell saw a career-high 11 points and finished her first collegiate game in double figures.
Ally Sweeney collected a career-high five boards.
The all-time series with the Tribe moves to 95-25 in favor of UR.

From Anna Camden and Head Coach Aaron Roussell

Up Next
The Spiders take on Appalachian State on Nov. 24 at 3:30 p.m. before opening the Daytona Beach Classic next weekend with a matchup against Oakland on Nov. 29 at 11 a.m. and a meeting with Big 12 Conference member Oklahoma State on Nov. 30 at 5:45 p.m. for the team's first Power 5 matchup this year.