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Women's Basketball Concludes Homestand on Sunday Against Howard

RADFORD, Va. -- Radford concludes its three-game homestand when it hosts Howard on Sunday at 3 p.m. in the Dedmon Center. The Highlanders are searching for their first win of the season against a Bison team that fell at Maryland on Friday.

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Radford and Howard are meeting for the first time on Sunday. For the Highlanders it will be the first of two meetings with Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference schools this season. Radford is 22-13 all-time against teams from the MEAC.

In Radford's last contest, a pair of big runs in each half and 22 points from Lindsey Biggs helped Virginia Tech defeat Radford, 78-51 in a Thanksgiving Eve tilt from the Dedmon Center. Kymesha Alston (Hampton, Va./Manhattan) and Kaylyn Crosier (South Charleston, W.Va./South Charleston) paced the Highlanders with 12 and 11 points, respectively.

Crosier matched a career-high with 11 points against the Hokies. She also tallied that total in the season-opener against William & Mary. Alston has led Radford in scoring in all three games this season, which includes double-doubles against Mount St. Mary's and William & Mary.

Red-shirt junior Brooke McElroy (Richmond, Va./Monmouth) has led RU on the boards the past two game, including a career and game-high 13 rebounds against Mount St. Mary's.

Howard enters today after falling at Maryland, 79-51 on Friday evening. The Bison were led by Saadia Doyle's double-double (16 pts/12 rebounds) and Zykia Brown's game-best 18 points. Prior the Maryland contest, Howard picked up its first win of the season over Jacksonville, 58-42.

On the season, Doyle is averaging a double-double of 13.4 points and 11.6 rebounds, while Brown leads the offense, dropping in 16.6 points per game.

Up next for Radford is a mid-week road tilt on Wednesday, Dec. 2 against West Virginia at 7 p.m.
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