Rhode Island 46, at Richmond 72

RICHMOND, Va. (Interstat) — The Richmond Spiders, fueled by a dominant first-quarter offensive explosion and a game-high 20 points from Alicia Newell, avenged an earlier season loss to Rhode Island with a commanding 72-46 victory in an Atlantic 10 women’s basketball game Wednesday night at Robins Center. The game, played before a crowd of 1,944, was effectively decided in the opening period. Richmond raced out to a 27-9 lead, connecting on five 3-pointers and shooting a blistering 64% from the field in the quarter. Newell, a 5-foot-9 guard from Clinton, Maryland, set the tone early, hitting three of those first-quarter… Read more...