Women’s basketball was trounced by the University of Richmond Jan. 23, losing 85-45.
Women’s basketball was trounced by the University of Richmond Jan. 23, losing 85-45.
Loyola women’s basketball fell to University of Richmond 85-45 Jan. 23 in Gentile Arena. First-year forward Alexa Kinas led the Ramblers with 15 points, while Richmond’s second-year guard Ally Sweeny finished with 19 points.
The Spiders won the opening tipoff, but the ball was quickly stolen by third-year guard Kira Chivers. After Loyola was unable to convert, Richmond opened the scoring with a layup by fourth-year guard Katie Hill. The Ramblers tied the game after Kinas finished a layup.
The Spiders’ third-year forward Maggie Doogan scored consecutive points off a layup and a jumper, while the Ramblers rebutted with a 3-pointer from graduate guard Naelle Bernard. Richmond’s graduate forward Addie Budnik secured a layup, and Hill hit a jumper to give Richmond a 10-5 lead.
The Spiders kept the momentum with a Hill jumper and a 3-pointer by Sweeney before Bernard responded with a 3-pointer. Richmond added consecutive 3-pointers from Sweeney and Budnik to close out the first quarter 23-8.
A 3-pointer by Richmond’s graduate forward Steph Ouderkirk started off the second quarter, before Chivers responded with a driving layup to make it 26-10.
Consecutive points for the Spiders included a Doogan layup and an Ouderkirk 3-pointer. Kinas responded with a 3-pointer for the Ramblers. Graduate guard Thoranna Kika Hodge-Carr stole the ball and sent it to Bernard, who converted with another 3-pointer.
The Spiders’ third-year forward Sam Dewey secured a layup before Kinas finished one of her own on the other end. A 3-pointer by Richmond’s graduate guard Faith Alston made it 38-18.
Kinas and Bernard scored back-to-back layups for the Ramblers, while Spider third-year guard Rachel Ullstrom added a driving layup — a play replicated by Kinas soon after. Ullstrom closed out the second quarter with a 3-pointer for a 43-24 lead.
The third quarter commenced with a battle. Chivers and Ullstrom each hit 3-pointers, and layups by both Kinas and Budnik made it 48-29.
Doogan scored a turnaround jumper, but Bernard negated it with a three. First-year guard Kendall Hendrix stole the ball, allowing Hodge-Carr to make a driving layup. Alston followed with a 3-pointer for the Spiders to keep the lead at 53-36.
Hodge-Carr secured a driving layup before Doogan ended a 56-38 third quarter with a 3-pointer.
An opening three from Sweeney continued the Richmond momentum to start the fourth quarter. Third-year guard Emma Theodorsson responded with a driving layup for the Ramblers, but the Spiders rebutted with back-to-back 3-pointers by Sweeney and Ullstrom. A Budnik layup prompted a Rambler timeout down 67-40.
Ullstrom secured a 3-pointer and the Ramblers followed with a layup from Hodge-Carr before Sweeney dropped in another.
First-year forward Roisin Grandberry hit a 3-pointer for the Ramblers, which was mitigated by three consecutive Richmond 3-pointers from Sweeney, Doogan and Alston. A final Sweeney layup closed out the game for the Spiders 85-45.
Head coach Allison Guth said the Spiders had a strong performance and said the Ramblers are working hard to pick up wins.
“I just think Richmond plays the game the way it should be played,” Guth said. “You talk about the way they share it, you talk about the unselfish play, the way they score it. On the flip side of that, I do want to promise Rambler Nation that we had respect for Richmond’s shooting the three ball coming in and thought our game plan for our executions to deter threes was going to work. We just didn’t execute our game plan.”
The Ramblers take on University of Dayton Jan. 29 in Gentile Arena. Tipoff is scheduled for 6 p.m. and streaming will be available on ESPN+.
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