Women’s Basketball Falls to Princeton In Home Opener

Friday, November 6

Richmond, Va.

6 PM

University of Richmond

1-1,0-0Atlantic 10

Princeton

2-0,0-0Ivy League

Team	1	2	3	4	F
Princeton	13	14	15	23	65
Richmond	12	19	13	13	57

Game Notes

Spider women's basketball huddles after a foul against Princeton

11/06/2026 | Women's Basketball

Box Score

RICHMOND, Va. – The Richmond women's basketball team was unable to stop Princeton's late fourth quarter run Friday night at the Robins Center, falling 65-57 in the opening game of the Opening Statement tournament.

Richmond (1-1) will face Rice Sunday, Nov. 8 at 2:30 p.m. to close out the Opening Statement tournament. The event was created as part of the scheduling alliance between the Atlantic 10 Conference, American Conference, Missouri Valley Conference and the Ivy League. This initiative is rooted in a shared goal: to create more competitive and compelling non-conference opportunities for the top programs in each respective conference.

Princeton used a late run in the fourth quarter to erase Richmond's nine-point lead over the last six minutes of action and finish with an eight-point advantage. Fadima Tall led the way for Princeton, scoring 14 of her 27 points in the fourth quarter and 21 in the second half. Tall also pulled down 10 rebounds to complete the double-double.

Richmond took a 31-27 lead into the halftime break, after finishing the first quarter down one, 13-12. The Spiders limited turnovers (4-to-7), collected 10 points off turnovers and out-rebounded the Tigers 19-16. Freshman post Arisa Ihara led all scorers with 11 points on 5-of-8 from the field and five rebounds. Ally Sweeney tallied eight points and two assists in 20 minutes of action. Rayne Wright came off the bench to chip in seven points, including beating the buzzer to close out the first quarter with a lay-up.

Four of Richmond's starters, Ava Persichetti, Aneisha Scott, Ihara and Sweeny, played all 10 minutes of the third quarter. Persichetti poured in seven points, including a three-pointer, and pulled down three rebounds, while Sweeney had four points. Princeton's Tall started to warm up, scoring seven points in her full quarter of action.

The Tigers got hot in the second half, shooting at a 54-percent clip while holding the Spiders to just 34-percent from the field. Princeton also forced five Richmond turnovers, including three steals.

Sweeney led the Spiders with 17 points on 8-for17 shooting, three rebounds and two assists. Ihara had a career-high 13 points and eight rebounds while Persichetti had nine points, seven rebounds and three assists. Josie Fontana had a second-straight game with eight boards before fouling out in just 27 minutes of action.