RADFORD, Va. -- Radford heads to UNC Asheville on Monday, March 1 at 7 p.m. looking for consecutive wins after a 10-point victory at Presbyterian on Saturday.
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The Highlanders (6-19, 5-9 Big South) snapped a eight-game skid with the 70-60 triumph.
The Bulldogs (7-20, 2-12) have dropped three straight and seven of their last eight after a loss to Liberty on Saturday.
The Highlanders hold a 40-15 lead in the series that dates back to the inaugural Big South season in 1986-87. Radford won the first contest, 61-50 on Feb. 16 at the Dedmon Center.
Radford has won five of the last six meetings and is 16-10 vs. UNCA in the Justice Center. The Bulldogs won last season, 52-50 and have picked up seven victories in the last nine contests in Asheville.
In the first matchup, Radford shot 48 percent in the second half and held UNC Asheville to just 23 percent, keying the Highlanders' 61-50 Big South victory, Jan. 16 at the Dedmon Center.
Junior
Denay Wood (Bailey's Crossroads, Va.) and freshman
Da'Naria Erwin Spencer (Charlotte, N.C.) each posted a double-double for the Highlanders, who won their first back-to-back games of the season.
Victoria Hamilton (St. Thomas, U.S. Virgin Islands) scored a career-high 18 points, leading Radford to a 70-60 win over Presbyterian College in Big South women's basketball action on Saturday night.
Hamilton led four Highlanders in double-figures, going 8-for-12 from the field and 2-for-2 from the 3-point arc to help Radford snap an eight-game slide.She also dished out three assists, leading Radford for the sixth time in seven contest.
Kymesha Alston (Hampton, Va.) and
Kaylyn Crosier (South Charleston, W.Va.) had 17 points each, and
Ashley Buckhannon scored 12 off the bench for Radford, which hit the 70-point mark for the third time in the last four games.
After taking a 32-21 halftime lead, with 12 points from Hamilton and a 5-for-9 effort from 3-point range, the Highlanders connected on 52.4 percent (11-for-21) of their shots in the second half to put away the Blue Hose.
UNC Asheville has dropped three straight and seven of its last eight after a 94-66 loss to Liberty on Saturday.
The Bulldogs are paced by Lindsay Montgomery's double-double of 12.3 points and 10.3 rebounds per contest. She is shooting 45.8 percent from the floor and also has a team-best 46 steals and 36 blocks.
Radford concludes its regular season at Liberty on Friday, March 5 at 7 p.m.