Put over a thousand students on a field trip to the Robins Center together with two hungry women's basketball teams and you have a formula ripe for exciting action.
Richmond and George Mason did not disappoint. But on an afternoon where Sandra Ngoie showed just how dominating a player she could be in the Atlantic 10, the Patriots couldn't find a way to shut the door, as Richmond forced overtime, then outlasted their former CAA rivals 67-64 in the first-ever A-10 meeting between the two in-state Virginia rivals.
Ngoie finished the game with 29 points, 18 from three-point land, going 11-for-24 from the field. She also grabbed 9 rebounds. But her three-point shot, designed out of a Mason timeout with 9 seconds left, missed the mark. The ball went out of bounds to Mason with just :00.8 left, and they couldn't get off another shot. Janaa Pickard added 10 for George Mason, who saw their chance for their first-ever Atlantic 10 conference victory slip away in the extra session.
Freshman Olivia Healy had four of her team-high 20 points in overtime, as the Spiders kept Ngoie scoreless in those critical five minutes. Healy registered a double-double with 20 points, 12 boards, plus 7 assists and 2 steals with only 2 turnovers. Four Spiders were in double figures, including Genevieve Okoro and Janelle Hubbard with 13 points each.
The Spiders move to 2-3 in the Atlantic 10, 8-10 overall, while the Patriots fall to 0-5, 6-12.
COMING TONIGHT: Interview quotes from UR Head Coach Michael Shafer, Healy, and Okoro on today's Spider victory.
ALSO: We will Live Tweet from the Siegel Center for the "Battle of the Rams": Fordham at VCU, beginning just before 7pm at our Twitter feeds: @henricosports and @cfieldsports!
RVA Sports Network Coverage of Women's Basketball, Part of Our Year Of Women's Sports Initiative!
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