Richmond Women's Basketball 2015 NIT Tournament Capsule

Richmond Spiders
Atlantic 10 (18-13, 9-7)

 

Big Wins: 12/28 at William & Mary (59-56), 1/30 at Rhode Island (54-50), 3/1 at VCU (55-49)
Bad Losses: 11/27 vs Central Michigan (56-61), 12/6 Hampton (53-64), 2/21 at St. Joseph’s (59-61)
Coach: Michael Shafer

Probable Starters:
Janelle Hubbard, Sophomore, Guard, 14.1 ppg, 1.5 apg
Lauren Tolson, Junior, Guard, 12.9 ppg, 1.8 apg, 5.1 rpg
Kylie Murphree, Freshman, Guard, 1.6 ppg, 2.5 apg
Genevieve Okoro, Senior, Forward, 11.3 ppg, 8.1 rpg, 1.0 bpg
Liz Brown, Senior, Forward/Center, 7.2 ppg, 5.5 rpg

Key Roleplayers:
Bria Powell, Junior, Guard, 3.5 ppg
Olivia Healy, Sophomore, Guard, 8.2 ppg, 2.2 apg, 4.3 rpg
Micaela Parson, Freshman, Guard, 3.1 ppg
Keri Soppe, Senior, Guard, 3.1 ppg

By the Numbers:
Scoring Offense: 64.0 (177th in nation, 6th in conference)
Scoring Defense: 62.1 (128, 7)
Field-Goal Percentage: 39.5 (189, 7)
Field-Goal Defense: 38.4 (123, 7)
Three-Point Field Goals Per Game: 5.8 (124, 4)  
Three-Point Field-Goal Percentage: 34.5 (69, 4)
Free-Throw Percentage: 71.5 (93, 6)
Rebound Margin: -4.9 (303, 13)
Assists Per Game: 12.7 (177, 8)
Turnovers Per Game: 16.1 (165, 7)

Recent Postseason Appearances:
2013    NIT    First Round loss to North Carolina State
2012    NIT    First Round win over Miami (OH)
2012    NIT    Second Round loss to Virginia
2011    NIT    Round of 64 loss to North Carolina Wilmington
2010    NIT    Round of 64 win over Delaware
2010    NIT    Round of 32 loss to Syracuse
2009    NIT    Second Round win over James Madison
2009    NIT    Third Round loss to Georgetown
2005    NCAA    Round of 64 loss to Florida State
2004    NIT    First Round win over South Florida
2004    NIT    Second Round win over Florida State
2004    NIT    Third Round win over Western Michigan
2004    NIT    Semifinal loss to Creighton

*all team stats through 3/5

 

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