RADFORD LOOKS TO LEVEL RECORD SATURDAY VS. LEES-MCRAE

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SETTING THE STAGE

In its first game back from the Thanksgiving holiday, Radford will look to even its record with a win Saturday against Lees-McRae inside the Dedmon Center. Tipoff is scheduled for 2 p.m.
Series: Radford leads, 2-0
Last meeting: Radford 90, Lees-McRae 37 (Jan. 4, 2007)
Between RU (10) and Lees-McRae (13), there will be 23 underclassmen set to take the court.
The Highlanders will be looking to extend their winning steak at home to 10 straight games.
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HIGHLANDER HIGHLIGHTS

Record: 1-2
Radford dropped a 54-53 heartbreaker to Youngstown State in its last time out. The Highlanders could not overcome 21 personal fouls, which YSU converted into 18 points.
Janayla White is tied for 13^th in the Big South in scoring at 11.3 ppg.
Aisha Foy is right behind with her 11 ppg. She had a season-high 15-point performance at NC State last week.
Alexis Jackson, a freshman from Severn, Md., dropped in a season-high 15 points at Youngstown State to earn Big South Freshman of the Week honors.
Jayda Worthy ranks second in the league in field goal percentage (.647).
Lydia Rivers and Worthy rank third and fifth, respectively, among Big South players in blocks per game.
Jen Falconer records the second-most minutes per game in the conference at 36.0.

SCOUTING LEES-McRAE

Record: 0-5
The Bobcats have struggled in the early going and are still in search of their first win of the season.
LMC is playing Saturday's game as an exhibition.
Markia Stacey is the Bobcats' top scorer at 10.6 points per game. She also dishes out 4.4 assists per game.
Lees-McRae had lost by at least 15 points in its four games prior to Tuesday's four-point setback to Conference Carolinas foe Mount Olive.
LMC has fallen in 16 of its last 17 games, dating back to last season.
Among those losses was a 61-40 defeat at Tusculum. Radford's Fran Recchia served as an assistant coach at Tusculum for the 2012-13 season, guiding the Pioneers to the South Atlantic Conference championship game.
The Bobcats were predicted to finish ninth out of 10 teams in the Conference Carolinas preseason poll.

UP NEXT

Radford hosts Davidson for its Education Day on Wednesday, Dec. 2 at 11:30 a.m.
It will be the sixth all-time meeting between the two programs and first since Dec. 22, 2011.
The Wildcats lead the head-to-head series, 3-2.

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