BALTIMORE -- After a pair of road contests, the UMBC Women's Basketball team makes a brief return home when it hosts Richmond on Thursday night. Tip-off is set for 7 p.m. and the game will air on ESPN+. UMBC will then hit the road for five straight games over the next month before returning home on 12/18 to host American. 

LAST TIME OUT

- Keelah Dixon (Boston, Mass.) scored a team-best 21 points, while Ashia McCalla (Greenbelt, Md.) added 13 points, five rebounds and three steals, but the Retrievers (1-2) fell to host Loyola, 61-47, at Reitz Arena on Sunday afternoon.

- Dixon's 21 points were her most in a UMBC uniform, as she shot 7-of-11 from the field, including 3-of-3 from three.

- McCalla and Dixon hit back-to-back threes early in the fourth to trim the Loyola lead to 52-40, but the Greyhounds would hold-off UMBC the rest of the way to earn the victory.

- Kiara Bell (Santa Rosa, Calif.) also had a solid game for the Retrievers, finishing with nine points, seven rebounds and a pair of blocks.

A GLANCE AT THE SPIDERS

-Richmond went 13-9 last season and 9-6 in the A-10.

- They opened the season with two wins, 69-48 at Liberty, and a home 87-44 win over Mount St. Mary's

- Last time out,  the Spiders lost at Clemson, 61-40. Katie Hill had 13 points and Emilijia Krista Grava had 10.

- Addie Budnik, who was just named Preseason First Team All-Conference by the Atlantic 10 earlier this week, led the Spiders in scoring and blocked shots last season.

- Budnik was also on the preseason watch list for the 2023 Becky Hammon Mid-Major Player of the Year Award presented by Her Hoop Stats, and was on the top 20 watch-list for the 2023 Katrina McClain Award, given to the top power forward in women's NCAA Division I college basketball.