Women’s basketball (12-17, 5-13 Atlantic-10) defeated Rhode Island (16-15, 11-7 A-10) 54-46 in their regular-season finale and snapped a four-game losing skid. 

The Revolutionaries’ victory gives them a 12-17 record on the season and a 5-13 record in conference play, providing momentum heading into the Atlantic 10 2025 Women’s Basketball Championship, which begins Wednesday in Henrico, Virginia. The win clinches the Revs the 12th seed in the conference and a first-round matchup against Loyola Chicago.

Leading the way offensively for the Revs in the victory was graduate student guard Makayla Andrews, who recorded 15 points on 6-16 shooting. Graduate student forward Paige Mott and sophomore forward Sara Lewis each scored in double figures and combined 14 total rebounds. The Revs took four 3-pointers, cashing in at a 50 percent rate. On the reverse, the stingy Revs defense held the Rams to 4-26 from beyond the arc. 

The teams traded baskets in the first quarter, with Lewis and Mott’s work giving the Revs an 11-9 lead at the end of the first 10 minutes. The Revs tried to pull away in the second quarter, taking a 20-14 lead at the 4:36 mark off a Mott jumper.

But the Rams continued to fight, tying the game shortly thereafter. In the final two minutes of the first half, Mott got two shots to fall to give the Revs a 24-20 lead at the break.

Right out of the break, the Revs got back to work, with freshman guard Gabby Reynolds’ shot from downtown finding the netting to increase the lead. After nearly four minutes without a basket from either side, a 3-point play from Sims gave the Revs a 32-24 lead with 3:16 to play in the third quarter. A pair of free throws from Lewis increased the lead to 36-29 at the end of 30 minutes.

Andrews gave the Revs a 10-point lead on a jumper at 8:53, but the Rams continued to scratch and claw their way back into the game. The Rams’ junior guard Ines Debroise cut the lead to six with 5:15 left, causing Interim Head Coach Doug Novak to call a timeout. The teams traded baskets down the stretch, but the Revs’ lead never sank lower than two points.

A Lewis jumper at the 2:02 mark put the Revs up by six and a pair of Reynolds free throws put the game out of reach, ending a four-game losing skid for GW.

Novak said building on the team’s strengths will allow them to compete with everyone in the conference. He said the team has struggled at times during the season but has kept the game tight with the league’s top teams.

“We’ve been playing the Richmonds of the world toe to toe until the end, so come tournament time, if you can get somebody tight, yeah, you never know. And that’s the greatest thing about it, is finding some Cinderella story,” Novak said. 

Senior forward Maxine Engel said the Revs have been focusing on their game ahead of this tournament. For Engel, this is now the fourth time she will play in the A-10 tournament, with the team holding a 3-3 record since her freshman season in 2021-22. 

“Focusing on us, to be honest, executing like I just said, the hustle plays. It’s really GW-focused. How we can be at our best,” Engel said. 

The 12th-seeded Revs kick off the A-10 tournament on March 5 when they take on the 13th-seeded Loyola Chicago, with tipoff set for noon from the Henrico Sports and Events Center.