Spider of the Week: Rachael Bilney
Q: What were you thinking about throughout the game?
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Q: What were you thinking about throughout the game?
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.
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.
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.
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 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.
Talk to Richmond women's basketball coach Michael Shafer about his team this year, and he'll use one word to describe it: young.
More than 300 students attended Spider Mayhem at the Weinstein Center Friday night to mark the beginning of the University of Richmond's basketball season.
Part One
There were many moments in Brittani Shells' career that felt like a Hollywood film.
The University of Richmond women's basketball team ended its season with a 63-54 loss against University of North Carolina, Wilmington in the Women's National Invitation Tournament last Thursday.
The Richmond women's basketball season came to an end on St. Patrick's Day, fittingly to a team sporting green jerseys.
The University of Richmond women's basketball season came to an end on St. Patrick's Day, fittingly to a team sporting green jerseys.
Senior guard Brittani Shells makes breaking records look as easy as her signature reverse finger-roll layup.
The University of Richmond women's basketball team defeated St. Louis University, 68-57, at the Robins Center Saturday afternoon on Senior Day. Seniors center Crystal Goring, former player and current assistant Rebecca Kretchman, guard Kara Powell and guard Brittani Shells were honored at a pre-game ceremony. Shells became the second all-time leading scorer with 2,006 points as she scored 17 points and also broke the school's all-time steals record when she recorded two steals during the game to give her 300 career steals.
The University of Richmond women's basketball team played an emotional and historical game as the team defeated St. Louis University, 68-57, at the Robins Center Saturday afternoon on Senior Day. Seniors center Crystal Goring, former player and current assistant Rebecca Kretchman, guard Kara Powell and guard Brittani Shells were honored at a pre-game ceremony.
The University of Richmond women's basketball led by 17 points in the first half of Saturday afternoon's game against George Washington University, but saw its lead dwindle to a single point with 10 minutes remaining.
Playing a collegiate-level sport as a freshman is time-consuming, physically taxing and a serious commitment. Playing two collegiate-level sports is all of that, doubled.
Trailing by nine at the start of the second half, the University of Richmond went more than nine and a half minutes without a field goal and its top-10-ranked opponent, Xavier University, took full advantage, going on a 20-2 run.