UNIVERSITY OF RICHMOND, Va. -- Richmond head coach Michael Shafer announced the 2012-13 women's basketball non-conference schedule Wednesday afternoon. The Spiders play a challenging slate, including 10 teams that saw postseason play, three of which were NCAA participants.
Richmond hosts six home games, including two ACC schools in Miami (Fla.) and Virginia Tech. In addition to those matchups, Richmond hosts Longwood, North Carolina A&T and NCAA participants Florida Gulf Coast and Navy. The Nov. 9 game against Longwood and Nov. 28 tilt against North Carolina A&T will be doubleheaders with the men's team.
Richmond also participates in the Cancun Challenge Nov. 22-24. The Spiders will play WBI champion Minnesota, NCAA participant Wisconsin-Green Bay and WNIT participant Wichita State.
Below is a breakdown of the Spiders' non-conference slate:
2012-13 Schedule at a glance:
Longwood
(ROBINS CENTER, Nov. 9)
2011-12 Record: 7-22, Big South Conference
Last Meeting: Richmond
dominated Longwood, 72-59, Feb. 13, in Farmville in the last meeting between
the two teams.
Series Record: 22-12
Miami, Fla. (ROBINS
CENTER, Nov. 12)
2011-12 Record: 26-6,
14-2 ACC, NCAA Second Rd.
Last Meeting: The Spiders dropped the series' only meeting,
80-71 Dec. 21, 2003 at Miami, Fla.
Series Record: 0-1
Boston University (Case
Gym, Nov. 16)
2011-12 Record: 23-9,
15-1 America East, WNIT
Last Meeting: Rachael Bilney scored 19 points en route to a
72-60 victory over the Terriers last November in the Robins Center.
Series Record: 2-0
Hartford (Chase Arena, Nov. 18)
2011-12 Record: 19-13,
10-6 America East, WNIT
Last Meeting: Becca Wann dropped 18 points in the Spiders'
69-56 victory over the Hawks Dec. 22 at the Robins Center.
Series Record: 1-0
Minnesota (Cancun
Challenge, Nov. 22)
2011-12 Record: 19-17,
6-10 Big Ten, WBI Champion
Last Meeting: The two teams have not met.
Series Record: 0-0
Wichita State (Cancun
Challenge, Nov. 23)
2011-12 Record: 20-13,
12-6 Missouri Valley, WNIT
Last Meeting: The two teams have not met.
Series Record: 0-0
Wisconsin Green-Bay
(Cancun Challenge, Nov. 24)
2011-12 Record: 31-2, 17-1
Horizon League, NCAA Second Round
Last Meeting: The two teams have not met.
Series Record: 0-0
North Carolina
A&T (ROBINS CENTER, Nov. 28)
2011-12 Record: 15-16,
9-7 MEAC
Last Meeting: The two teams have not met.
Series Record: 0-0
James Madison (JMU
Convocation Center, Dec. 2)
2011-12 Record: 29-8,
14-4 CAA WNIT Runner-up
Last Meeting: Genevieve Okoro scored a career-high 27 points
as Richmond beat JMU, 74-66, last December in the Lehigh Christmas Classic.
Series Record: 30-53
Virginia Tech (ROBINS
CENTER, Dec. 5)
2011-12 Record: 7-23,
3-13 ACC
Last Meeting: The Hokies clipped the Spiders, 54-47, Dec. 4, 2005 at the Robins Center.
Series Record: 4-5
UNC Greensboro
(Fleming Gymnasium, Dec. 8)
2011-12 Record: 4-25,
3-17 Southern Conference
Last Meeting: Richmond cruised to a 75-60 win over UNCG Dec.
10 in the Robins Center. Three Spiders scored in double figures.
Series Record: 2-0
Florida Gulf Coast
(ROBINS CENTER, Dec. 19)
2011-12 Record: 29-3,
18-0 Atlantic Sun NCAA First Round
Last Meeting: Richmond fell to Florida Gulf Coast, 81-67,
last November in Fort Myers, Fla. in the series' first meeting.
Series Record: 0-1
College of Charleston
(TD Arena, Dec. 28)
2011-12 Record: 7-23,
6-14 Southern Conference
Last Meeting: The Spiders beat College of Charleston, 20-11,
in the series' last matchup in 1942.
Series Record: 3-1
UNC Wilmington (Trask
Coliseum, Dec. 30)
2011-12 Record: 20-13,
11-7 CAA WNIT First
Last Meeting: Richmond was downed by UNCW, 63-54 in the
first round of the WNIT at the Robins Center, Mar. 17, 2011.
Series Record: 29-10
Navy (ROBINS CENTER,
Jan. 4)
2011-12 Record: 18-14,
8-6 NCAA Tournament First Round
Last Meeting: Richmond defeated Navy, 56-39, in each team's
season opener last Nov. in Annapolis. Series Record: 4-2
