Move over Audi Crooks. Make room for Maggie Doogan.
The Richmond Spiders forward now owns the single-game scoring mark for the 2025-26 women’s college basketball season after pouring in 48 points in a triple-overtime 91-84 home victory over Davidson on Saturday.
Iowa State’s Crooks previously held that title by scoring 47 points in a win over Indiana.
Doogan, a 6-foot-2 forward from Broomall, Pennsylvania, shot 17-of-28 from the floor including 8-of-12 from 3. The reigning Atlantic 10 Player of the Year also grabbed 13 rebounds in the crucial win for Richmond.
“I’ve never played a three-overtime game before. My body is kind of feeling it, not going to lie,” Doogan told the ESPN+ broadcast crew after the game. “This was an unbelievable team win. We wanted this one, for sure.”
Doogan really turned on her shot-making ability in the third period of overtime, sinking three straight shots — an eight-foot jumper and a pair of 3-pointers — to give Richmond an eight-point lead. Doogan had scored north of 30 points five previous times in her career, but had never topped 40.
“That’s just a testament to my team and how they’re able to get me the ball,” Doogan said. “I didn’t create much of my shot today. Everybody was finding ways to get me open.”
Doogan came into the matchup against Davidson — which was previously unbeaten in A-10 play and had won eight of its last 10 games — averaging 22.8 points, 8.5 rebounds and 5.1 assists per game while shooting 50.7% from the floor and 41.3% from behind the arc. She’s the only player in the country this season averaging at least 22 points, eight rebounds and five assists per game.
After finishing her postgame interview, Doogan was mobbed at midcourt by her teammates who sprayed and soaked her with water bottles.
“I just shot the ball and it went in, thank God. I don’t really know what else to say,” Doogan said. “It was a really good win. I got to figure out what I ate today to make sure I do that again.”
Doogan was invited to Team USA trials last summer ahead of the AmeriCup. If she keeps playing like this, she could earn an invite to the WNBA draft, too.
After capturing an at-large bid the NCAA Tournament last season, Richmond is again building a resume worthy of consideration. The victory over Davidson goes down as a Quad 2 win, the second of the season for coach Aaron Roussell’s Spiders. Richmond has the best NET ranking among A-10 teams at 48. Three of their four losses are to teams that made the NCAA Tournament last season — Texas, TCU and Fairfield — and the fourth is to fellow A-10 contender Rhode Island.
With Richmond, Davidson and Rhode Island all playing at a high level, it could be another season in which the A-10 is a multi-bid league. That would give Doogan the opportunity to create some more on-court magic in March Madness.