Balanced Attack Lifts Richmond Past Saint Joseph’s, Spiders Remain Atop A-10 at 12-1

Thursday, February 13

Richmond, Va.

8 p.m.

University of Richmond

21-5,12-1Atlantic 10

Saint Joseph's

20-5,11-3Atlantic 10

Saint Joseph's

Richmond

Balanced Attack Lifts Richmond Past Saint Joseph’s, Spiders Remain Atop A-10 at 12-1

02/13/2025 | Women's Basketball

Box Score

RICHMOND, Va. – The University of Richmond women's basketball team clipped the visiting Saint Joseph's Hawks, 59-51, Thursday night inside the Robins Center. With the win, Richmond remains atop the Atlantic 10 Conference standings at 21-5 overall and 12-1 in conference play while SJU fell to 20-5 and 11-3 in the A-10. Richmond also picked up its fourth Quad 2 win of the season, moving to 4-0 in Quad 4 matchups with previous wins over Fairfield, Columbia and George Mason.

Richmond Starters
Sweeney, Hill, Ullstrom, Doogan, Budnik

How it Happened
Katie Hill opened the scoring for the Spiders with a layup before Addie Budnik followed the play with a layup of her own for an early 4-0 Spider lead. Saint Joseph's got its first points of the quarter at the 8:15 mark with a triple to cut the lead to one, 4-3. Rachel Ullstrom then posted a trey before a Hawk layup while Budnik answered with a trey for a 9-5 UR lead. SJU then went on a 6-0 run to end the first quarter with an 11-9 advantage.

Hill again opened the second frame with back-to-back layups to retake the lead at 13-11, but the Hawks continued to score on the other end and tied the game at 13 with a layup which sparked a 6-0 run for the Hawks to push their lead to 17-13. Budnik got Richmond back on the scoring front with two made free throws, but the Hawks managed to rebuild the lead to five, 20-15, with a triple with 4:18 left in the half. The Spiders held SJU scoreless the remainder of the quarter as Faith Alston sparked an 11-0 run with efforts courtesy of Doogan, Hill, Budnik and Sweeney to head into the locker room with a 26-20 lead.

SJU opened the third quarter with a layup to cut the lead to 26-22 before a triple from Budnik rebuilt the lead to seven. After exchanging a couple of points, the Hawks went on an 8-0 run to come within two, 34-32, before Doogan and Alston combined for four points to regain a six-point lead, 38-32. After another 5-0 spurt from the opposition to cut the Spider advantage to one, 38-37, Alyssa Jimenez ended the quarter with a driving layup to send the Spiders into the final 10 minutes with a three-point lead, 40-37.

Ullstrom opened the final frame with a trey before SJU responded with a layup for a 43-39 UR lead. Doogan then completed the hoop-and-harm for a seven-point advantage before the Hawks managed a lone free throw, 46-40. Doogan then went 1-2 from the charity stripe while Sweeney finessed a layup to put the Spiders up by nine, 49-40. After a couple of miscues from the Spider defense, the Hawks posted back-to-back layups to come within five, 49-44. Ullstrom then sparked a 7-0 run for Richmond as Sweeney posted a key layup followed by a triple in front of the Spider bench to hand Richmond its largest lead of the contest, 56-44. Doogan then went 2-2 from the free throw line following a 5-0 spurt from the opposition while Hill scored the final point for the Spiders from a made free throw. The Hawks managed to put off a final layup with three seconds left to end the game with the Spiders on top, 59-51.

Notes on the Game

The Spiders were led by Budnik, who posted 12 points in addition to a team-high seven rebounds. She also added two assists and two steals.
Ally Sweeney (11 pts) and Maggie Doogan (11 pts) also finished the game in double figures as Sweeney shot 4 of 7 from the floor and 2 of 3 from deep and added five boards and two assists. Doogan also ended the game with five boards, a team-high four assists, a block and a steal.
Five Spiders ended the contest with five rebounds in Sweeney, Katie Hill, Doogan, Anna Camden and Faith Alston.
As a team, the Spiders shot 20 of 52 (38.5%) from the floor and struggled from deep, shooting 7-27 (25.9%) from beyond the arc and 12 of 16 (75%) from the charity stripe. Richmond also added 39 rebounds, 13 assists, five blocks, six steals and 10 points off 12 Hawk turnovers.
Doogan posted her 24th straight game in double figures while Budnik saw her third straight game in double figures.
Alston brought her career-point total to 1,304, the second-highest active career point total on the Spider roster.
Richmond posted its 11th straight win, the program's longest win streak since the Spiders won 15 straight from 12/29/89-2/10/90.
The Spiders snapped the Hawks' eight-game win streak dating back to a 72-65 win against Fordham on Jan. 15.

From Head Coach Aaron Roussell and Addie Budnik

Game Highlights

Up Next
The Spiders have a quick turnaround as the team hosts Saint Louis on Feb. 16 at 2 p.m. on ESPN+ while celebrating Senior Day. Richmond will honor Addie Budnik, Katie Hill, Steph Ouderkirk, Anna Camden, Alyssa Jimenez and Faith Alston pregame.