RADFORD, Va. -- Radford closes the books on its non-conference season when it heads to Huntington, W.Va. for a New Year's Eve matinee at Marshall with the tip off at the Cam Henderson Center scheduled for noon.

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The Highlanders, playing their seventh consecutive road game, have dropped their last four contests and look to get a win heading into the New Year and Big South play. The Thundering Herd have won five straight and six of seven after defeating Murray State as part of the 5/3 Challenge on Dec. 29.

This will be the 26th matchup in the series with Marshall. The Thundering Herd hold a slight advantage in the series, 13-12. Radford has won three of the last four meetings, including a 72-61 victory on Nov. 17, 2007 in Oxford Ohio. The victory came in the 2007-08 preseason WNIT consolation bracket at Miami (Ohio).

Quanneisha Perry and Brenna Jones combined for 31 points and Hampton forced 34 turnovers to defeat Radford, 63-43, Dec. 23 from the HU Convocation Center. Perry netted a team-best 16 points for the Pirates, while Jones recorded a double-double with 15 points and a game-high 10 rebounds.

Playing in her hometown, redshirt senior Kymesha Alston (Hampton, Va./Manhattan) scored a game-high 18 points for the Highlanders. The Heritage high school product went 7-for-10 from the floor and grabbed a team-high seven rebounds. Freshman Ashley Buckhannon (Wytheville, Va./George Wythe) was also in double figures, tallying a career-high 16 points on 6-of-9 shooting.

Marshall is on a roll, winning five straight and six of seven games after defeating Murray State, 68-58 in the second part of the 5/3 Challenge at the Cam Henderson Center. Tynikki Crook leads the Thundering Herd, recording a team-best 14.4 points and 7.4 rebounds per game and is tops in shooting percentage (.500), while averaging 23.3 minutes per contest.

Radford ends its eight-game road swing on Jan. 4 when it begins Big South Conference play at Gardner-Webb. Tip off is scheduled for 7 p.m.