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Winner Radford RAD 7-1
60
Wake Forest WF 7-3
Winner
Radford RAD
7-1
68
Final
60
Wake Forest WF
7-3
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 F
Radford RAD 14 13 26 15 68
Wake Forest WF 13 12 19 16 60

Game Recap: Women's Basketball |

RADFORD HOLDS ON FOR 68-60 WIN AT WAKE FOREST

GAME INFORMATION
  • Score: Radford 68, Wake Forest 60
  • Records: Highlanders (7-1) | Demon Deacons (7-3)
  • Location: LJVM Coliseum | Winston-Salem, N.C.  
 
WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. – Radford earned its first win against Power 5 opponent since 2007 and the first of head coach Mike McGuire's career as the Highlanders held on for a 68-60 victory over Wake Forest, Saturday afternoon in the Lawrence Joel Veterans Memorial Coliseum.
 
Wake Forest was the Highlanders last win over a ACC and Power 5 foe as Radford came away with a 52-44 win on Dec. 16, 2007.
 
Janayla White earned her first double-double on the season with an 18-point, 11-rebound effort. Destinee Walker followed with 14 points and nine rebounds, while Khiana Johnson followed with 13 points.
 
Radford opened the contest with a 5-1 lead on a White layup and Walker jumper, White added a free throw at the 7:23 mark to extend the lead to four points.
 
After two free throws from Amber Campbell to tie the game at five, Radford went on a fast 8-2 run. White contributed three points during the run and Johnson found a wide-open Jen Falconer for a 3-pointer to give the Highlanders a 13-7 lead with 3:01 remaining in the opening quarter.
 
Wake Forest held the Highlanders scoreless from the remainder of the quarter, using a 6-1 run to pull within 14-13.
 
The second quarter saw the Highlanders miss their first three shots as Wake Forest regained a 16-14 lead. Jayda Worthy ended Radford's 5:34 scoreless drought as Claudia Quevedo found a cutting Worthy at the free throw line. Worthy used a pump fake and drive to tie the game at 16 at the 7:27 mark.
 
One minute later, Johnson forced a Demon Deacon turnover as Falconer scooped up the loose ball, taking it the rest of the way for a layup as Radford regained a 18-16 lead.
 
Following a Campbell 3-pointer, Johnson scored the next five Radford points on a layup and a 3-pointer of her own as the Highlanders once again regained the lead with a 23-21 advantage at the 3:12 mark.
 
In the closing minutes of the first half, the two foes traded baskets, before Quevedo found White for a basket in the paint as the Highlanders beat the buzzer for a 27-25 halftime lead.
 
White provided Radford's offense in the opening half with 11 points on 4 of 5 shooting to go along with her seven rebounds. On the other side, Campbell paced the Demon Deacons with 11 points.
 
Both teams came out of the locker room with a vengeance, trading baskets early in the third quarter. The Demon Deacons battled back to tie the game at 35 on an Alex Sharp 3-pointer at the 7:44 mark.
 
Radford used two 8-0 runs after Wake Forest tied the game to build a commanding 13-point lead as the two runs combined for a 16-3 run.
 
The run started as Walker collected back-to-back transition baskets, grabbing a rebound and taking on three Demon Deacons to hand Radford a 41-35 lead at the 6:15 clip. Following a White layup one-minute later, the Highlanders were held scoreless for almost two minutes, before receiving two huge 3-pointers from its point guards.
 
A White steal led to a dribble-drive kick out from Walker that found Johnson for a right wing 3-pointer. Thirty seconds later, Falconer gave the Highlanders another 3-pointer on an inside-out pass from White. The two 3-pointers brought the Radford faithful to its feet as the Highlanders commanded a 51-38 lead.
 
Wake Forest cut the lead to 53-44 on two layups by Milan Quinn to end the third quarter.
 
The final quarter only saw two points scored until the 5:16 mark as White's layup at the 8:33 mark extended Radford's lead back to double-digits.
 
A 4-0 Demon Deacon swing cut the Radford lead to 55-48, but the Highlanders ended the run with baskets from White and Worthy.
 
Trailing 59-51 with under 1:30 remaining in regulation, Wake Forest begin the foul the Highlanders. Radford made 9 of 18 free throw attempts down the stretch to hold on for the 68-60 win.
 
INSIDE THE BOX SCORE
  • With the win, Radford pulls within 7-4 of Wake Forest in the all-time series.
  • Head coach Mike McGuire improves to 1-8 against opponents from Power 5 conferences as the Highlanders have two remaining on their schedule.
  • Janayla White's double-double of 18 points and 11 rebounds is the 16th of her career.
  • White finished with two blocks, giving her 116 in her career. She needs three to move into a three-way tie for third place in program history.
  • Destinee Walker nearly missed her third double-double in the last four games with 14 points and nine rebounds.
  • Walker has scored double-digits in six of Radford's seven games.
  • Khiana Johnson finishes with her second consecutive double-figure game with 13 points on 4 of 7 shooting, including 2 of 3 from 3-point land.
  • Jayda Worthy and Johnson finished with three assists each.
  • Radford finished shooting 24-57 from the field for a 42.1 field-goal percentage.
  • The Highlanders are only the second team to shoot over 40 percent against the Demon Deacons this season.
  • Radford shot over 48 percent in the second half, making 13 of 27 attempts.
  • This marks the fifth time on the season that the Highlanders have shot over 40-percent in a game.
  • Radford won the rebound battle, 43-39.
  • Of the 128 points scored in the game, 70 were scored in the paint. Radford added 34 points in the paint.
 
QUOTABLE
  • "Today was an unbelievable win for our program. Our ladies came into this game with the mindset and focus to win the game. I thought we played with tremendous poise and togetherness for 40 minutes today. We knew we had to play with great focus and discipline.Our ladies were tremendous today. I wanted to play this game this season to use as a measuring stick for our program. We played Wake Forest during my first season and learned a lot about our program. I am so proud of the growth that we have made in the past few years and look forward to helping this team reach its full potential." ~ Radford head coach Mike McGuire
 
UP NEXT
  • Radford will take a week off for exams, returning to action on Dec. 18 at Kentucky for the second meeting all-time between the two foes.
  • The meeting is the first since Nov. 26, 1988.
  • Kentucky won the matchup, 89-83.
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