Spiders Post Revolutionary win on Super Bowl Sunday

Sunday, February 11

Richmond, Va.

1 p.m.

University of Richmond

21-4,11-1Atlantic 10

George Washington

9-15,2-10Atlantic 10

George Washington

Richmond

02/11/2024 | Women's Basketball

Box Score

RICHMOND, Va. – Behind 24 points from Rachel Ullstrom, and 19 points from Maggie Doogan, the University of Richmond women's basketball team defeated George Washington for the second time this season, 83-61, inside the Robins Center on Super Bowl Sunday for the National Girls & Women in Sports Day Celebration presented by CarMax. With the win, the Spiders improve to 21-4 overall and 11-1 in Atlantic 10 Conference play, while GW falls to 9-15 and 2-10 in A-10 action.

Richmond Starters
Budnik, Doogan, Ryan, Hill, Townsend

How it Happened
Siobhan Ryan got the Spiders rolling with a trey before Doogan followed the play with a jump shot to put UR up 5-0. After GW scratched back to 5-3, Doogan again posted two points for a 7-3 lead. Townsend posted back-to-back triples to put the Spiders ahead 13-8, but the Revolutionaries wouldn't be silenced as the team posted five points. Ullstrom was able to get one final trey off in between the GW buckets, ending the first quarter with a narrow Spider lead, 16-13.

Addie Budnik and Doogan combined for three points to open the second 10 minutes. Budnik posted a lone free throw to spark a 6-0 run for UR to build a 25-15 lead. Townsend then led Richmond to another 6-0 run, with five of the points coming from Ullstrom for a 31-18 UR advantage. After exchanging a couple of buckets, Budnik was able to get one final trey off to send Richmond into the locker room ahead 40-26.

Out of the break, Doogan, Townsend and Ryan combined for six points following a three pointer from GW to push the Spider lead to 46-29. The Revolutionaries cut the deficit to seven, before Doogn ended the scoring drought for UR with a mid-range jumper to preserve the double-digit lead, 51-40. Budnik, again from deep, sparked a 10-1 lead to rebuild the lead to 17, 61-44. GW would complete the hoop-and-harm with 36 seconds left, but Laren VanArsdale posted a final triple to send UR into the final 10 minutes ahead 64-47.

George Washington got a quick shot off to begin the fourth quarter before Katie Hill dropped a dime to Doogan for a trey, 67-49. Following a few points from the opposition, another three pointer from Budnik gave the Spiders a 20-point lead, 72-52. Ullstrom followed the play with back-to-back triples of her own to bring the score to 79-55. Ullstrom would post a final layup and Kylee Lewandowski would net two free throws to hand Richmond the win, 83-61.

Inside the Box Score

The Spiders were led by Ullstrom, who posted 24 points on a near perfect 9 of 10 from the field and 4 of 4 from deep. The sophomore ended the game with a career-high two blocks and four steals off the bench.
Three other Spiders, Doogan (19), Townsend (12) and Budnik (11) also finished the game in double figures.
Townsend led the team with six rebounds and assists.
Townsend brought her assist total to 598, two assists away from 1,000 career points, 500 career rebounds and 500 assists.
Head Coach Aaron Roussell moved to fourth place in all-time wins at Richmond (86), surpassing Bob Foley (1996-02, 85 wins)
Richmond pushed its home win streak to 18-straight games (dating back to 2022-23) and move to 11-0 inside the Robins Center.
Budnik is four points away from cracking the top-10 scorers in Richmond Women's Basketball history with 1,394 points, trailing Amber Goppert (2000-04, 1,398 career points).
As a team, the Spiders shot 28 of 48 (58.3%) from the field, 13 of 19 (68.4%) from deep and 14 of 20 (70%) from the free throw line. In addition, the Spiders posted 32 rebounds, 15 assists, two blocks, 14 steals and 23 points off 17 GW turnovers. The Spider bench, with all active players seeing time on the court, posted 31 points.

From Head Coach Aaron Roussell, Maggie Doogan and Rachel Ullstrom

Up Next
The Spiders look ahead to crosstown rival VCU on Valentine's Day at 6 p.m. inside the Siegel Center in Richmond. The game will be broadcast on NBC Sports. Richmond will host Senior Night on Feb. 17 against Loyola Chicago with tipoff slated for 6 p.m. inside the Robins Center.