RICHMOND, Va. – The St. Bonaventure University women's basketball team fell to Richmond, 75-52, on the road Wednesday evening.

Brillana Boyd paced the Bonnies with 13 points while Laycee Drake and Olivia DiFranco chipped in nine points each.

The first half was a battle between the Bonnies and Spiders, featuring six lead changes.

Maggie Doogan gave the Spiders (21-4, 11-1 A-10) a 10-7 lead midway through the first before Mackenzie Pettinelli stepped into a jump shot to cut the deficit to one.

Kaylee Krysztof capped off the first quarter with a 3-pointer from the straight away, tying the game at 12-12.

In the second, the Spiders grabbed a four-point, 27-23 lead over the Bonnies with just under four minutes to play in the first half.

The Bonnies (14-12, 5-9 A-10), however, used a 9-0 run with baskets from Drake, DiFranco and Olivia DiFranco, taking a 32-27 lead late in the first half.

A 3-pointer from Rachel Ullstrom pulled Richmond within two at halftime, 32-30.

The Spiders retook the lead early in the third, but five points from Boyd in the early going of the period kept the Bonnies within three, 40-37.

Richmond, however, ended the third on an 8-0 run to take a 48-39 edge over the Bonnies with just 10 minutes left to play.

The hosts held the Bonnies scoreless for the first 2:30 of the fourth, pulling away by double digits, 58-39.

The Spiders kept the momentum and maintained their double digit lead, capturing a 75-52 win.

GAME NOTES

• The Bonnies finished the game shooting 38.9 percent (21-for-54) from the floor while the Spiders shot 40.0 percent (24-for-60) from the field.
• Bona's bench outscored the Richmond reserves, 28-18.
• The Brown and White were even with Richmond in points in the paint (28) and second chance points (11).

QUOTES FROM HEAD COACH JIM CROWLEY
"Obviously a tough second half but really proud of the effort in the first half and did a lot of good things. Richmond is a very good team and an even better team at home. We battled really well for awhile but just gave up a lot of second chance opportunities. They got themselves to the free throw line and created too much separation for us."

UP NEXT
The Bonnies remain in Virginia to take on VCU Saturday, Feb. 14. Tipoff is slated for 1:00 p.m.

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