Dec. 7, 2002

Box Score

UNIVERSITY OF RICHMOND, Va. - Senior Elise Ryder (Dayton, Ohio) scored 14 points and went 4-4 from three-point range to lead Richmond to a 74-52 victory over Maryland this afternoon at the Robins Center. Richmond improves to 5-1 on the season, their best start since the 1990, while the Terrapins fall to 3-3.

Richmond senior Ebony Tanner (Garner, N.C.) led all scorers with 20 points and pulled down five rebounds. Kate Flavin (Englewood, Colo.) contributed 14 points, eight rebounds and six assists while teammate Cammy Desmond (Midlothian, Va.) came off the bench to chip in 14 points and dish out a career-high six assists.

Maryland took its only lead of the game in the opening minute off two free throws by Renneika Razor and the score see-sawed during the following five minutes. The Spiders went on their first of two 15-2 runs in the first half to take a thirteen-point advantage with just over ten minutes remaining. Included in this run were three shots from beyond the arc, from Ryder, Desmond and Amber Goppert (Malone, N.Y.) in a two-minute span. The Terrapins responded, scoring eight points in two minutes to cut the lead to five (21-16), the closest that the visitors would come. Richmond answered with their second scoring run and took a 20-point halftime lead.

In second half action, Richmond continued their offensive domination, shooting .492 percent from the field. The Spiders out-rebounded the Terrapins 37-32 and caused Maryland to commit 25 turnovers

Maryland was led by Renneika Razor's 12 points and seven rebounds.