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46
Tennessee Tech TTU 1-4
79
Winner Radford RAD 2-1
Tennessee Tech TTU
1-4
46
Final
79
Radford RAD
2-1
Winner
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 F
Tennessee Tech TTU 12 12 10 12 46
Radford RAD 20 16 28 15 79

Game Recap: Women's Basketball |

RADFORD COLLECTS DOMINATING HOME OPENING WIN OVER TTU



GAME INFORMATION
  • Score: Radford 79, Tennessee Tech 46
  • Records: Highlanders (2-1) | Golden Eagles (1-4)
  • Location: Dedmon Center | Radford, Va.  
 
RADFORD, Va. – After only scoring a combined 100 points in the first two games to start the 2016-17 season, Radford's offense exploded for 79 points in a 79-46 home opening win over Tennessee Tech as the Highlanders placed three scorers in double-figures, Tuesday afternoon in the Dedmon Center.
 
Radford 33-point win is its largest since a 92-36 victory over Concord on Dec. 12, 2015. Destinee Walker and Janayla White turned in game-high 16-point efforts. Jayda Worthy added 10 points off the bench.
 
Tennessee Tech commanded a 9-8 lead with 3:52 remaining in the opening quarter, before Radford went on a 12-0 run to close out the quarter with a 20-12 lead. The run saw eight points by Walker, including two 3-pointers that sparked the run. Sydney Nunley and White contributed layups. Radford shot a blistering 60-percent from the floor to start the contest, making 9 of 15 attempts.
 
Keeping their hot shooting alive, Brittany Allen opened the second quarter with a 3-pointer off an inside-out pass from Lydia Rivers. Trailing 23-12, Tennessee Tech received a deep 3-pointer from Hannah Goolsby and layup by Anacia Wilkinson to cut the deficit to 24-18 with 6:21 remaining in the first half.
 
Six points would be as close as the Golden Eagles would come within the Highlanders as Radford rattled off eight straight points to take a 32-18 lead off of transition layups from Alexis Jackson and Khiana Johnson.
 
Radford went into the locker room with 34-24 lead on 15 of 30 shooting in the first half. Walker lead all scorers with 10 points, while Johnson chipped in six points.
 
The Highlanders blew the game wide open in the third quarter as White scored the first five points of the quarter as Radford outscored Tennessee 28-10.
 
The third quarter turned into a free throw contest as the Highlanders went 15 for 16 from the charity stripe, including a 5 of 5 effort from White and a 4 of 4 showing by Worthy. Allen hit a running 3-pointer at the buzzer to give Radford a 64-34 advantage after three quarters.
 
Radford ran clock for most of the fourth quarter as the Highlanders cruised to a 79-46 victory
 
INSIDE THE BOX SCORE
  • In the first meeting between the two teams since 1987, Radford evens the series at 1-1.
  • The win also marked the Highlanders first win over an opponent from the Volunteer State since a 73-67 victory over ETSU on Dec. 20, 2007.
  • Ten different Highlanders scored in the win, while eight grabbed at least one rebound.
  • Destinee Walker has scored double-figures in the first three games to start the season.
  • Walker's 16-point effort breaks her career-high mark of 13 set Feb. 23, 2016 at Winthrop.
  • The sophomore finished 5 of 9 from the floor, including two 3-pointers.
  • Janayla White collected her first start of the 2016-17 season, tallying 16 points to lead the Highlanders in scoring for the 16th time in her career.
  • White scored nine of her points in the third quarter.
  • Jayda Worthy chipped in 10 points on a perfect 4 for 4 from the free-throw line.
  • Finishing with a game-high 12 rebounds, Lydia Rivers has now grabbed 10-plus rebounds in 11 career games.
  • Brittany Allen finished with a career-high nine points on 3 of 3 shooting from behind the 3-point line.
  • Radford shot 48.1 percent in the contest, going 26 for 54 from the field.
  • The Highlanders made 21 of 24 free throw attempts, including 18 of 20 in the second half.
  • Radford dominated the paint (32-20) and led the way in bench points (36-13).

QUOTABLE
  • "I will say that we saw the ball go in the basket more early in the game, which is something that has plagued up this season. We started to gain confidence off the made baskets. The overall feeling of the complete focus by everybody today was different than the first two contests. Everybody brought something to the table. If we can have that more often, we will have a lot of options to go to. Today was a good well-rounded win. I saw a lot of good things on both sides of the ball." ~ Radford head coach Mike McGuire

UP NEXT
  • Radford continues their homestand with a 2 p.m. matchup against NCAA Division II Davis & Elkins on Saturday.
  • The Highlanders and Senators have not met since Feb. 1, 1985. Radford came out victorious 72-53.
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