She averaged 8.2 points and 4.9 rebounds per game, and had 52 steals and 25 blocked shots.

[1] Richards had a breakout season as a sophomore, starting in all 38 games and helping the Lady Bears to a national championship ...

Richards' reputation as one of the nation's top on-ball defenders headed into her junior season was solidified when she swept National Defensive Player of the Year Awards from both Naismith and the WBCA, as she was named as the Big 12 Defensive Player of the Year.

Her 171 assists in the COVID-19-shortened season still ranked as the sixth-best total among Baylor juniors all-time.

Richards played and started in all 30 games for Baylor, averaging a team-best 29.9 minutes per contest.