Saturday, January 13
Charleston, S.C.
3:00 PM
Radford University
at
Charleston Southern
Photo by: Radford Athletics Communications
RADFORD LOOKS TO BOUNCE BACK SATURDAY AT CHARLESTON SO.
1/12/2018 12:00:00 PM | Women's Basketball
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GAME INFORMATION
SETTING THE STAGE
SERIES HISTORY
HIGHLANDER HIGHLIGHTS
SCOUTING CHARLESTON SOUTHERN
UP NEXT
GAME INFORMATION
- Opponent: Charleston Southern (6-8, 1-2 Big South)
- Date: Saturday, January 13
- Time: 3:00 p.m. EST
- Location: Buc Dome | Charleston, S.C.
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SETTING THE STAGE
- Radford had its 21-game home winning streak snapped Tuesday night in a 67-56 loss to UNC Asheville, ending the nation's third longest home winning streak.
- The Highlanders entered the game needing only one win to set a new program record for consecutive home wins. Radford had matched the record set 1983 through 1984.
- Radford's last loss inside the Dedmon Center came at the hands of the Bulldogs on Jan. 30, 2016.
- Charleston Southern enters on a two-game skid in the Big South, both games coming on the road in a 10-point loss at Liberty and nine-point loss at Campbell.
- The Buccaneers hold a 5-2 clip inside the Buc Dome and have only played one home game since Dec. 15, a 73-47 conference opening win over Longwood on Jan. 2.
SERIES HISTORY
- Radford holds a 50-19 record in the all-time series as Charleston Southern has collected 13 of the 19 wins inside the Buc Dome.
- Charleston Southern snapped a five-game skid to Radford with a 57-45 decision inside the Buc Dome on Jan. 21, 2017.
- Before that road loss, Radford's last loss in the Buc Dome came on Jan. 14, 2012.
- The Highlanders went 2-1 against the Bucs in 2017.
HIGHLANDER HIGHLIGHTS
- Radford has dropped back-to-back Big South games for the first time since Jan. 26-30, 2016.
- The Highlanders will play their first back-to-back weekend/weekday road games of the season as they travel to Longwood on Jan. 16. Radford will have three such trips on the season.
- After scoring 65-plus points in each game played Dec. 21-Jan. 2, Radford has been held below 60 points in the two losses.
- Radford is 43 for 112 over the last two games for a 38.3 field goal percentage. The Highlanders are 11 for 38 from behind the arc during the span.
- The Highlanders have shot over 40-percent in five out of the last eight games.
- After starting the season with only double-digit assists in one of the first six games, Radford has now dished out double-figure assists in the last eight games.
- Radford dropped 22 dimes in the Big South opener against Winthrop, but has combined for 22 in the last two games.
- The Highlanders average 12.4 assists per game and hold a 0.87 assist-to-turnover ratio, ranking fourth in the league in both categories.
- In the last six games, Radford has assisted on 125 of 201 made field goals.
- Claudia Quevedo maintains her 3.0 assists per game and ranks 77th nationally with a 2.10 assist-to-turnover ratio.
- Quevedo has dished out three-plus assists in nine games.
- Radford sports three players averaging 11-plus points per game.
- Jayda Worthy leads the squad with 11.8 ppg, ranking third in the league with a 51.3 field goal percentage.
- Worthy averages 6.8 rebounds per game with 648 in her career, ranking 58th in Big South history.
- Destinee Walker follows with 11.2 per game off the bench, while Khiana Johnson is averaging 11.0 a game starting the last 12 games.
- On the boards, Lydia Rivers ranks 93rd nationally with 8.6 rebounds per game, while ranking second in the league with 3.1 offensive rebounds per game and 5.5 defense rebounds per game.
- Tallying 27 blocks on the season, Rivers is 57th in the country with 1.9 blocks per game and the Highlanders rank 35th with 5.3 per game.
- Rivers collected her fourth game with three-plus blocks on Tuesday night.
- Janayla White closes in becoming the third player in program history with 1,000 points and 1,000 rebounds. White needs 94 points and 173 rebounds to cross the plateau.
- Holding a +2.6 turnover margin that ranks second in the conference, Radford is averaging 14.4 per game, while forcing 16.9 per game.
- The Highlanders rank 30th in the country with only 201 turnovers commited.
- Moving their feet on defense, the Highlanders have only committed 195 fouls, which ranks sixth in the nation, while committing only 13.9 per game for 14th best.
- Defensively, Radford ranks 56th in the country by holding opposing teams to 58.5 points per game. Opponents are only shooting 29.4 percent from downtown against Radford.
SCOUTING CHARLESTON SOUTHERN
- In the Buccaneers six wins on the season, they have scored 70-plus points in five of the season.
- Charleston Southern has only scored above 60 points in one of its eight losses, coming in a 77-70 loss at Florida International.
- The Bucs average 63.2 ppg, while holding opponents to 58.6 per game, proving to be a second half team with a 497-438 edge.
- Ranking third in both categories among Big South teams, Charleston Southern owns the nation's 18th best three-point defense with a 26.6 percentage and 57th with a field-goal percentage defense.
- Opposing teams have only made 63 of 235 attempts from behind the arc.
- Charleston averages 6.1 3-pointers made per game as Njeri Nelms paces the team with a 42.9 shooting clip.
- Nelms is the only Buc averaging double-digits with 10.8 per game. She holds a 44.5 field goal percentage.
- Rachel Burns (9.1) and Shelby Wilbanks (9.0) follows Nelms as six different Buc players average seven points or more.
- Weknyne Dumorne leads the team with 6.5 rpg and Burns follows with 6.4 per game. Burns has pulled down 44 offensive boards, while Dumorne has 31.
- Dunmorne leads the Big South with 2.1 blocks per game, ranking inside the Top 50 nationally, totaling 29 blocks.
- Of the 13 Buccaneer players that have played this season, nine are averaging double-digit minutes with six playing 20-plus minutes.
UP NEXT
- Radford continues its Big South road swing on Tuesday against in-state foe Longwood.
- The Highlanders are 25-13 against the Lancers in the all-time series, holding a 9-5 record in Farmville.
- Radford owns a six-game winning streak in the all-time series with the last loss coming on Feb. 22, 2014 in a 76-70 road decision.
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