Spider of the Week: Rachael Bilney
(01/19/12 4:59am)
Q: What were you thinking about throughout the game?
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Q: What were you thinking about throughout the game?
Headed into the 2009 College Basketball Invitational, Richmond's postseason reward for an 18-15 season, then freshman forward Darrius Garrett was used but sparingly. After playing nine games in the regular season, Garrett had amassed four points and zero blocks.
Temple University was introduced to University of Richmond's first-year starting forward Derrick Williams Saturday in the Robins Center, and Williams wasn't polite.
Seven seconds in, the tone of Wednesday night's game was already set: Rachael Bilney was going to shoot three-pointers, and she was going to make three-pointers.
Richmond's women's basketball team enters conference play with one of the top records in the Atlantic 10 Conference, despite the odds being stacked against it.
The Atlantic 10 Conference, which began conference games Wednesday night, looks as if it will have several strong teams competing for the title, but the University of Richmond may not be one of them.
After starting the year 6-2, Richmond men's basketball team began to show its youth in three-straight losses to small-conference opponents.
After losing to the University of Virginia Cavaliers, 69-56, the Spiders had a chance Saturday to redeem themselves in front of their home crowd, playing the University of North Carolina at Greensboro, and they did just that, winning 75-60.
Two big scoring runs by Virginia Commonwealth University, one in each half, killed any chance the Spiders had at coming out victorious Friday night on their rival's home court.
As if facing an Atlantic Coast Conference team wasn't tough enough, the University of Richmond women's basketball team had to do it hours after it was announced that two players, including the starting point guard, were leaving the team.
WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. — The sluggish first half of Richmond's game against the University of Illinois seems like a distant memory. The Spiders responded in the second half of that game against the Illini and have since played solid basketball, picking up a pair of wins in that span.
Early season tournaments gave Richmond the opportunity to play high-quality teams in previous years, such as the University of Missouri and Purdue University. This year, it's the University of Illinois and possibly Rutgers University.
In previous years, with an offense centered around guard Brittani Shells, the University of Richmond women's basketball team may not have been able to win a game like Friday night's against Boston University.
The first two games of the year, the University of Richmond had to rely on a small freshman guard and a sophomore point guard with no career starts entering this year for scoring. On Thursday night, that small freshman still was one of Richmond's top scorers, but it was a pair of upperclassmen that had the biggest points.
Q: What were your expectations before the home opener against American?
The University of Richmond women's basketball team is 2-0 this season after beating The College of William & Mary, 77-57, Monday night in the team's home opener.
For the past four years, Richmond coach Chris Mooney was no stranger to the smallest player on the court for Richmond doing most of the scoring. If Friday night's season opener is any indication, he'll get to see that happen for the next four years.
After trailing for most of the first 28 minutes of the game, the Spiders looked to its two young point guards for a spark.
Talk to Richmond women's basketball coach Michael Shafer about his team this year, and he'll use one word to describe it: young.
The banners in the Robins Center honoring Richmond's NCAA tournament appearances hang evenly, but there's one that carries more significance for the program. Right above the "1988" on that banner is the phrase "Sweet 16," the only banner in the arena highlighting how far the Spiders advanced in the tournament.