Women’s Basketball Reaches 1,000 Program Wins, Remains Undefeated at Home with Victory over Fordham

Saturday, February 3

Richmond, Va.

6 p.m.

University of Richmond

19-4,9-1Atlantic 10

Fordham

7-15,2-9Atlantic 10

Fordham

Richmond

Rachel Ullstrom looking for an open player durin the Play4Kay game

Women’s Basketball Reaches 1,000 Program Wins, Remains Undefeated at Home with Victory over Fordham

02/03/2024 | Women's Basketball

Box Score

RICHMOND, Va. – Behind 18 points from Rachel Ullstrom, and 16 points from Grace Townsend, the University of Richmond Women's Basketball team weathered a second-quarter comeback-bid from Fordham and picked up a 79-60 win over the Rams inside the Robins Center Saturday night. With the win, the Spiders improved to 19-4 overall and 9-1 in Atlantic 10 Conference action while Fordham fell to 7-15 overall and 2-9 in conference play. In addition, the Spiders pushed their home win-streak to 17-straight games, dating back to 2022-23, good for sixth-longest of NCAA DI teams.

Richmond Starters
Budnik, Doogan, Ryan, Hill, Townsend

How it Happened
Addie Budnik opened the scoring for Richmond with a layup before Maggie Doogan followed the play with a triple for an early 5-0 Spider lead. Siobhan Ryan and Katie Hill then combined for four points to push the lead to 9-2 in favor of Richmond. After a trey from the opposition, Ryan responded on the other coast with a triple of her own to preserve the Spider lead, 12-5. The Rams then scratched back to come within two, 14-12, but an 11-0 run from the Spiders sparked by a triple from Budnik allowed the Spiders to build a 13-point lead, 25-12. Faye Parker would get her first points off since 11/30/23 against Villanova to end the first quarter with Richmond ahead, 27-15.

Both teams exchanged points to open the second 10 minutes before an 11-0 run from the Rams tied the game at 31. Townsend netted a layup to end the scoring drought for Richmond as Fordham held the Spiders to only six points heading into halftime.

Out of the break, Fordham took the lead off a pair of free throws and a layup, before free throws from Budnik and Townsend gave the Spiders back the lead, 36-35. Ryan and Doogan then combined for four points to give Richmond a 40-37 lead. After exchanging more points on each end, a trey from Townsend, combined with a pair of free throws by Doogan, put the Spiders ahead 47-41 with 4:14 left in the quarter. Following more free throws between both teams, Ullstrom posted back-to-back triples to send UR into the final 10 minutes ahead 57-47.

Townsend began the scoring for Richmond in the fourth quarter with a trey, after a quick layup from Fordham for a 60-49 UR lead. Ryan then followed the play with a triple of her own for a 63-49 lead. Ullstrom again netted a trey from deep to give the Spiders a 15-point lead, 68-53, before back-to-back layups from FOR cut the Spider lead back down to 68-57. Ullstrom then sparked a 9-0 run for the Spiders courtesy of efforts by Townsend, Parker and Kylee Lewandowski for a 77-57 UR lead. Fordham would get one final trey off before Ally Sweeney posted a jumper courtesy of Courtney Swider to hand Richmond the game, 79-60.

Inside the Box Score

The Spiders were led by Ullstrom, who posted 18 points on 7 of 10 from the field and 4 of 7 from deep. She posted her 22^nd game in double figures.
Four other Spiders, Townsend (16 pts), Doogan (10 pts), Budnik (10 pts) and Ryan (10 pts) also finished the game in double figures. It was the first time the Spiders had five players in double figures since 12/16/23 against Liberty.
Townsend led the team in rebounds with seven, pushing her career rebound total to 503. She also led the team in assists (6).
Budnik led the Spiders in blocks with three while Doogan and Townsend each posted two thefts.
As a team, the Spiders shot 27 of 48 (56.3%) from the field, 12 of 23 (52.2%) from deep and 13 of 16 (81.3%) from the charity stripe. In addition, UR posted 31 rebounds, 21 assists, seven blocks, six steals and 17 points off 15 Ram turnovers. The Spider bench posted 31 points, led by Ullstrom.
The team picked up Women's Basketball's 1000^th program win.
Head Coach Aaron Roussell brought his total wins to 396.
The Spiders have the sixth-longest home win-streak of NCAA DI teams, trailing Cleveland St. (18 wins).

From Head Coach Aaron Roussell

Up Next
The Spiders have a quick turnaround, as the team travels to Rhode Island on Feb. 7 at 6 p.m. for the second matchup with the Rams this season. The Spiders return to the Robins Center on Feb. 11 at 1 p.m. for the National Girls & Women in Sports Day Celebration presented by CarMax.

Graphic displaying 1000 program wins for Women's Basketball