Roussell Earns 100th Richmond Win as Spiders Defeat App State

Sunday, November 24

Boone, N.C.

3:30 p.m.

University of Richmond

6-0,0-0Atlantic 10

Appalachian State

2-3,0-0Sun Belt

Richmond

App State

Roussell Earns 100th Richmond Win as Spiders Defeat App State

11/24/2024 | Women's Basketball

Box Score

BOONE, N.C. – Despite a slow shooting night, the University of Richmond women's basketball team downed Appalachian State 73-61 on the road Sunday. With the win, the Spiders are off to the program's best start to a season since 2004-05 and improved to 6-0 on the year while the Mountaineers fell to 2-3. In addition, Head Coach Aaron Roussell earned his 100^th victory at Richmond, bringing his record for the Spiders to 100-57. He is the fourth winningest coach for the women's basketball program and improved his career total to 412-179.

Richmond Starters
Sweeney, Hill, Ullstrom, Budnik, Doogan

How it Happened
Addie Budnik opened the scoring for the Spiders with a layup before the Mountaineers responded and built an 11-4 lead. Budnik ended the scoring drought with a layup while Alicia Newell brought it within three with one of her own, 11-8. The Spiders exchanged a few buckets with the opposition before the Mountaineers built a nine-point lead, 22-13 with 1:57 left in the quarter. Doogan posted a layup while Budnik collected a free throw to end the quarter with App State ahead 22-16.

Katie Hill cut the Spider deficit to three by completing the hoop-and-harm to open the second quarter before App State rebuilt its lead to seven, 26-19. Sam Dewey posted two free throws while Hill netted an additional free throw for a 28-24 Mountaineer lead. After exchanging a few points, Hill, Doogan and Budnik went 6-for-6 at the charity stripe to tie the game at 30 to close out the half.

Ullstrom gave Richmond the lead with a layup while Doogan extended the lead to three, 34-31 off a layup to open the third frame. The Mountaineers scratched back to come within one, 36-35, but Doogan again posted a layup for a 38-35 advantage. After a lone free throw from App State, Doogan sparked a 14-0 run for the Spiders for a 52-36 UR lead. App State posted four free throws to end the third quarter with the Spiders in the lead, 52-40.

Budnik and Ally Sweeney opened the final 10 minutes with two back-to-back treys for a 58-40 advantage. The Spiders exchanged points with the Mountaineers throughout the quarter, preserving a 15-point lead. After Alicia Newell posted a layup, App State put the game within 10, 71-61 with a pair of triples. The treys wouldn't be enough as Newell posted two free throws to hand Richmond the win, 73-61.

Notes on the Game

The Spiders improve their win-streak to six-straight games, marking the best start to a season since the 2004-05 season (10-0 start).
Aaron Roussell earned his 100^th win at Richmond, becoming only the fourth coach in Richmond women's basketball history to have 100 or more victories.
Maggie Doogan paced the team with 23 points and was just shy of a double-double with nine rebounds. Addie Budnik was the only other Spider in double figures as she ended the contest with 12 points, her first double-digit game this season. Budnik was also just shy of a double-double with nine rebounds.
As a team, the Spiders shot 24 of 54 (44.4%) from the floor, 4 of 25 (16%) from deep and 21 of 31 (67.7%) from the charity stripe. Richmond also saw 37 rebounds, 12 assists, five blocks and 19 points off 21 App State turnovers.
Sam Dewey posted a career-high four free throws made.

From Head Coach Aaron Roussell

Up Next
The Spiders look ahead to the Daytona Beach Classic next weekend as the team takes on Oakland on Nov. 29 at 11 a.m. at the Ocean Center before playing Big 12 Conference member Oklahoma State on Nov. 30 at 5:45 p.m.