Richmond varsity girls basketball coach Kaylee Vantrump saw improvement in her Spartans defensively during their 36-25 Dec. 14 home loss to Summit Christian Academy. “Our defensive help was a whole different ballgame tonight,” Vantrump commented. “I mean, we were getting out, we were … fronting the post, we were putting (on) more ball pressure. We were talking to each other. And I’d say we had probably double the steals that we … (had) for any other game, just … (from) doing a better job of knowing where we’re at and where the ball’s at and working as a team.” Spurred by those strides on defense, the Spartans held the Eagles without a field goal for 6 minutes, 12 seconds in the fourth quarter. Savannah McConnell broke Summit Christian’s drought by making a transition layup with 1:48 remaining. “I just think that we were hustling and communicating to each other,” Richmond senior Laney Moyer said. “Then, we kind of got a little lazy, though, for a little bit and we started making…