RADFORD, Va. – Lindsay Biggs netted a game-high 22 points and Virginia Tech used lengthy runs in each half to defeat Radford 78-51 in non-conference women's basketball action Wednesday afternoon at the Dedmon Center.

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The setback drops the Highlanders to 0-3 on the young season, while Tech improves to 3-2 overall and 21-9 in the all-time series.

Biggs finished 7-of-12 from the floor, including five buckets from behind the three-point arc to lead two Hokies in double figures. Brittany Gordon also went over the 10-point plateau for Virginia Tech with a career-high 14.

Despite the loss, Kymesha Alston (Hampton, Va./Manhattan) led Radford with 12 points on 4-of-5 shooting, while Kaylyn Crosier (South Charleston, W.Va./South Charleston) matched her personal best with 11.

Virginia Tech, which led 33-26 at the break, put the game out of reach with a 26-5 run, highlighted by 18 points off 10 Highlander miscues in the first 7:34 of the second half.

“We have to bring it for 20 minutes each half,” commented second-year Radford head coach Tajama Abraham Ngongba. “And the second half needs to be better than the first half.”

The two clubs combined for 44 turnovers (23 – VT, 21 – RU) and 25 steals (15 – VT, 10 – RU), while the Hokies finished with a commanding 41-22 margin on the glass.

After Radford grabbed an early 10-7 advantage on a Crosier three-pointer, the Hokies went on a 17-5 spurt highlighted by 11 of Biggs' 14 first-half points. Trailing 27-15, the Highlanders responded with a small run (9-2) of their own, capped off by a Brooke McElroy (Richmond, Va./Thomas Dale) bucket from downtown to cut the deficit to 29-24, with 1:44 left in the half.

“I thought we played a solid first half, but there were still a number of things we could have done better,” said Ngongba.

Virginia Tech shot 52.7 percent from the floor, including a .607 clip in