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50
Temple TEM 2-3
56
Winner Radford RADFORD 3-1
Temple TEM
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Final
56
Radford RADFORD
3-1
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Temple TEM 4 10 21 15 50
Radford RADFORD 12 8 15 21 56

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WOMEN'S HOOPS OPENS MIAMI (FLA.) THANKSGIVING INVITATIONAL WITH IMPRESSIVE WIN AGAINST TEMPLE

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Coral Gables, Fla. - - -Despite playing without their leading scorer and rebounder, Savannah Felgemacher, the Radford women's basketball team defeated the Temple Owls, 56-50, in the first game of the University of Miami (Fla.) Thanksgiving Invitational on Friday afternoon at the Watsco Center. Radford improved to 3-1 while the Owls dropped to 2-3.
 
The Highlander duo of senior Destinee Walker and junior Khiana Johnson combined for 37 points to lead the offense. Walker (game-high 21 points) hit 9-of-21 field goal attempts, including 3-of-7 from behind the arc. In addition, the forward grabbed her 400thcareer rebound in the opening quarter and added six rebounds in the contest.  Johnson (team-high five assists) went 5-for-11 from the floor, splashed 2-of-5 treys and was a perfect 4-for-4 from the foul line.  Redshirt junior Lydia Rivers added eight points and eight rebounds and freshman center Amele Ngwafang contributed a game and season-high 11 boards in her first career start.

"Today's game was wild," Walker admitted. "Basketball is a game of runs and we were able to keep our composure when we fell behind in the third quarter. We just told each other that we would be fine and just needed to trust each other and our coaches."

"I think we are all figuring out our roles and i think it's getting better by the game," she added. Personally, I am just trying to get consistent with my game and trying to just get better each time out and improve in every single aspect."

Radford played stifling defense all afternoon as they held Temple to just 32.8 percent shooting on 21-of-64 field goal attempts. The Owls hit just 3-of-19 attempts (15.8 percent) from behind the arc
 
The Highlanders shot 39.6 percent (21-of-52), went 6-of-16 (37.5 percent) from deep and were 8-for-11 (72.7 percent) from the charity-stripe.
 
Temple scored the opening bucket of the game however Radford scored the next nine points to grab a 9-2 advantage with 5:13 left in the opening quarter. Walker got things going with a triple from the right corner, Johnson hit two from the line and Walker finished off a fast break with a layup. A 3-pointer by Johnson at the 1:56 mark gave the Highlanders a 12-4 advantage at the end of the first stanza.
 
The Owls cut the lead to 13-10 after a jumper by Allliya Butts but Ngwafang scored inside to push the lead back to five points with 4:29 left in the half. 
 
The teams would only score one basket each until sophomore forward Tina Lindenfeld drilled a long-range bomb with thirty-one seconds left before the half to give Radford a 20-12 advantage. Butts scored inside with three seconds left to bring Temple within 20-14 at the break.
 
The Highlanders came out firing on all cylinders to open the third quarter. Walker drained consecutive triples over the first thirty-five seconds to give Radford a 26-14 advantage.
 
A steal by Rivers led to a fast break jumper by Johnson to stake the Highlanders to their largest lead of the game, 30-16, with 7:58 left in the third quarter.
 
Still leading by 14, 32-18, after a hoop by Walker with 7:15 left, Temple outscored the Highlanders by a 17-3 margin to tie the game at 35 after three quarters. The Owls actually took a 35-33 advantage at the 1:08 mark, however, freshman guard Bryonna McClean grabbed a board and went coast-to-coast for a game-tying layup as the clock expired.

Trailing 40-39 with 8:25 left in the contest, the Highlanders began to exert their will as they went on a game-changing 9-0 run to grab a 48-40 advantage with 5:39 left.
 
Johnson ignited the spurt with a trey, McClean converted a driving layup and Walker shook free for consecutive buckets on the interior to account for the scoring.
 
Temple refused to go away easily as they managed to whittle the deficit to two points on a pair of occasions over the final sixty-five seconds.
 
Johnson gave Radford a 50-44 edge with 2:57 to play after hitting a jumper but the Owls got back-to-back hoops from Butts to make it 50-48 at the 1:05 mark.
Walker then delivered another clutch basket as she converted a layup to give Radford a 52-48 advantage.
 
Temple converted a Highlander turnover to close within 52-50 with twenty ticks left but Rivers hit a pair from the line on the next possession.

Following a turnover, Johnson put the game out of reach by sinking two more from the line for the final points of the contest.

Radford will take on Nebraska on Sunday at noon in the final game of the Tournament.
 

 
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Players Mentioned

Savannah Felgemacher

#45 Savannah Felgemacher

F
6' 3"
Redshirt Junior
Khiana Johnson

#4 Khiana Johnson

G
5' 7"
Junior
Tina Lindenfeld

#2 Tina Lindenfeld

F
6' 1"
Sophomore
Lydia Rivers

#20 Lydia Rivers

F
6' 2"
Redshirt Junior
Destinee Walker

#10 Destinee Walker

G/F
5' 11"
Senior
Bryonna McClean

#12 Bryonna McClean

G
5' 9"
Freshman
Amele Ngwafang

#35 Amele Ngwafang

F
6' 0"
Freshman

Players Mentioned

Savannah Felgemacher

#45 Savannah Felgemacher

6' 3"
Redshirt Junior
F
Khiana Johnson

#4 Khiana Johnson

5' 7"
Junior
G
Tina Lindenfeld

#2 Tina Lindenfeld

6' 1"
Sophomore
F
Lydia Rivers

#20 Lydia Rivers

6' 2"
Redshirt Junior
F
Destinee Walker

#10 Destinee Walker

5' 11"
Senior
G/F
Bryonna McClean

#12 Bryonna McClean

5' 9"
Freshman
G
Amele Ngwafang

#35 Amele Ngwafang

6' 0"
Freshman
F