University of Richmond
14-5,5-1Atlantic 10
St. Bonaventure
5-12,1-5Atlantic 10
Spiders Cruise Past Bonnies Behind Ullstrom’s 30-Point Game
01/15/2025 | Women's Basketball
RICHMOND, Va. – With 47 combined points from Rachel Ullstrom and Maggie Doogan, the University of Richmond women's basketball team picked up a dominating 98-60 win over St. Bonaventure Wednesday night inside the Robins Center. Richmond moves to 14-5 overall and 5-1 in Atlantic 10 Conference action while the Bonnies fell to 5-12 and 1-5 in the A-10.
Richmond Starters
Sweeney, Hill, Ullstrom, Doogan, Budnik
How it Happened
Rachel Ullstrom opened the scoring with a three-pointer while the Bonnies immediately responded on the other end of the court with a layup. Each team then recorded a triple before Addie Budnik sparked a 9-0 run with efforts from Ullstrom, Katie Hill and Anna Camden for a 15-5 advantage. SBU managed to get off a midrange jumper, but Doogan put the Spiders back into the scoring column with another three points. After exchanging a few buckets, Doogan and Ullstrom combined for back-to-back treys for an 11-point lead, 28-17. SBU cut through the Spider defense and posted two layups while Camden hit another triple to end the quarter with a 31-21 Richmond advantage.
The Spiders outpaced the Bonnies 30-12 in the second quarter as SBU posted a trey to open the frame before Sam Dewey and Hill made easy layups to respond. The teams exchanged points beyond the arcs before Steph Ouderkirk hit a midrange jumper, sparking a 6-0 run to push the lead to 44-27. After a lone three-pointer from SBU, Sweeney capitalized from deep and sparked a 10-0 run to hand Richmond a 24-point lead, 54-30. SBU managed one final trey as Ullstrom recorded back-to-back three-pointers and Camden capitalized on a jumper with 23 seconds left, sending Richmond into halftime ahead 61-33.
Sweeney hit a three-pointer to open the third quarter before the Bonnies responded with a layup, making it 64-35. Ullstrom then went on a scoring run, posting three consecutive layups while Camden followed with another layup for a 37-point Richmond lead, 72-35. After exchanging a couple of points, Ullstrom and Hill combined for four points to push the lead to 79-40. Sam Dewey added a layup down low as the Bonnies managed seven points to end the quarter at 81-47.
Dewey opened the fourth quarter with a layup as Richmond posted 12 unanswered points to open the final 10 minutes with a 93-47 advantage. The Spiders then built their lead to 47, 95-48, off two made free throws from Faith Alston, but the Bonnies ended the scoring drought with a three-pointer. Ouderkirk responded on the other end of the court with three points of her own for a 98-51 advantage. The Bonnies managed to hold Richmond at 98 in the final minutes as SBU went on a 9-0 run to end the game at 98-60.
Notes on the Game
- Rachel Ullstrom led the team with 30 points, marking her third game of the year with 30 or more points. She ended the evening with three rebounds, a block and a steal.
- Maggie Doogan posted her 17th-straight game in double figures with 17 points and recorded her first double-double of the season, sixth of her career and second of the season for Richmond with 12 rebounds and also added six assists. Ullstrom recorded a double-double earlier in the season at Fairfield with 17 points and 11 rebounds on 11/12/24.
- Two other Spiders finished the game in double figures: Ally Sweeney (14 pts) and Anna Camden (11 pts). Camden's 11 points marked her first double-figure game since posting 12 points vs William & Mary on 11/21/24. Camden added four rebounds and two assists while Sweeney recorded four boards, two assists and a team-high two steals. Addie Budnik also matched Doogan's six assists with six of her own.
- As a team, Richmond shot 40 of 65 (61.5%) from the floor, 16 of 32 (50%) from three-point range and added 35 rebounds, a season-high 28 assists, three blocks, six steals and 18 points off 13 SBU turnovers. Richmond's bench contributed 24 points in the game.
- Richmond's 28 assists are the most recorded by an A-10 team this season. Richmond previously had a season-high 27 assists in the game against Gardner-Webb on 11/15/24 and was tied with Rhode Island, who recorded 27 assists against Saint Francis on 12/20/24.
- The Spiders posted their most points in a half this year, recording 61 points at halftime.
- Doogan saw a +/- of +50 in the game, the highest by a mid-major player this year through 28 minutes.
- Richmond also recorded a season-high 40 made field goals, six shy of the Spider record of 46 vs Queens on 11/30/86 and most of all A-10 teams in conference play this year.
Up Next
The Spiders take on crosstown rival VCU on Sunday inside the Robins Center at 2 p.m. for the MLK Jr. Day/National Girls and Women in Sports Day Presented by CarMax and Pow(Her) On celebrations. The game will be broadcast on CBS Sports Network and fans are encouraged to wear red to 'Red out Robins'.
