Roussell Notches 400th Career win in Senior Night Victory over Loyola Chicago - University of Richmond Athletics (2024)

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Game Recap: Women's Basketball | 02/17/2024

RICHMOND, Va. –Behind a 20-point game from Maggie Doogan, the University of Richmond women's basketball team was able to weather an upset bid from visiting Loyola Chicago, 75-71,Saturday inside the Robins Center for Senior Night. With the win, the Spiders roll to 23-4 on the year and 13-1 in Atlantic 10 Conference play while the Ramblers fell to 12-14 overall and 6-9 in conference. In addition, Head Coach Aaron Roussell posted his 400^thcareer win in only his 20^thseason, and posted his 88^that Richmond.

Richmond Starters
Budnik, Lewandowski, Ryan, Hill, Townsend

How it Happened
Siobhan Ryan began the game with a triple before Kylee Lewandowski netted a triple of her own for a 6-0 Spider lead. After the Ramblers posted a three pointer for their first points, Addie Budnik and Grace Townsend combined for four points to put the Spiders ahead, 10-3. Maggie Doogan then sparked a 10-0 run for Richmond for a 20-4 advantage. Ullstrom then posted five points for UR as the Spiders ended the first quarter up 25-12.

In the second quarter, Ullstrom continued her offensive threat with a trey, but back-to-back buckets from LUC cut the Spider lead to 28-17. Doogan posted a layup with 6:52 left in the half, but a 6-0 spurt from the Ramblers kept Richmond within seven, 30-23. Ullstrom and Doogan would then combine for five points after exchanging points with LUC to go into halftime up 41-29.

The Ramblers stormed to a 13-0 run to take the lead at 42-41 in the third quarter. Budnik finally ended the scoring drought with a hoop-and-harm to put UR back in the lead, 44-42, but the Ramblers wouldn't be silenced as four-straight points put them back ahead, 46-44. The score tied two more times before Doogan posted a layup to send Richmond into the final 10 minutes ahead, 50-48.

Three more ties would open the fourth quarter as the teams exchanged points on each coast. Two layups from Townsend and another from Torin Rogers would lift the Spiders to 62-55, and Katie Hill, who scored all of her seven points in the fourth quarter, followed the play with two points off a Rambler turnover for a 62-56 UR lead. The Ramblers upended the offensive rhythm for the Spiders with a jumper, but the Spiders were able to post seven quick points to push the lead to 71-63. After a trey from LUC, Townsend was able to stay perfect at the line with two made free throws for a 75-69 lead, but Loyola Chicago was able to get a final jumper off as the Spiders defended their home turf and picked up the 75-71 Senior Night win.

Inside the box score

• Richmond was paced by Doogan, who posted 20 points on 8 of 18 from the field and a perfect 4 of 4 from the charity stripe.
• Three other Spiders, Townsend (12), Ullstrom (11) and Budnik (10) finished the game in double figures while Doogan and Townsend posted eight boards each and Townsend recorded a team-high six assists.
• Budnik led the team with five blocks on the evening and Townsend recorded two thefts.
• As a team, Richmond shot 25 of 52 (48.1%) from the field, 8 of 23 (34.8%) from deep and a perfect 17 of 17 from the charity stripe. The Spiders have now posted two straight games without missing a free throw. The team also posted 32 rebounds, 18 assists, seven blocks and 14 points off 11 Rambler turnovers.
• Roussell moves to 400-177 in his 20-season career, while posting his 88^thwin at Richmond.
• The all-time series with the Ramblers moves to 2-0, as the Spiders downed LUC last season in the first meeting between the two programs.
• Doogan posted her 10^thcareer-game scoring 20 or more points.
• Richmond moves its home-win streak to 19-straight games (dating back to 2022-23), the sixth longest of NCAA DI teams.

FromHead Coach Aaron Roussell and Maggie Doogan


Up Next
The Spiders look to defend its home court again on Wednesday, as the team plays host to La Salle at 6 p.m. The Spiders will then travel to George Mason on Feb. 24 for a battle with the hot-handed Patriots at 3 p.m.